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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, August 15, 2025

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, August 15, 2025
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, August 15, 2025

2025-08-16 03:49 Last Updated At:03:51

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

An actress blows bubbles on a beach of Pionersky pond at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

An actress blows bubbles on a beach of Pionersky pond at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Hari Chand mourns the death of his wife during flash floods in Chositi village, in Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Hari Chand mourns the death of his wife during flash floods in Chositi village, in Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Rickshaw driver Govinda Prajapati, painted his body in colours of Indian flag, celebrates Independence day while travelling in a local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Rickshaw driver Govinda Prajapati, painted his body in colours of Indian flag, celebrates Independence day while travelling in a local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Shiite pilgrims participate in Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Shiite pilgrims participate in Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. President Trump is traveling to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial summit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. President Trump is traveling to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial summit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays slides safe at home under leaping Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single hit by Noelvi Marte during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays slides safe at home under leaping Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single hit by Noelvi Marte during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

PSG's Marquinhos lifts the trophy with teammates after the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

PSG's Marquinhos lifts the trophy with teammates after the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Maria Claudia Tarazona kisses her son Alejandro during the funeral service for her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Maria Claudia Tarazona kisses her son Alejandro during the funeral service for her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, celebrates with Zach Neto after hitting a wal-off single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, celebrates with Zach Neto after hitting a wal-off single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A worker removes an octopus' beak at Frigorificos Arcos SL on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in O Carballino, Spain. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A worker removes an octopus' beak at Frigorificos Arcos SL on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in O Carballino, Spain. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

People spend the day at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

People spend the day at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A meteor streaks across the sky, seen above the Temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi, during the Perseid meteor shower, near Cavdarhisar, western Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A meteor streaks across the sky, seen above the Temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi, during the Perseid meteor shower, near Cavdarhisar, western Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Flames burn a tree during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Flames burn a tree during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 to join a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 to join a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A man carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

PSG's Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

PSG's Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman protects herself with an umbrella during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A woman protects herself with an umbrella during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A youth sweeps away trash blocking drains on a flooded street after heavy rains in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A youth sweeps away trash blocking drains on a flooded street after heavy rains in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cable cars carry passengers above La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, six days ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Cable cars carry passengers above La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, six days ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Muslim women take pictures as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard while others march holding the Indian flag as part of a campaign encouraging every household to hoist the national flag ahead of the Indian independence anniversary in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Muslim women take pictures as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard while others march holding the Indian flag as part of a campaign encouraging every household to hoist the national flag ahead of the Indian independence anniversary in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Jolber Romero, left, one of five children who returned to Venezuela from Mexico with his parents after abandoning plans to reach the United States amid President Donald Trump's migration crackdown, shovels sand into molds to cast aluminum pots, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Jolber Romero, left, one of five children who returned to Venezuela from Mexico with his parents after abandoning plans to reach the United States amid President Donald Trump's migration crackdown, shovels sand into molds to cast aluminum pots, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Tourists enjoy a playground on Bjelasnica mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Tourists enjoy a playground on Bjelasnica mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

A photo of opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe is placed at his seat in Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, after his death more than two months after being shot during a political rally. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A photo of opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe is placed at his seat in Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, after his death more than two months after being shot during a political rally. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People enjoy the sea as the sun sets during a warm and windy day at Kavouri beach in southern Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

People enjoy the sea as the sun sets during a warm and windy day at Kavouri beach in southern Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Miami Dolphins running back Alexander Mattison (8) falls to the field during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Miami Dolphins running back Alexander Mattison (8) falls to the field during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Scottie Scheffler hits on the first fairway as a butterfly flies by during the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Scottie Scheffler hits on the first fairway as a butterfly flies by during the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Donnell Whittenburg of EVO Gymnastics competes on the parallel bars during the senior men's finals of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Donnell Whittenburg of EVO Gymnastics competes on the parallel bars during the senior men's finals of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Protesters chant slogans during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Protesters chant slogans during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A person walks on a bridge over the Miljacka River, which is almost dried-up with algae visible, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

A person walks on a bridge over the Miljacka River, which is almost dried-up with algae visible, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Burns are seen on the face of Artem aka "Lisnyk", a Ukrainian soldier of Da Vinci Wolves Battalion who was injured during fighting with Russian forces at the front line on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Burns are seen on the face of Artem aka "Lisnyk", a Ukrainian soldier of Da Vinci Wolves Battalion who was injured during fighting with Russian forces at the front line on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian soldiers from air-defence unit of 59th brigade fire at Russian strike drones in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian soldiers from air-defence unit of 59th brigade fire at Russian strike drones in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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An actress blows bubbles on a beach of Pionersky pond at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

An actress blows bubbles on a beach of Pionersky pond at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Hari Chand mourns the death of his wife during flash floods in Chositi village, in Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Hari Chand mourns the death of his wife during flash floods in Chositi village, in Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Rickshaw driver Govinda Prajapati, painted his body in colours of Indian flag, celebrates Independence day while travelling in a local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Rickshaw driver Govinda Prajapati, painted his body in colours of Indian flag, celebrates Independence day while travelling in a local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Shiite pilgrims participate in Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Shiite pilgrims participate in Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. President Trump is traveling to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial summit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. President Trump is traveling to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial summit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays slides safe at home under leaping Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single hit by Noelvi Marte during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays slides safe at home under leaping Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single hit by Noelvi Marte during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

PSG's Marquinhos lifts the trophy with teammates after the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

PSG's Marquinhos lifts the trophy with teammates after the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Maria Claudia Tarazona kisses her son Alejandro during the funeral service for her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Maria Claudia Tarazona kisses her son Alejandro during the funeral service for her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, celebrates with Zach Neto after hitting a wal-off single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, celebrates with Zach Neto after hitting a wal-off single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A worker removes an octopus' beak at Frigorificos Arcos SL on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in O Carballino, Spain. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A worker removes an octopus' beak at Frigorificos Arcos SL on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in O Carballino, Spain. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

People spend the day at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

People spend the day at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A meteor streaks across the sky, seen above the Temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi, during the Perseid meteor shower, near Cavdarhisar, western Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A meteor streaks across the sky, seen above the Temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi, during the Perseid meteor shower, near Cavdarhisar, western Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Flames burn a tree during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Flames burn a tree during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 to join a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 to join a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A man carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

PSG's Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

PSG's Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman protects herself with an umbrella during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A woman protects herself with an umbrella during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics that have become a dominant concern in the aftermath of the deadly shooting of a woman in her car last week.

They have pointed rifles at demonstrators and deployed chemical irritants early in confrontations. They have broken vehicle windows and pulled occupants from cars. They have scuffled with protesters and shoved them to the ground.

The government says the actions are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks. The encounters in turn have riled up protesters even more, especially as videos of the incidents are shared widely on social media.

What is unfolding in Minneapolis reflects a broader shift in how the federal government is asserting its authority during protests, relying on immigration agents and investigators to perform crowd-management roles traditionally handled by local police who often have more training in public order tactics and de-escalating large crowds.

Experts warn the approach runs counter to de-escalation standards and risks turning volatile demonstrations into deadly encounters.

The confrontations come amid a major immigration enforcement surge ordered by the Trump administration in early December, which sent more than 2,000 officers from across the Department of Homeland Security into the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Many of the officers involved are typically tasked with arrests, deportations and criminal investigations, not managing volatile public demonstrations.

Tensions escalated after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman killed by an immigration agent last week, an incident federal officials have defended as self-defense after they say Good weaponized her vehicle.

The killing has intensified protests and scrutiny of the federal response.

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota asked a federal judge to intervene, filing a lawsuit on behalf of six residents seeking an emergency injunction to limit how federal agents operate during protests, including restrictions on the use of chemical agents, the pointing of firearms at non-threatening individuals and interference with lawful video recording.

“There’s so much about what’s happening now that is not a traditional approach to immigration apprehensions,” said former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldaña.

Saldaña, who left the post at the beginning of 2017 as President Donald Trump's first term began, said she can't speak to how the agency currently trains its officers. When she was director, she said officers received training on how to interact with people who might be observing an apprehension or filming officers, but agents rarely had to deal with crowds or protests.

“This is different. You would hope that the agency would be responsive given the evolution of what’s happening — brought on, mind you, by the aggressive approach that has been taken coming from the top,” she said.

Ian Adams, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of South Carolina, said the majority of crowd-management or protest training in policing happens at the local level — usually at larger police departments that have public order units.

“It’s highly unlikely that your typical ICE agent has a great deal of experience with public order tactics or control,” Adams said.

DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a written statement that ICE officer candidates receive extensive training over eight weeks in courses that include conflict management and de-escalation. She said many of the candidates are military veterans and about 85% have previous law enforcement experience.

“All ICE candidates are subject to months of rigorous training and selection at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where they are trained in everything from de-escalation tactics to firearms to driving training. Homeland Security Investigations candidates receive more than 100 days of specialized training," she said.

Ed Maguire, a criminology professor at Arizona State University, has written extensively about crowd-management and protest- related law enforcement training. He said while he hasn't seen the current training curriculum for ICE officers, he has reviewed recent training materials for federal officers and called it “horrifying.”

Maguire said what he's seeing in Minneapolis feels like a perfect storm for bad consequences.

“You can't even say this doesn't meet best practices. That's too high a bar. These don't seem to meet generally accepted practices,” he said.

“We’re seeing routinely substandard law enforcement practices that would just never be accepted at the local level,” he added. “Then there seems to be just an absence of standard accountability practices.”

Adams noted that police department practices have "evolved to understand that the sort of 1950s and 1960s instinct to meet every protest with force, has blowback effects that actually make the disorder worse.”

He said police departments now try to open communication with organizers, set boundaries and sometimes even show deference within reason. There's an understanding that inside of a crowd, using unnecessary force can have a domino effect that might cause escalation from protesters and from officers.

Despite training for officers responding to civil unrest dramatically shifting over the last four decades, there is no nationwide standard of best practices. For example, some departments bar officers from spraying pepper spray directly into the face of people exercising Constitutional speech. Others bar the use of tear gas or other chemical agents in residential neighborhoods.

Regardless of the specifics, experts recommend that departments have written policies they review regularly.

“Organizations and agencies aren’t always familiar with what their own policies are,” said Humberto Cardounel, senior director of training and technical assistance at the National Policing Institute.

“They go through it once in basic training then expect (officers) to know how to comport themselves two years later, five years later," he said. "We encourage them to understand and know their training, but also to simulate their training.”

Adams said part of the reason local officers are the best option for performing public order tasks is they have a compact with the community.

“I think at the heart of this is the challenge of calling what ICE is doing even policing,” he said.

"Police agencies have a relationship with their community that extends before and after any incidents. Officers know we will be here no matter what happens, and the community knows regardless of what happens today, these officers will be here tomorrow.”

Saldaña noted that both sides have increased their aggression.

“You cannot put yourself in front of an armed officer, you cannot put your hands on them certainly. That is impeding law enforcement actions,” she said.

“At this point, I’m getting concerned on both sides — the aggression from law enforcement and the increasingly aggressive behavior from protesters.”

Law enforcement officers at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Law enforcement officers at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People cover tear gas deployed by federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People cover tear gas deployed by federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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