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The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists
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The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

2025-12-30 02:54 Last Updated At:03:01

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

Snoop Dogg tries to make the catch on a kick off in the first half of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl NCAA college football game between Fresno State and Miami, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Snoop Dogg tries to make the catch on a kick off in the first half of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl NCAA college football game between Fresno State and Miami, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

AC Milan's Christopher Nkunku celebrates after scoring his side's second goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

AC Milan's Christopher Nkunku celebrates after scoring his side's second goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The Palestinian city of Jericho seen from a viewpoint in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Jericho in the West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Palestinian city of Jericho seen from a viewpoint in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Jericho in the West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Palestinian Khalil Abu Jayyab, right, and Tahseen Abu Assi warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinian Khalil Abu Jayyab, right, and Tahseen Abu Assi warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Donald Trump greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Egypt's Mohanad Lasheen is challenged by Angola's Randy Nteka during the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and Egypt in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Egypt's Mohanad Lasheen is challenged by Angola's Randy Nteka during the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and Egypt in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Shamans perform an annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Shamans perform an annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Revelers take part in the Afro-Venezuelan Holy Innocents' Day celebration in Caucagua, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Revelers take part in the Afro-Venezuelan Holy Innocents' Day celebration in Caucagua, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Mourners gather for the funeral of Aviv Maor, 19, an Israeli who killed by a Palestinian attacker last week, at kibbutz ein harod cemetery in northern Israel on Monday, Dec 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Mourners gather for the funeral of Aviv Maor, 19, an Israeli who killed by a Palestinian attacker last week, at kibbutz ein harod cemetery in northern Israel on Monday, Dec 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of the Mount Etna, as an eruption started on Dec. 24 continues, in Sicily, Italy, Monday Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of the Mount Etna, as an eruption started on Dec. 24 continues, in Sicily, Italy, Monday Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

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Snoop Dogg tries to make the catch on a kick off in the first half of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl NCAA college football game between Fresno State and Miami, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Snoop Dogg tries to make the catch on a kick off in the first half of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl NCAA college football game between Fresno State and Miami, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

AC Milan's Christopher Nkunku celebrates after scoring his side's second goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

AC Milan's Christopher Nkunku celebrates after scoring his side's second goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The Palestinian city of Jericho seen from a viewpoint in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Jericho in the West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Palestinian city of Jericho seen from a viewpoint in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Jericho in the West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Palestinian Khalil Abu Jayyab, right, and Tahseen Abu Assi warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinian Khalil Abu Jayyab, right, and Tahseen Abu Assi warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Donald Trump greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Egypt's Mohanad Lasheen is challenged by Angola's Randy Nteka during the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and Egypt in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Egypt's Mohanad Lasheen is challenged by Angola's Randy Nteka during the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Angola and Egypt in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Shamans perform an annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Shamans perform an annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Revelers take part in the Afro-Venezuelan Holy Innocents' Day celebration in Caucagua, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Revelers take part in the Afro-Venezuelan Holy Innocents' Day celebration in Caucagua, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Mourners gather for the funeral of Aviv Maor, 19, an Israeli who killed by a Palestinian attacker last week, at kibbutz ein harod cemetery in northern Israel on Monday, Dec 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Mourners gather for the funeral of Aviv Maor, 19, an Israeli who killed by a Palestinian attacker last week, at kibbutz ein harod cemetery in northern Israel on Monday, Dec 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of the Mount Etna, as an eruption started on Dec. 24 continues, in Sicily, Italy, Monday Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of the Mount Etna, as an eruption started on Dec. 24 continues, in Sicily, Italy, Monday Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

BANDAR ANZALI, Iran (AP) — Life on Iran’s northern coast on the Caspian Sea is a mix of commerce and leisure.

In Bandar Anzali, fish markets draw locals and visitors. People stroll the shoreline and row boats on the Anzali lagoon. Some women go without the hijab, reflecting a more relaxed atmosphere that has emerged in parts of the country in recent years.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

People enjoy their time at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People enjoy their time at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People enjoy their time at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People enjoy their time at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A fish seller waits for customers in the old main bazaar of the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A fish seller waits for customers in the old main bazaar of the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A man walks his dog at a sidewalk in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A man walks his dog at a sidewalk in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman smiles under a colourful tree in the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman smiles under a colourful tree in the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Images are drawn into the sand at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Images are drawn into the sand at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People shop in the old main bazaar of the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People shop in the old main bazaar of the northern city of Rasht, Iran, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A fisherman prepares his net at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A fisherman prepares his net at the beach of the southern coast of the Caspian Sea outside the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A stray dog stands in front of a shop in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A stray dog stands in front of a shop in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Clothes hang for sale on the roadside on the outskirts of the port city of Bandar Anzali, along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Clothes hang for sale on the roadside on the outskirts of the port city of Bandar Anzali, along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Ghesmat Masoumi reads the Quran at his shop in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Ghesmat Masoumi reads the Quran at his shop in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Athletes paddle while training in the Anzali Lagoon as dome of a mosque is seen at background in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Athletes paddle while training in the Anzali Lagoon as dome of a mosque is seen at background in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Seagulls fly over the head of a boatman while rowing in the Anzali Lagoon in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Seagulls fly over the head of a boatman while rowing in the Anzali Lagoon in the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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