The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

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

Iraq-born Archbishop Datev Hagopian symbolically washes a boy's foot during a Maundy Thursday religious service, at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/ Andreea Alexandru)

Displaced families extend their hands while waiting for donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Gary Player kicks his leg in the air after hitting the ceremonial tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

People stand in queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Cecilia Oliver, Textile Conservator at Royal Collection Trust adjusts a gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II, on display at 'Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style' exhibition, to mark the centenary of the late queen's birth, at The King's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

An aerial view of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

People with their bicycles and motorcycles cross the Bay Tunnel in a public bus in Havana, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Lucas Besozzi of Argentina's Lanus, right, and Gabriel Pires of Brazil's Mirassol fight for the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group G soccer match in Mirassol, Sao Paulo state, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of Together for Peru party arrives to his closing campaign rally on a horse in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruno Elias)

Plastic waste floats alongside jellyfish at the Blue Magic dive site in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Bolivarian National Police stop protesters who are demanding higher salaries, pensions and benefits, from continuing their march to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

A man gathers his belongings from his home, which has been destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A government supporter weeps during a mourning ceremony marking the 40th day since the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman holds her dog as she walks past burned cars a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

An American who was arrested in the Bahamas after his wife vanished while the couple were traveling in a motorboat near the archipelago denies any wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday.

Brian Hooker “categorically and unequivocally denies any wrongdoing" and has been cooperating with authorities, lawyer Terrel Butler said in the statement. Butler said Hooker could not provide further comments while investigations are continuing.

Authorities said the husband, a 59-year-old man whom they did not identify, was arrested in Abaco on Wednesday and is being questioned. Police and Butler did not provide further details, including whether or not he was charged.

A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson told The Associated Press that they have opened a criminal investigation into the case.

Officials have said Lynette Hooker, 55, was traveling in an 8-foot motorboat from Hope Town to Elbow Cay on Saturday night, and that her husband, Brian Hooker, told authorities she fell overboard with the boat keys, causing the engine to turn off.

Authorities said Brian Hooker then paddled to shore and alerted someone about her disappearance early Sunday.

“Strong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,” police said in a statement issued Saturday.

Lynette Hooker’s mother, Darlene Hamlett, told The Associated Press late Wednesday that she was “glad to hear” about the arrest, but declined further comment, saying she was seeking more information.

Earlier on Wednesday, she said she wanted to hear more from her son-in-law about how her daughter disappeared. The couple had been married for more than two decades and lived in Onsted, Michigan. Online records gave Brian Hooker’s age as 58, and the reason for the discrepancy wasn’t immediately clear.

“I’m going to be interested in what he says, because I haven’t heard from him in almost two days,” Hamlett said while on a six-hour drive back home from the Bahamian Consulate in Miami, where she secured a passport so she can fly to the Caribbean nation soon.

“Our family grew up on water and so Lynette her whole life has been near lakes, on boats, sailing and swimming,” Hamlett said. “It would be a miracle if (she’s rescued), but I’m still counting on one.”

Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told NBC News that it is unlikely her mother would “just fall” off the boat, saying she was an experienced sailor. The couple had been sailing for years and documented their voyages on social media under the moniker, “The Sailing Hookers.”

Aylesworth also told NBC that the couple’s relationship was volatile, and that they have a “history of not getting along, especially when they drink.”

She told WXYZ-TV she doubted her mother survived and was able to tread water that long, but hoped to find her to get closure.

Butler's statement said that Brian Hooker's denial of wrongdoing includes in particular “the allegations recently made by Karli Aylesworth.”

On Wednesday morning, Brian Hooker wrote on Facebook that he is “heartbroken over the recent boat accident in unpredictable seas and high winds that caused my beloved Lynette to fall from our small dinghy near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas.”

“Despite desperate attempts to reach her, the winds and currents drove us further apart,” he wrote. “We continue to search for her and that is my sole focus.”

The U.S. Coast Guard has also joined the investigation and interviewed Aylesworth on Wednesday, according to her attorney, Ron Marienfeld.

“We are pleased to see it is being investigated, and hopefully more answers will come to give the family some closure,” Marienfeld said via email.

Bahamian police said search operations and investigative efforts remain active.

A Michigan woman is missing after going overboard from a small boat in the Bahamas. (AP Digital Embed)