The top photos of the day by AP 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.

Linda Noskova of Czech Republic reacts after winning against Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic in the women's singles final at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Argentina's Lionel Messi, center, reacts after the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Switzerland in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Conor McGregor, right, jumps into the air for a kick as he fights Max Holloway in a welterweight fight at the UFC 329 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

People struggle with umbrella in a rain caused by Typhoon Bavi in Taichung, Taiwan, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

People swim in the Seine River in Paris during a heat wave, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Spanish bullfighter Saúl Jiménez Fortes performs during a bullfight at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)

A blaze engulfs trees on the Summit Fire in Llano, CA. Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A ferris wheel is illuminated at the beach on the Baltic Sea in Groemitz, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Firefighters watch as a helicopter drops water on the Summit Fire in Llano, CA. Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

People walk in the night during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs prepare at a farm near the Horns of Hattin in northern Israel, on Friday, July 10, 2026. for a reenactment of the Battle of Hattin, one of the most significant battles of the Middle Ages. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Farah Abu Assi, 12, collects used paper to light a fire for cooking in the hall of Bilal Mosque, which has been converted into a shelter for displaced people, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, in the Srebrenica Memorial Centre in Potocari, Bosnia, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Children attend a historical festival marking the Day of Military Glory in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Participants sprint to the finish line during the teen race during the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa walks through the chamber after addressing the inaugural session of Syria's newly formed People's Assembly, the first since the fall of President Bashar Assad's government, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Albert Salgado, left, is comforted by his girlfriend at the site where his uncle Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by an ICE officer in Houston on Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

A view of a burnt area affected by wildfires in Bedar, near Almeria, Spain, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Marrero)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jordan said Monday it shot down four missiles launched by Iran.

The kingdom made the announcement on its state-run Petra news agency.

“The incident resulted in zero casualties or material damage,” Petra said, quoting the Jordanian military.

Iran earlier had claimed an attack targeting Jordan, which hosts U.S. military forces.

Bahrain and Kuwait also came under attack from Iran on Monday morning.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.

The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the strait off the coast of Oman, again underlined that the waterway that once saw a fifth of the world's traded crude oil and natural gas pass through it remained the key issue in negotiations. The narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf has seen shipping disrupted since the start of the war as Iran maintained a chokehold on it by attacking commercial vessels around it, intimidating shippers.

Iran and the U.S. are nearly at the midway point of the 60-day period of an interim deal that was supposed to set up talks for a permanent end to the war. Instead, it has devolved into a series of attacks over the strait and its future, worrying world leaders the Iran war fully could resume.

“A return to full-scale hostilities would have catastrophic consequences,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement.

The U.S. military’s Central Command described its forces as hitting dozens of sites in the strikes Monday, including air defense systems, radar sites, missile and drone equipment and small boats.

“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” Central Command said. “Iran does not control it.”

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a key power center in the country's theocracy that controls its ballistic missile arsenal, sharply rejected America's statement.

“The Strait of Hormuz is our territory, and we will not allow a rogue and child-killing army from the other side of the world to continue its illegal interference in it,” the Guard said.

Missile alert sirens sounded twice Monday in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, and Kuwait said it was intercepting hostile fire. There was no immediate word on damage in either country.

Iranian state media acknowledged the latest attacks on its soil early Monday, describing explosions in several locations with at least one person being killed.

Iranian attacks on Sunday stretched Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and even Oman — whose territorial waters with Iran make up the strait. Oman, which long has been an interlocutor between Tehran and the West, summoned an Iranian diplomat to criticize the attack.

Meanwhile Monday, a base belonging to the armed wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish opposition group based in Iraq’s semiautonomous northern Kurdistan region, came under drone attack. Rebaz Sharifi, commander of the Kurdistan Militia Corps, said the strikes targeted the group’s Chamshar base, without giving details on casualties or damage. No group immediately claimed responsibility.

The U.S. military early Sunday said it hit some 140 targets, including missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment and other sites — a far-heavier set of attacks than in two previous rounds of strikes in the last week.

“We bombed the hell out of them last night,” U.S. President Donald Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Iran retaliated by attacking nations in the region hosting U.S. military forces, while insisting it alone must control the strait and potentially charge vessels for traveling through it.

“The era of one-sided deals is OVER,” Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament and a main negotiator, wrote. “We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.”

Iran described the strait as being closed, while the U.S. military and Trump asserted that the strait remained open.

Iran’s chokehold on the strait, however, has loosened as the U.S. military provided support to vessels moving along a southern route hugging the coastline of Oman. That new route has angered Iran, which launched repeated attacks on ships using it.

Iran’s grip on the strait led to a global energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.

Trump suggested last week that the interim deal in the war was “over.” But mediators, including Pakistan, Qatar and Egypt, have continued efforts to reach a final agreement to end the war.

A regional official involved in mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss talks, said efforts to shore up the ceasefire continued Sunday. Pakistan said its foreign minister spoke by phone with Iran’s top diplomat and urged “de-escalation” on both sides.

Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, unseen since the war began, on Saturday vowed in his first statement since the funeral of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iranians would avenge his killing.

Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Stella Martany in Irbil, Iraq, contributed to this report.

A group of people stands in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)