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The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

2026-09-02 04:44 Last Updated At:04:52

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

People play basketball in a park at dusk in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People play basketball in a park at dusk in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Visitors view a recreation of a cell at Military Security Branch 248 containing original items from the facility, at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair about prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Visitors view a recreation of a cell at Military Security Branch 248 containing original items from the facility, at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair about prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A reveller celebrates the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A reveller celebrates the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Leonard A. Holmes of Buffalo, N.Y., during a solemn ceremony, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Leonard A. Holmes of Buffalo, N.Y., during a solemn ceremony, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bright Angel Canyon, middle left, the scene of flash floods, meets with the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bright Angel Canyon, middle left, the scene of flash floods, meets with the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) CORRECTION: Corrects to clarify that this was at a separate cremation ground and not during a mass burial.

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) CORRECTION: Corrects to clarify that this was at a separate cremation ground and not during a mass burial.

People play dominoes under the light of a cell phone flashlight, near a gas flare during a power outage in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

People play dominoes under the light of a cell phone flashlight, near a gas flare during a power outage in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, arrives to compete against Anastasia Zakharova, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, arrives to compete against Anastasia Zakharova, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

An ethnic Chinese devotee throws paper offerings into a fire during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Metajam, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

An ethnic Chinese devotee throws paper offerings into a fire during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Metajam, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Girls hug as they arrive to school for their first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Girls hug as they arrive to school for their first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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People play basketball in a park at dusk in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People play basketball in a park at dusk in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Visitors view a recreation of a cell at Military Security Branch 248 containing original items from the facility, at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair about prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Visitors view a recreation of a cell at Military Security Branch 248 containing original items from the facility, at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair about prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A reveller celebrates the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A reveller celebrates the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Leonard A. Holmes of Buffalo, N.Y., during a solemn ceremony, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Leonard A. Holmes of Buffalo, N.Y., during a solemn ceremony, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bright Angel Canyon, middle left, the scene of flash floods, meets with the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bright Angel Canyon, middle left, the scene of flash floods, meets with the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) CORRECTION: Corrects to clarify that this was at a separate cremation ground and not during a mass burial.

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) CORRECTION: Corrects to clarify that this was at a separate cremation ground and not during a mass burial.

People play dominoes under the light of a cell phone flashlight, near a gas flare during a power outage in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

People play dominoes under the light of a cell phone flashlight, near a gas flare during a power outage in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, arrives to compete against Anastasia Zakharova, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, arrives to compete against Anastasia Zakharova, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

An ethnic Chinese devotee throws paper offerings into a fire during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Metajam, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

An ethnic Chinese devotee throws paper offerings into a fire during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Metajam, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Girls hug as they arrive to school for their first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Girls hug as they arrive to school for their first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Residents salvage what they can from homes and schools ruined in catastrophic flooding that killed hundreds and left thousands missing in Nepal and Tibet.

A resident searches for belongings in his damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident searches for belongings in his damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Nepal flag lies on a muddy track near the banks of the Trishuli river in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Nepal flag lies on a muddy track near the banks of the Trishuli river in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A parent searches for her child's belongings inside a flood-damaged classroom at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A parent searches for her child's belongings inside a flood-damaged classroom at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A hibiscus flower blooms from a muddy stem covered in silt in the aftermath of flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A hibiscus flower blooms from a muddy stem covered in silt in the aftermath of flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A resident salvages his belongings from his house filled with mud and debris in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident salvages his belongings from his house filled with mud and debris in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Shoba Shrestha gives water to her dog Sweety, after the dog returned home following four days apart in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Shoba Shrestha gives water to her dog Sweety, after the dog returned home following four days apart in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A resident carries an air cooler salvaged from his damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident carries an air cooler salvaged from his damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident shows a holy book as he salvages his belongings from damaged home filled with mud and debris in Devighat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident shows a holy book as he salvages his belongings from damaged home filled with mud and debris in Devighat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident salvages belongings from his damaged home after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A resident salvages belongings from his damaged home after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A man salvages a money and bottles of mineral water from his house affected by flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A man salvages a money and bottles of mineral water from his house affected by flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A student smiles after locating her bag from a pile extracted from the mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A student smiles after locating her bag from a pile extracted from the mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A school bag is full of mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A school bag is full of mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People clear mud and sand from a house brought by the Trishuli River during flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People clear mud and sand from a house brought by the Trishuli River during flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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