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2026-09-11 06:25 Last Updated At：06:31

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

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Police officers use police batons to disperse far-left Catalan separatists trying to disrupt a rally by a far-right Catalan separatist party in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sprinter Ashanti Moore, of Jamaica, poses on the red carpet for the formal opening of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

President Donald Trump tours the National Medal of Honor Museum, with Charlotte Jones Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

American Airlines pilots take part in a memorial event at the 9/11 Memorial, Thursday, Sept.10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

The 5-meter-tall sculpture ''Lady in Blue'', created by American artist Tschabalala Self as a tribute to a young metropolitan woman, is unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

People walk amid the charred remains of homes near a primary school and a secondary school where a fire broke out, killing several students, in Bukavu, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Relatives and friends of earthquake victims hold balloons during a vigil marking the one-month anniversary of the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

A cyclist rides along a trail at sunset in San Antonio, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

France's Gabby Williams, left, and Marième Badiane rebound with China's Zhang Ziyu during the Women's Basketball World Cup quarterfinal match between the China and France in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Greek actress Katerina Misichroni, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the cauldron during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic stadium, in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Beta Technologies Alia CX300 aircraft is visible through the door of a hangar at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport as people gather ahead of a news conference announcing the Texas' launch of President Trump's Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Medal of Honor recipients wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney arrives for a meeting with Greek President Constantine Tassoulas at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

An American flag flies, with the lower Manhattan skyline in background, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jersey City, NJ. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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Police officers use police batons to disperse far-left Catalan separatists trying to disrupt a rally by a far-right Catalan separatist party in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sprinter Ashanti Moore, of Jamaica, poses on the red carpet for the formal opening of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

President Donald Trump tours the National Medal of Honor Museum, with Charlotte Jones Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

American Airlines pilots take part in a memorial event at the 9/11 Memorial, Thursday, Sept.10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

The 5-meter-tall sculpture ''Lady in Blue'', created by American artist Tschabalala Self as a tribute to a young metropolitan woman, is unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

People walk amid the charred remains of homes near a primary school and a secondary school where a fire broke out, killing several students, in Bukavu, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Relatives and friends of earthquake victims hold balloons during a vigil marking the one-month anniversary of the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

A cyclist rides along a trail at sunset in San Antonio, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

France's Gabby Williams, left, and Marième Badiane rebound with China's Zhang Ziyu during the Women's Basketball World Cup quarterfinal match between the China and France in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Greek actress Katerina Misichroni, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the cauldron during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic stadium, in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Beta Technologies Alia CX300 aircraft is visible through the door of a hangar at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport as people gather ahead of a news conference announcing the Texas' launch of President Trump's Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Medal of Honor recipients wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney arrives for a meeting with Greek President Constantine Tassoulas at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

An American flag flies, with the lower Manhattan skyline in background, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jersey City, NJ. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Dark Side defense helps Seahawks overcome an injury to Sam Darnold to win the opener

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks showed that no matter who they have at quarterback, their Dark Side defense gives them a chance to win.

That proved to be true in the season opener when the defending Super Bowl champions overcame an injury to quarterback Sam Darnold and a 10-point deficit to beat the New England Patriots 13-10 on Wednesday night thanks in large part to three interceptions in the fourth quarter.

"When you think about Seattle, we want you to think about our defense, and what we are going to bring each and every day,” linebacker Ernest Jones IV said.

That defense will need to continue to shine given the uncertainty about Darnold's status after he left the game with a hip injury following the opening drive. Coach Mike Macdonald said that Darnold has a “muscle” injury near his hip and that the team would have a better idea of his status going forward on Monday.

“It’s been positive news,” Macdonald said. “Right now we’re just working through the extent of the injury and put a plan in place to get back rocking and rolling.”

Backup Drew Lock made just enough plays to give Seattle a chance, with his 45-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba tying the game in the fourth quarter following the first of three interceptions the defense made off Drake Maye.

The second pick set up the go-ahead field goal, and the win was sealed when Josh Jobe made a toe-tapping interception of a pass to the end zone with the Patriots in position to tie the game with a field goal or take the lead with a touchdown in the final minute.

“It was game on the line," Jobe said. "Like we talk about, we live in the death zone, and we came alive and we took the ball away. That’s what we talked about throughout the week, take the ball away and keep our eye on the ball.”

That was the formula that was so successful last season, when the Seahawks rode one of the game's stingiest defenses to win the title, capped by completely shutting down Maye and the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Fourth-quarter defense. Seattle had three interceptions and three sacks in the fourth quarter to help fuel the comeback in another dominant defensive performance. The Seahawks were the first team in 11 years to have at least three interceptions and three sacks in the fourth quarter of a game they trailed after three.

Penalties. Seattle had 10 penalties for 98 yards and several were costly. Jobe committed a pass interference to set up New England's first TD and a roughing the punter on Chazz Surratt led to a field goal. The Seahawks also lined up offside on a successful fourth-down sneak to stop one drive and had an illegal shift to wipe out a TD pass on a drive that ended with a field goal.

Lock. The journeyman quarterback has bounced around the league a bit since being drafted by Denver in the second round in 2019. He delivered when it mattered on Wednesday night, with his TD pass to Smith-Njigba tying the game and then leading a go-ahead drive for a field goal later in the fourth.

Pass catchers other than Smith-Njigba. Last season's AP Offensive Player of the Year had 44.1% of the team's yards receiving in 2025 for the highest rate of any player in 13 years. He had 122 of the 200 yards passing in the opener, with no one else having more than two catches or more than 35 yards.

Darnold's status is the biggest question, but the team also had to play without safeties Nick Emmanwori (ankle) and Ty Okada (hamstring). Emmanwori practiced last week and appears to have a better chance of playing in Week 2.

0. The Seahawks committed no turnovers. Seattle turned it over 28 times in the 2025 regular season for the second most in the NFL. But the Seahawks had none in Week 18 and then became the only Super Bowl champion to commit no turnovers in the playoffs. With none in the opener, they now have gone five straight games without a giveaway for the first time in franchise history.

The Seahawks visit Arizona on Sept. 20 seeking their second 2-0 start in the past six seasons.

See AP’s full NFL coverage here

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

Police officers use police batons to disperse far-left Catalan separatists trying to disrupt a rally by a far-right Catalan separatist party in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sprinter Ashanti Moore, of Jamaica, poses on the red carpet for the formal opening of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

President Donald Trump tours the National Medal of Honor Museum, with Charlotte Jones Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

American Airlines pilots take part in a memorial event at the 9/11 Memorial, Thursday, Sept.10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

The 5-meter-tall sculpture ''Lady in Blue'', created by American artist Tschabalala Self as a tribute to a young metropolitan woman, is unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

People walk amid the charred remains of homes near a primary school and a secondary school where a fire broke out, killing several students, in Bukavu, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Relatives and friends of earthquake victims hold balloons during a vigil marking the one-month anniversary of the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

A cyclist rides along a trail at sunset in San Antonio, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

France's Gabby Williams, left, and Marième Badiane rebound with China's Zhang Ziyu during the Women's Basketball World Cup quarterfinal match between the China and France in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Greek actress Katerina Misichroni, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the cauldron during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic stadium, in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Medal of Honor recipients wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney arrives for a meeting with Greek President Constantine Tassoulas at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

An American flag flies, with the lower Manhattan skyline in background, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jersey City, NJ. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Police officers use police batons to disperse far-left Catalan separatists trying to disrupt a rally by a far-right Catalan separatist party in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sprinter Ashanti Moore, of Jamaica, poses on the red carpet for the formal opening of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

President Donald Trump tours the National Medal of Honor Museum, with Charlotte Jones Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

American Airlines pilots take part in a memorial event at the 9/11 Memorial, Thursday, Sept.10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

The 5-meter-tall sculpture ''Lady in Blue'', created by American artist Tschabalala Self as a tribute to a young metropolitan woman, is unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

People walk amid the charred remains of homes near a primary school and a secondary school where a fire broke out, killing several students, in Bukavu, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Relatives and friends of earthquake victims hold balloons during a vigil marking the one-month anniversary of the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

A cyclist rides along a trail at sunset in San Antonio, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

France's Gabby Williams, left, and Marième Badiane rebound with China's Zhang Ziyu during the Women's Basketball World Cup quarterfinal match between the China and France in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Greek actress Katerina Misichroni, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the cauldron during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic stadium, in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Medal of Honor recipients wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney arrives for a meeting with Greek President Constantine Tassoulas at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

An American flag flies, with the lower Manhattan skyline in background, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jersey City, NJ. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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