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.

Oleh Tarabaka, head of the Nova Kakhovka military administration, left, and Vadym, a Ukrainian sergeant of the 42nd Marine Brigade, right, help evacuate Antonina, a local resident, as they walk past a destroyed residential building in an area contaminated with anti-personnel mines, during a localized ceasefire linked to a humanitarian aid mission to Oleshky, in the village of Kozatske, Kherson region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy, center, celebrates with his team after clinching the world championship at the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Visitors attend the opening of "In Search of Iran," an exhibition exploring Iranian identity through works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's collection, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Golden State Valkyries celebrate their win over the Atlanta Dream in Game 7 of the WNBA basketball finals on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

An Israeli settler shouts at a Palestinian man as local residents are prevented from continuing their olive harvest in the West Bank village of Kafr Malik, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Britain's King Charles III gestures in the rain during an Independence Day parade at the Sir Vivian Richards cricket ground in North Sound, Antigua, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Protestors carry a banner with the words "We don't have houses, the tents stay" during a demonstration to demand affordable housing, in downtown Lisbon, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Five Flags Event Center, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Mohammed Oweis carries the body of his 4-year-old son, Yazan, killed in an Israeli strike, during his funeral in Gaza City Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Buddhists pray holding a yellow light ball as workers undertake construction of stupas of enlightenment at the Gelephu Mindfulness City project site in Gelephu, Bhutan, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

British adventurer Karl Bushby embraces his mother Angela Bushby as he arrives back at her home in Hull after 28 years of his journey walking across the world, Hull, England, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Protester stand on a street covered by smoke during protests over living costs and education in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez)

Japanese bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa, 90, right, prepares to compete in the 2026 IFBB World Fitness and Bodybuilding Championships in Santa Susanna, Spain, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pau Venteo)

A Demonstrator is arrested by police officers during a protest under the slogan "Gen Z Takes Care of It" in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A bicyclist dressed up in an eagle costume poses for a photo while riding along Sheikh Zayed highway during the annual Dubai Ride event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)

Salvador Morin, left, stands with his father, Salvador Morin, while waving signs encouraging people to vote on a street corner near Midtown Mall, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A family is reflected in Britain's King Charles III's glasses during a tour at the Government House museum in St. John, Antigua and Barbuda, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Families gather at a tomb to be with their dearly departed on Day of the Dead at the San Gregorio Atlapulco cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, late Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Police and security escort a protester out as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Five Flags Event Center, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CHICAGO (AP) — The former head of the FBI's Chicago field office says he lost his job after being wrongly blamed for prosecutions that fell apart against six people who protested the federal immigration crackdown in the city, according to a lawsuit he filed Monday.

Douglas DePodesta, a 24-year veteran of the FBI, says in the suit against top Justice Department officials that federal prosecutors pushed “politically motivated prosecutions” against Chicago’s demonstrators before gathering evidence. He says his superiors told him that FBI Director Kash Patel wanted him fired, and he stepped down against his will this summer.

"I saw the writing on the wall,” DePodesta told The Associated Press on Monday.

He accused the top federal prosecutor in Illinois, Andrew Boutros, of starting a “campaign within the Department of Justice to blame” him after the so-called “Broadview Six” case dramatically fell apart earlier this year.

Boutros’ office declined to comment. The FBI and the Justice Department, which are both named in the suit, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hours after DePodesta filed the suit, U.S. District Judge April Perry ordered Boutros and three of his assistant attorneys to testify under oath on Nov. 16 in the failed case against the protesters.

“There is more than an adequate factual basis for the Court to pursue an inquiry as to whether willful false statements were made to the court,” Perry wrote in the order.

Federal prosecutors brought charges against around 30 protesters during the Chicago immigration enforcement operation, called Operation Midway Blitz. Many of those charges have been dropped or dismissed.

According to DePodesta’s lawsuit, Boutros faced pressure from the Justice Department throughout the crackdown to charge protesters with felonies.

“Boutros sent DePodesta emails demanding that DePodesta open FBI investigations into individuals with political views or affiliations in opposition to the Trump administration,” DePodesta’s attorneys wrote.

Boutros often pressured attorneys under him in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois to press charges “before investigating the objective evidence,” and he wanted felony charges when assisting attorneys “favored misdemeanors or no charges at all,” the suit alleges.

The office last October charged six people with conspiring to obstruct a federal officer, a felony, for their actions during a protest at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview.

Transcripts turned over to the court, which a judge ordered Boutros' office to remove redactions from, later revealed that a grand jury twice refused to indict the six, despite prosecutors' urgings and a highly unusual speech Boutros gave to jurors. Boutros dropped all charges against the six in May as the court moved to investigate possible prosecutorial misconduct.

Boutros “repeatedly complained to his superiors in Washington” that the failure was DePodesta's fault “to deflect attention from his own malfeasance,” DePodesta's attorneys wrote in the suit. DePodesta denied Boutros’ accusations to his superiors at the FBI, and they conceded that he was only being forced out because of the “political pressure Boutros created,” according to the suit.

The suit alleges Boutros told Justice Department leadership that DePodesta and his sister-in-law Nancy DePodesta, who is an attorney representing one of the six former defendants, “conspired to destroy” the case.

Nancy DePodesta, who represents Michael Rabbitt, one of the former defendants, confirmed to the AP that she is Douglas DePodesta's sister-in-law.

“There is no one at the FBI who took their oath of office and their ethical and moral responsibilities more seriously than Doug,” Nancy DePodesta said in a statement to the AP. “It is both heartbreaking and shameful that he was forced out of his position based on what appear to be utterly false rumors spread by” Boutros, she added.

In late September, one of the prosecutors on the “Broadview Six” case abruptly resigned, writing in a scathing resignation letter that Boutros had “scapegoated and publicly vilified” her. She filed a motion asking the court to treat her as an independent party going forward.

The former defendants have asked Judge Perry to appoint a special counsel to look into possible misconduct by prosecutors. At an Oct. 1 hearing, Perry ordered further “fact-finding” about communications between Boutros’ office and Justice Department leadership.

Mayes-Osterman is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

FILE - Douglas DePodesta, special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office, speaks with reporters at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, Feb. 12, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)