The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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

ADDS NAME - Photographer John Abernathy is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

ADDS NAME - Photographer John Abernathy is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A protester holds an umbrella as they react to tear gas after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A protester holds an umbrella as they react to tear gas after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Members of the Sanchez family work at the Salinas de Cumaraguas salt flats on the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Members of the Sanchez family work at the Salinas de Cumaraguas salt flats on the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

An officer of Indian Para-military force briefs his men during India Republic Day parade rehearsal early morning amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An officer of Indian Para-military force briefs his men during India Republic Day parade rehearsal early morning amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Displaced Syrians ride in the back of a truck near a humanitarian crossing declared by the Syrian army in the village of Hamima, in the eastern Aleppo countryside, near the front line with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Hafer, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Displaced Syrians ride in the back of a truck near a humanitarian crossing declared by the Syrian army in the village of Hamima, in the eastern Aleppo countryside, near the front line with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Hafer, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Cars drive on a bridge over the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Cars drive on a bridge over the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Military vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Military vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A man fishes on the ice of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A man fishes on the ice of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A local boy, right, flies a kite as his father walks home after fishing on the outskirts of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, Jan 15, 2026.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A local boy, right, flies a kite as his father walks home after fishing on the outskirts of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, Jan 15, 2026.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Migrating cranes flock at sunrise in Hula Lake conservation area, north of the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Migrating cranes flock at sunrise in Hula Lake conservation area, north of the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)