The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
A Lithuanian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water shortly after midnight during a traditional Epiphany celebration in a lake near Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with air temperatures at -17 degrees Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) and water temperatures at 0.4 degrees Celsius (32.7 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Rescue workers and firefighters work with heavy machinery to search through the rubble of a burnt building of a multistory shopping plaza following a massive fire in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)
Rescue workers and firefighters work with heavy machinery to search through the rubble of a burnt building of a multistory shopping plaza following a massive fire in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)
Coco Gauff of the U.S. serves to Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Coco Gauff of the U.S. serves to Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Standup paddleboarders sail along one of the branches of the Ob River that doesn’t freeze even in such extreme cold as the temperature drops to −40°Celsius (-40 Fahrenheit) in Novosibirsk, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov)
Standup paddleboarders sail along one of the branches of the Ob River that doesn’t freeze even in such extreme cold as the temperature drops to −40°Celsius (-40 Fahrenheit) in Novosibirsk, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov)
High priests celebrate Timket, the Ethiopian Epiphany, on the shore of lake Dembel, in Batu, Ethiopia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanuel Sileshi)
High priests celebrate Timket, the Ethiopian Epiphany, on the shore of lake Dembel, in Batu, Ethiopia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanuel Sileshi)
Presidential honor guards stand at the National Palace on the sidelines of a prayer breakfast hosted by President Nayib Bukele, attended by a couple U.S. lawmakers, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
Presidential honor guards stand at the National Palace on the sidelines of a prayer breakfast hosted by President Nayib Bukele, attended by a couple U.S. lawmakers, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A member of the Gonzalez family pets his dog after the family’s home caught fire during wildfires in Lirquen, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres)
A member of the Gonzalez family pets his dog after the family’s home caught fire during wildfires in Lirquen, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres)
Security forces escort an inmate after entering the Renovation maximum-security prison to free guards taken hostage and retake control of the facility, which houses gang leaders, in Escuintla, Guatemala, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Security forces escort an inmate after entering the Renovation maximum-security prison to free guards taken hostage and retake control of the facility, which houses gang leaders, in Escuintla, Guatemala, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Residents topple a statue of a female Kurdish fighter after the takeover of the town by Syrian government forces from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, eastern Syria, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Residents topple a statue of a female Kurdish fighter after the takeover of the town by Syrian government forces from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, eastern Syria, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
CORRECTS ISMAIL TO ISMAILA - Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr holds up the winner’s trophy and celebrates as Senegal beat Morocco to win the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match, in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
CORRECTS ISMAIL TO ISMAILA - Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr holds up the winner’s trophy and celebrates as Senegal beat Morocco to win the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match, in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
People bathe in the icy water on Epiphany during a traditional Epiphany at the Great Palace Pond in Ostankino, Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, backdropped by the Church of the Holy Trinity. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
People bathe in the icy water on Epiphany during a traditional Epiphany at the Great Palace Pond in Ostankino, Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, backdropped by the Church of the Holy Trinity. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
People protest against Trump’s policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
People protest against Trump’s policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Flavio Cobolli of Italy serves to Arthur Fery of Britain during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Flavio Cobolli of Italy serves to Arthur Fery of Britain during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A participant pours cold water over himself to purify his soul and pray for good health during a New Year’s ritual at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
A participant pours cold water over himself to purify his soul and pray for good health during a New Year’s ritual at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)