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"No, this is not RoboCop."
That's how Michael Feldman, the AP's international photo editor, introduced this photo of a law enforcement officer in Zhengzhou, China. The officer was showing off body armor and a gun that shoots a net to catch dogs.
Meanwhile, a few hundred miles up the road, baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. has some fun during a clinic he's conducting for kids in Beijing.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
See below for more of Feldman's top photo picks.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Two of the images highlighted by AP International Photo Editor Michael Feldman at the AP global news meeting came from East Timor, where pilgrims traveled to a Christ statue on Matebian Mountain -- formerly the site of a rebel base.
Some claim that, in 1978, thousands of Timorese were killed at the base in fighting with Indonesia forces.
See below for more of the AP photos Feldman chose to highlight at the meeting. (Though Rockies fans might want to cover their eyes.)
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
This photo, of a child at play -- with a toy rocket-propelled grenade launcher -- is one of several images highlighted at this morning's AP global news meeting by AP Photo Supervisor Jim Collins.
The picture was taken in Sadr City, a Shiite enclave of Baghdad.
Collins also pointed out the photo below, shot outside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah. The boy in the image is holding up a portrait of relatives jailed by Israel, as part of a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
See below for more of Collins' top-photo picks of the moment.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
"The Red Sox did a lot of this last night."
That's how Madge Stager, the AP's chief picture editor in New York, introduced this photo of Boston's Kevin Youkilis sliding into home plate at the World Series opener -- one of several images she highlighted at this morning's AP global news meeting.
"And the Rockies," she said, moving on to a photo of Colorado pitcher Franklin Morales, "did a lot of that."
See below for other AP photos Stager showcased at the meeting.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
The following are some of the top photos today from The Associated Press:
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
From top to bottom:
-- Bernadette Tuazon
(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The California wildfires are dominating the top images in the AP photo report at the moment, according to AP International Photo Editor Michael Feldman, who highlighted some of the best pictures at this morning's AP global news meeting.
The photo above shows a back fire on a hillside in Jamul, Calif., while the one below was shot in the Santiago Canyon hills in Silverado.
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
See below for more of Feldman's top photos picks.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A lot of the top images AP International Photo Editor Michael Feldman highlighted at this morning's AP global news meeting came from Southern California, where several devastating wildfires continue to burn. The photo above comes from the Malibu Hills; because of an extended exposure, embers blown in the wind appear as streaks at the bottom of the image.
Below, a helicopter scoops water from a golf course in Valencia, Calif., for use in the firefighting efforts.
(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
See below for more of Feldman's top-photo picks.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
This dramatic image from a wildfire near Irvine, Calif., was one of a handful of images highlighted by AP International Photo Editor Michael Feldman at this morning's AP global news meeting.
Feldman also showed this photo, one of several shot by the AP at a protest in Washington by anti-war, justice and environmental groups.
(AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
See below for more of Feldman's top-photo picks of the moment.
-- Eric Carvin
(AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
One of 99 would-be immigrants, including at least 10 minors, shows his emotions today in Puerto de los Cristianos, on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, after their boat was intercepted as it crossed over from western Africa.
So far this year, more than 8,000 migrants have been caught in their attempt to reach Spain. The dangerous trip often takes more than a week and many die in the attempt. The immigrants are seen below being towed by a Spanish rescue ship in another photo by Arturo Rodriguez.
--Paul Chavez
(AP Photo/Grzegorz Lukasik/Plinio Lepri)
Do you think those flames on the right look like the late Pope John Paul II on the left?
The bonfire photo was taken by Grzegorz Lukasik, 26, during an April 2 mountainside ceremony in Poland marking the second anniversary of the pope's death. The resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son is causing quite a stir.
For more on the bonfire-pope photo, read this report filed today from Warsaw, Poland, by Monika Scislowska.
--Paul Chavez
