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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 18, 2024

2024-09-18 23:42 Last Updated At:23:51

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

An airplane flies past the moon as it rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

An airplane flies past the moon as it rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A couple enjoy the view of Kuala Lumpur city skyline at a popular viewing area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A couple enjoy the view of Kuala Lumpur city skyline at a popular viewing area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Dogs sit next to a damaged house where various people died after a rain-induced landslide, in Naucalpan, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Dogs sit next to a damaged house where various people died after a rain-induced landslide, in Naucalpan, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Matt Capelouto, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose, holds an awareness card advocating for legal action against those responsible for drug-related deaths in Temecula, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Matt Capelouto, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose, holds an awareness card advocating for legal action against those responsible for drug-related deaths in Temecula, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An artwork "Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)" created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles is placed for the Fourth Plinth, marking 25 years of the ground-breaking commissioning programme for public art at Trafalgar Square, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

An artwork "Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)" created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles is placed for the Fourth Plinth, marking 25 years of the ground-breaking commissioning programme for public art at Trafalgar Square, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A government supporter runs through tear gas during clashes with supporters of former President Evo Morales who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in Vila Vila, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A government supporter runs through tear gas during clashes with supporters of former President Evo Morales who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in Vila Vila, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Tea plantation workers cheer for their political leaders during a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Tea plantation workers cheer for their political leaders during a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Boys try to clean up the debris from a flooding at home in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Boys try to clean up the debris from a flooding at home in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A police officer kisses a girl outside a school where a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in Azambuja, near Lisbon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

A police officer kisses a girl outside a school where a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in Azambuja, near Lisbon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

A fire rages on the hills around Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruno Fonseca)

A fire rages on the hills around Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruno Fonseca)

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An airplane flies past the moon as it rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A couple enjoy the view of Kuala Lumpur city skyline at a popular viewing area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

A couple enjoy the view of Kuala Lumpur city skyline at a popular viewing area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Dogs sit next to a damaged house where various people died after a rain-induced landslide, in Naucalpan, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Dogs sit next to a damaged house where various people died after a rain-induced landslide, in Naucalpan, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Matt Capelouto, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose, holds an awareness card advocating for legal action against those responsible for drug-related deaths in Temecula, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Matt Capelouto, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose, holds an awareness card advocating for legal action against those responsible for drug-related deaths in Temecula, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An artwork "Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)" created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles is placed for the Fourth Plinth, marking 25 years of the ground-breaking commissioning programme for public art at Trafalgar Square, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

An artwork "Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)" created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles is placed for the Fourth Plinth, marking 25 years of the ground-breaking commissioning programme for public art at Trafalgar Square, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A government supporter runs through tear gas during clashes with supporters of former President Evo Morales who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in Vila Vila, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A government supporter runs through tear gas during clashes with supporters of former President Evo Morales who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in Vila Vila, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Tea plantation workers cheer for their political leaders during a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Tea plantation workers cheer for their political leaders during a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Boys try to clean up the debris from a flooding at home in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Boys try to clean up the debris from a flooding at home in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

A police officer kisses a girl outside a school where a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in Azambuja, near Lisbon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

A police officer kisses a girl outside a school where a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in Azambuja, near Lisbon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

A fire rages on the hills around Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruno Fonseca)

A fire rages on the hills around Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruno Fonseca)

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Harry Kane and Bayern Munich are scoring a torrent of goals under new coach Vincent Kompany, but the England striker still thinks they're vulnerable.

Despite netting four times in Bayern's record-breaking 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday, Kane seemed more concerned with the two soft goals the team conceded just after half-time.

“We need to learn. We spoke about, already this season, continuing the performance from the first half. Each first half we've played has been really good this season. The second half has kind of dropped off," Kane told broadcaster DAZN after the game.

"We got away with it today because we were able to step up another gear but against the top opposition we could get punished for that, so we need to try and iron that out.”

Bayern has scored a scarcely believable 24 goals in five games in all competitions under Kompany — nine of them by Kane — but hasn’t faced top-class opposition yet.

That means it's still an open question whether Kompany's Bayern is a better team than the one that finished an underwhelming third in the Bundesliga last season.

Against Zagreb, there were echoes of how Bayern played under Kompany’s predecessors Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel — lots of goals, but fragile under pressure.

Zagreb scored back-to-back goals in the 49th and 50th minutes to expose glaring gaps at the back and briefly cut the deficit to 3-2. The positioning of central defenders Dayot Upamecano and Kim Min-jae, who have been Bayern's first-choice partnership for a year, was a particular issue.

Bayern's next game is on Saturday at Werder Bremen, which beat Tuchel's team 1-0 in January. Bremen, ninth last season, will be Kompany's first opponent that finished in the top half of the table.

Despite Kompany's experience as a player, taking over at Bayern has been a big step up for a coach who was in charge of Burnley when that club was relegated from the English Premier League last season.

The former Belgium defender was far from Bayern's top choice, either. The club was stung by a very public failure to sign preferred targets like Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso or Germany's Nagelsmann — or even to persuade Tuchel to stay — before eventually landing on Kompany, who signed in May.

With a high-profile Bundesliga test coming on Sept. 28 against champion Leverkusen, Bayern doesn’t have long to iron out defensive problems.

Elsewhere in the league, two Champions League teams meet on Sunday as Stuttgart plays Borussia Dortmund. Leverkusen takes on Wolfsburg the same day and Leipzig visits promoted St. Pauli, which is without a league win since its coach Fabian Hürzeler left for Brighton in the close season.

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Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany gestures to his players from the sidelines during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Bayern Munich and GNK Dinamo at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany gestures to his players from the sidelines during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Bayern Munich and GNK Dinamo at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's Harry Kane prepares to take a penalty kick during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Bayern Munich and GNK Dinamo at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's Harry Kane prepares to take a penalty kick during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Bayern Munich and GNK Dinamo at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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