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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, September 25, 2024

2024-09-26 00:45 Last Updated At:00:51

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

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni enters the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni enters the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

A resident watches fires burning in a forested area in the Guapulo neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

A resident watches fires burning in a forested area in the Guapulo neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Kashmiri people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmiri people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Accompanying their father, who works for Boeing, Kassie Odo 2, and Iya Odo, 4, hold small picket signs, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as Boeing workers strike near the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Accompanying their father, who works for Boeing, Kassie Odo 2, and Iya Odo, 4, hold small picket signs, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as Boeing workers strike near the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A one horned rhinoceros and its calf graze in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A one horned rhinoceros and its calf graze in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Pope Francis touches the belly of a newly married woman during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis touches the belly of a newly married woman during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Real Madrid's Rodrygo, left, duels for the ball with Alaves' Carlos Benavidez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Alaves at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Real Madrid's Rodrygo, left, duels for the ball with Alaves' Carlos Benavidez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Alaves at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany demonstrate their training in lunar surface simulating conditions for future moon missions, like the Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA, at the opening of the new LUNA facility at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany demonstrate their training in lunar surface simulating conditions for future moon missions, like the Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA, at the opening of the new LUNA facility at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Garbage piles up on a corner in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Garbage piles up on a corner in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ukrainian military medics of the Azov brigade move an injured comrade on a stretcher, at the stabilization point near Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian military medics of the Azov brigade move an injured comrade on a stretcher, at the stabilization point near Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A police officer stands watch outside the UN headquarters during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A police officer stands watch outside the UN headquarters during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Pattie Gonia performs at the "Save Her! Environmental Drag Show" during Climate Week, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Pattie Gonia performs at the "Save Her! Environmental Drag Show" during Climate Week, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bilateral meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bilateral meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Students demonstrate ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Guerrero state, outside of the Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Students demonstrate ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Guerrero state, outside of the Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

People look at a damaged house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, near Safed, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo//Leo Correa)

People look at a damaged house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, near Safed, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo//Leo Correa)

Paulette McLin takes in the scene outside their summer home ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening, in Alligator Point, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Paulette McLin takes in the scene outside their summer home ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening, in Alligator Point, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni enters the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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

A resident watches fires burning in a forested area in the Guapulo neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

A resident watches fires burning in a forested area in the Guapulo neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Kashmiri people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmiri people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Accompanying their father, who works for Boeing, Kassie Odo 2, and Iya Odo, 4, hold small picket signs, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as Boeing workers strike near the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Accompanying their father, who works for Boeing, Kassie Odo 2, and Iya Odo, 4, hold small picket signs, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as Boeing workers strike near the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A one horned rhinoceros and its calf graze in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A one horned rhinoceros and its calf graze in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Pope Francis touches the belly of a newly married woman during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis touches the belly of a newly married woman during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Real Madrid's Rodrygo, left, duels for the ball with Alaves' Carlos Benavidez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Alaves at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Real Madrid's Rodrygo, left, duels for the ball with Alaves' Carlos Benavidez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Alaves at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany demonstrate their training in lunar surface simulating conditions for future moon missions, like the Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA, at the opening of the new LUNA facility at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany demonstrate their training in lunar surface simulating conditions for future moon missions, like the Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA, at the opening of the new LUNA facility at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Garbage piles up on a corner in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Garbage piles up on a corner in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ukrainian military medics of the Azov brigade move an injured comrade on a stretcher, at the stabilization point near Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian military medics of the Azov brigade move an injured comrade on a stretcher, at the stabilization point near Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A police officer stands watch outside the UN headquarters during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A police officer stands watch outside the UN headquarters during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Pattie Gonia performs at the "Save Her! Environmental Drag Show" during Climate Week, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Pattie Gonia performs at the "Save Her! Environmental Drag Show" during Climate Week, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bilateral meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bilateral meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Students demonstrate ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Guerrero state, outside of the Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Students demonstrate ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Guerrero state, outside of the Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

People look at a damaged house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, near Safed, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo//Leo Correa)

People look at a damaged house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, near Safed, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo//Leo Correa)

Paulette McLin takes in the scene outside their summer home ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening, in Alligator Point, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Paulette McLin takes in the scene outside their summer home ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening, in Alligator Point, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings already have emerged as one of the NFL’s biggest surprises by winning their first three games after being a consensus pick to finish last in the NFC North.

They can make their biggest statement of the young season Sunday by winning at Green Bay in a divisional showdown.

“My challenge to the team is, once again, last Sunday means absolutely nothing,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said. “The first three games of the season mean absolutely nothing if we don’t start continuing to maintain our play style.

"Hopefully soon enough, we can start talking about it being the standard of how we play every week.”

The Vikings (3-0) have trailed for less than 3½ minutes so far this season while beating the New York Giants, defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans.

Now the Vikings open their NFC North schedule against the Packers (2-1), who have won two straight games without quarterback Jordan Love as he recovers from a knee injury. Love is practicing on a limited basis for a second straight week as he attempts to return for the Vikings game.

Whether Love plays or Malik Willis fills in for a third consecutive week, the Packers understand the challenge they’ll face from a Minnesota defense that has an NFL-leading 16 sacks.

“They’re coached up very well, and they all have a great idea of where they need to be,” Love said. “I think at the end of the day, it just comes down to being able to decipher what they’re doing and then at the snap of the ball, trying to figure out, ‘Are they bluffing? Are they coming?’ Things like that. They do so much stuff that it is hard to have an idea what they’re doing pre-snap, so a lot of that stuff, you’ve just got to feel it out.”

Aaron Jones spent his first seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers and became one of the team’s most popular players while rushing for 5,940 yards and 45 touchdowns.

After running for over 100 yards in each of his last five games with the Packers, Jones was asked to take a pay cut for a second straight year. Jones instead left Green Bay and signed with Minnesota.

Sunday marks his first game at Lambeau Field as a visiting player. Jones says he’s “definitely” taking a “Lambeau leap” into the stands if he scores a touchdown.

“Hopefully there’s a Vikings fan ... so I can jump up to them,” Jones said.

The Vikings have outscored their first three opponents 85-30. That represents the second-highest point margin through their first three games in franchise history, behind the 1975 team that outscored its first three opponents by 67 points.

That 1975 team went on to win its first 10 games and finished the regular season at 12-2 before losing to Dallas in the NFC divisional playoffs.

With Green Bay’s Brayden Narveson and Minnesota’s Will Reichard, the game could be decided by a rookie kicker.

Reichard, a sixth-round draft pick who became the all-time leading scorer in college football history over his career at Alabama, is perfect so far for the Vikings: 5 for 5 on field goals and 10 for 10 on extra points. He made a 58-yarder, the second-longest in Vikings history, last week against the Texans.

Narveson has 11 field-goal attempts already to tie Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell for the NFL lead. He has made nine of them, with the misses coming from 43 and 45 yards away.

The Packers have intercepted seven passes and have nine total takeaways to lead the NFL in both categories. They now face Minnesota’s Sam Darnold, who has rejuvenated his career by throwing eight touchdown passes with only two interceptions in Minnesota’s first two games.

“He’s been a really good quarterback,” said Packers safety Xavier McKinney, who has intercepted a pass in each of Green Bay’s three games. “He’s not making a lot of mistakes. He’s putting the ball on point for his guys to be able to make plays after the catch. He’s doing a lot of good things for his team, for that offense, and we’ve got to find ways to create opportunities for us to be successful and be able to get the ball back."

The Packers have an NFL-leading 204 yards rushing per game. Minnesota is allowing just 71.3 yards per game and is tied for second in the league in run defense.

Green Bay averages 5.5 yards per carry to rank second in the NFL, behind only the Baltimore Ravens. Minnesota allows just 3.6 yards per rush to rank third in the league.

AP Pro Football Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this report.

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Green Bay Packers' Christian Watson warms up before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Green Bay Packers' Christian Watson warms up before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Green Bay Packers' Lukas Van Ness celebrates his sack of Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Green Bay Packers' Lukas Van Ness celebrates his sack of Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Green Bay Packers' Jayden Reed tries to get past Tennessee Titans' Roger McCreary after a catch during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Green Bay Packers' Jayden Reed tries to get past Tennessee Titans' Roger McCreary after a catch during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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