Every week we will be sharing our top 5 topical press photography images from the previous week as captured by Press Association photographers. This week we’ve chosen some winning political images ahead of next week’s general election.

Picture by: Steve Parsons/PA Wire/PA Images
Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a General Election campaign visit to Grand station in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.

Picture by: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/PA Images.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tries a recorder while on the general election campaign trail in Paisley.

Picture by: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA Images
Czarina, 6, watches as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives to launch the party’s race and faith manifesto at an event in Watford.

Picture by: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/PA Images
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the Oasis Playspace, Lambeth, following the launch in central London of a Liberal Democrats campaign poster attacking the Conservatives’ school meals policy.