Photos of the day

A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours. 

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China Lunar New Year

Visitors take smartphone photos as a snub-nosed monkey looks out of its enclosure at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Millions of Chinese are celebrating the Lunar New Year, which marks the Year of the Monkey on the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Afghanistan Daily Life

An Afghan boy working as a shoe polisher poses for a photograph, as he waits for customer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Macedonia Migrants

An Afghan refugee woman changes a baby's diaper outside a tent at the transit center for refugees near northern Macedonian village of Tabanovce, before continuing their journey to Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Macedonian authorities are reinforcing a barrier at the country's border with Greece that is designed to limit the number of migrants and refugees crossing into the country, accepting people only from war-affected zones who declare Austria or Germany as their final destination. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Venezuela Soccer Huracan Accident

A young man emerges from the wreck of the bus that was transporting Agentina's Huracan soccer team to the airport, after it lost its brakes, lost control and flipped over, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Two players and a trainer where hospitalized after suffering light injuries during the accident. Huracan was in Venezuela to play the local Caracas Football Club in a Copa Libertadores soccer match on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Raul Romero)

India Deworming Children

Students keep their shoes around a tree as they take deworming pills in their school in Neemrana, 123 kilometers (76.8 miles) from New Delhi, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Millions of Indian children are taking part in a massive national deworming campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting their bodies and impairing their mental and physical development. The campaign is targeting 270 million children across the country with a second treatment planned next week for those left out on Wednesday, Indiaís Health Ministry said in a statement. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Nepal Obit Sushil Koirala

Nepalese people watch from the window of a Hindu temple the cremation of Nepalese prime minister Sushil Koirala, on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Koirala, who was a key figure in the drafting and adoption of the country's new constitution in 2015, died Tuesday at the age of 78. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Britain Taxi Protest

London taxis block the roads in central London, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Drivers are concerned with unfair competition from services such as Uber. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

India Rampaging Elephant

A wild elephant that strayed into the town stands after authorities shot it with a tranquilizer gun at Siliguri in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The elephant had wandered from the Baikunthapur forest on Wednesday, crossing roads and a small river before entering the town. The panicked elephant ran amok, trampling parked cars and motorbikes before it was tranquilized. (AP Photo)

Spain Carnival

Members of the Alegre brotherhood dance outside a bar in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The brotherhood stop in various bars for refreshments during a mock funeral procession which traditionally marks the end the carnival. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Israel and Palestine

Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeq, lies in a hospital bed at the Emek Medical Center in Afula, Northern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Al-Qeq has refused food for over 70 days to protest his six-month imprisonment without trial or charges, an Israeli practice known as administrative detention. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Central African Republic

Children walk holding political placards in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Feb. 10, 2016. Two former prime ministers, Faustin Archange Touadera and Anicet Georges Dologuele, are running neck-and-neck in the second round of presidential elections Sunday Feb. 14 to end years of violence pitting Muslims against Christians in the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Mexico Ash Wednesday

A worker cleans a glass case underneath portraits of Pope John Paul II, left, and Pope John XXIII, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Pope Francis will arrive to Mexico on Friday, Feb. 12 for a week-long visit. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mideast Israel Weather

A flock of migrating starlings flies next to the southern Israeli Bedouin village of Rahat, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Bolivia Ash Wednesday

A woman covers her face during prayer at an Ash Wednesday Mass held at the San Francisco church in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Ash Wednesday for Catholics ushers in a period of penitence and reflection, known as the season of Lent, that leads up to Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Denmark fish accident

Thirty-seven tons of fish are photographed after falling out of an overturned truck Wednesday, Feb. 10. 2016 in Viborg, Denmark. No one was hurt, but the accident caused traffic delays. (Astrid Dalum/Polfoto via AP) DENMARK OUT

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