Photos of the day

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

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Emirates Skyscrapper Fire

Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, early Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Police in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman confirmed the fire erupted at the high-rise tower, the latest in a series of skyscraper blazes in the Gulf nation, but gave no details of casualties. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Pakistan

Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016. The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan

Affafa, who lost her parents and a sister in a bombing and another sister and brother badly injured, sits in a room in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016. Pakistan's prime minister on Monday vowed to eliminate perpetrators of terror attacks such as the massive suicide bombing that targeted Christians gathered for Easter the previous day in the eastern city of Lahore, killing 70 people. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan

A Pakistani man, seen through shattered glass, looks at damages of a bus station after a march of supporters of a religious group towards the Parliament building turned violent in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016. Thousands of demonstrators marched into the Pakistani capital to protest against the hanging of policeman Mumtaz Qadri in February. As the protesters reached an avenue leading to the Parliament, the march turned violent, with Qadri's supporters smashing windows and damaging bus stations. Police fired tear gas but could not subdue the crowds Sunday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Iraq

Arab women and children from Khir Barden and Qudila villages wait in a sports court outside a building housing displaced civilians, in Makhmour, east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday March 28, 2016. The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said. Despite Thursday's announcement, the number of Iraqi troops needed to carry out the operation to retake Mosul, nearly two years after it fell to IS, is not yet in place and training efforts by the U.S.-led coalition are still ongoing. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

Sri Lanka World T20 Cricket

Sri Lankan cricket fans watch on television the ICC World T20 cricket match between Sri Lanka and South Africa at a fruit stall in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Russia Silberstein Collection

Visitors study paintings from the Ilya Silberstein Collection of the Russian and Western European Art at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 28, 2016. Ilya Silberstein was a prominent researcher, art collector and public figure who initiated the creation of the Museum of Private Collections (today known as Private Collections Department) of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, where he later gifted his collection of paintings, prints and drawings made by Russian and Western European artists of the 16th ñ 20th century. The portrait of Russian General of Infanty Pyotr Tolstoy is in the center. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Chile Mexico Ayotzinapa

A young woman is removed from the Mexican embassy in Chile by the police, after delivering a statement during a protest to demand an answer on the case of 43 missing Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, in Santiago, Chile, Monday, March 28, 2016. The woman who was part of a larger group of demonstrators was taken away aboard a police wagon. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Mideast Jordan Syrian Refugees Daily Life

A Syrian refugee stands at the doorway of his family's tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Monday, March 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Obama Easter Egg Roll

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama make claw hands and monster faces while reading, "Where The Wild Things Are," during White House Easter Egg Roll at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2016. Thousands of children gathered at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. This year's event features live music, sports courts, cooking stations, storytelling, and Easter egg rolling. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Capitol Gunfire

Children are escorted away from the Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2016, after reports of gunfire at the Capitol Visitor Center complex. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rob Ford Funeral

An honor guard stands by former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's casket at city hall on Monday, March 28, 2016, in Toronto. Ford died of cancer at the age of 46. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Bangladesh Daily Life

A Bangladeshi man sleeps on a boat anchored on the highly polluted River Buriganga in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 28, 2016. Buriganga River has become a large mass of extremely polluted water, contaminated by hazardous pollutants such as industrial and household waste, sewage, medical waste, oil, plastics, and dead animals. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Brazil Impeachment

Government supporters, left, argue with lawyers from Brazil's Bar Association who came to the National Congress to show their support for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, inside the National Congress in Brasilia, Monday, March 28, 2016. Impeachment proceedings against Rousseff are based on a government watchdog's rejection of her administration's financial books in her first term and on another report by that same body suggesting that violations of Brazil's fiscal laws continued last year. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

White Sox Rockies Spring Baseball

Colorado Rockies players are silhouetted as they leave the field after practice for a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Monday, March 28, 2016, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hillary Clinton Campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton points to an attendee as she waits for his question after giving remarks at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Monday, March 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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