Photos of the day

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

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Kenya Madaraka Day

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, and opposition politician Moses Wetangula, right, wave to the crowd at a rally to commemorate Madaraka Day, when Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963, at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The government and opposition held opposing celebrations Wednesday, following weeks of opposition protests demanding the electoral commission be dissolved ahead of next year's elections, due to allegations of bias and corruption. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

India Dalai Lama

Tibetan school children in exile watch and listen to spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on television, as he gives a religious talk at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The Tibetan leader started a three-day religious discourse for young Tibetans on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

France Strikes

A man stands in the empty Lyon Perrache train station, central France, Wednesday, June 1st, 2016. Workers at the SNCF national rail authority, whose train service will be crucial for Euro 2016 spectators, are on an open-ended strike to protest their working conditions and controversial government labor reform. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Vatican Pope

Pope Francis tries to hold on to his skull cap blown away by the wind as leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Penis Recipient

Thomas Manning, of Halifax, Mass., sheds tears while speaking of his surgical ordeal as he prepares to be discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Boston. Manning is the first man in the United States to undergo a penis transplant. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

UCLA Shooting

Police officers leave the scene after a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Belarus Wild Life

A bird flies over fountains of a heating plant among a rainbow near the town of Rudensk, 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Brazil Gang Rape

Women march during a protest against the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. In response to the assault, Brazil's interim President Michel Temer said that Brazil will set up a specialized group to fight violence against women. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

France Tennis French Open

Serena Williams of the U.S. serves the ball to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mideast Gaza Egypt

Palestinian children sleep as they and their family waits for their turn to enter the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. On Wednesday Hamas says Egypt has temporarily opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip. The opening of the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world, is seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

France Strikes

A French rail worker wearing a French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron mask installs rails during a demonstration in front of the French employers' union MEDEF's branch in Lyon, central France, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Workers at the SNCF national rail authority, whose train service will be crucial to Euro 2016 spectators, are on an open-ended strike to protest their working conditions and a controversial government labor reform. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Obama

President Barack Obama departs the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base to travel to Elkhart, Ind. to speak about the economy at Concord Community High School. Obama will also be traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Spain Bullfight

A Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull is pulled out of the ring after being killed by a bullfighter during a bullfight at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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