Photos of the day

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

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India Fasting Activist

Activist Irom Sharmila is taken back to a hospital after a court appearance in Imphal, in the north-eastern state of Manipur, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. The 44-year-old activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 16 years to protest against alleged brutality by India's military, is expected to end her fast today. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Portugal Wildfires

Burnt traffic signs stand by a road, Tuesday, Aug. 9 2016, near Agueda, in the region of Aveiro, northern Portugal, where a fire raged Monday. The National Civil Protection Service said some 2,900 firefighters were in action Tuesday fighting dozens of forest fires. The worst-hit areas were in northern Portugal, where temperatures have exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) since Saturday. (AP Photo/Sergio Azenha)

India Kashmir

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay homage to their slain colleagues during a wreath-laying ceremony in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. The soldiers were killed during a gun-battle with suspected rebels. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Russia Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk during their meeting, as a security member tries to stop photographers taking pictures, in the Konstantin palace outside St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. President Erdogan travels to Russia to meet with President Putin for the first time since apologizing in late June for the downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border in November last year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Campaign 2016 Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Crown Arena, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Blagojevich Sentencing

Patti Blagojevich, right, wife of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the federal courthouse Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 in Chicago. A federal judge will decide whether to cut ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence after an appeals court threw out some of his convictions related to his alleged attempt to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)

Spain Gay Festival

People enjoy the water park during the "Circuit" the international gay festival in Vilassar de Dalt, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. The special international event has attracted many thousands and the gay festival "Circuit" runs until August 14. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Germany Open Air Festival

Actors play during the rehearsal of the opera 'Tosca' by Giacomo Puccini in front of the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary) and the St. Severi's Church in Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. For quite some time viewers have traveled not only from Germany, but also from many other European countries, as well as from the USA, China and Australia to one of the most beautiful open-air stage in Germany. The premiere of the opera under the direction of Jakob Peters-Messer is on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Running Scared

A woman jogs through Central Park, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in New York. The slayings over the past week of two women who had gone running in New York City and rural Massachusetts just reinforce the fears of many female athletes and help explain why untold numbers avoid working out alone, at night or in secluded places. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Rio Olympics

A Common Marmoset eats in a tree near the Deodoro venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Rio Olympics

A television inside a bicycle repair shop shows the live transmission of Brazil's Jade Barbosa during the artistic gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Rio Olympics

Wrapped in a Brazilian flag Giovana Silva, 4, center, cousin of the Brazilian Judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva is hugged by a friend as they stand next to her aunt Cristiane as she holds a poster of Rafaela Silva, at Cidade de Deus slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. Cidade de Deus is the former home of Silva who grew up there. If not for the sport that helped her climb up and out, “I could still be living in City of God now,” she said through tears after winning on Monday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rio Olympics

Benjamin Steffen, from Switzerland, left, and Gauthier Grumier, from France, compete in the men's epee individual fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Rio Olympics

United States' Simone Biles performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Rio Olympics

Argentina's Facundo Olezza Bazan stands up as his boat approaches the shore as sailors come in following a men's Finn sailing race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

APTOPIX Rio Olympics Swimming

Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki competes in a heat of the men's 200-meter breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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