Photos of the day

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

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Haiti Hurricane Matthew

A boy does a flip off a makeshift raft into polluted sea water as he plays in the Philanthrope neighborhood of Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Many houses in the seaside fishing community lost their roofs and others were completely destroyed. Some of the residents have sought shelter at nearby Philippe Guerrier high school, but they have been told they have to leave so classes can restart.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Christie Traffic Jams

New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg, right, D-Teaneck, answers a question outside Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Court after a hearing, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Newark, N.J. Three years after gridlock paralyzed a New Jersey town next to the George Washington Bridge for days, two former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Bill Baroni, Christie's former top appointee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff, are being tried on charges of politically motivated lane closures of the George Washington Bridge in 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Mideast Iraq

A Peshmerga convoy drives towards a frontline in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The Iraqi military and the country's Kurdish forces say they launched operations to the south and east of militant-held Mosul early Monday morning. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Sri Lanka International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

A Sri Lankan man bathes in water flowing from a concrete pipe near a polluted canal on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Germany Weather

A young woman jogs through the early morning fog in Munich, Germany, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

New York Daily Life

An Amish boy stands at a clothesline on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Canajoharie, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Senators Red Wings Hockey

Detroit Red Wings players are introduced before an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Turkey Star Wars

Fans dressed as Darth Vader, left, and Chewbacca are pictured in a bathroom as they attend 53rd Antalya Film Festival in Mediterranean Turkish resort of Antalya, Turkey, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

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