Photos of the day

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

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Mideast Iraq Mosul

A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi special forces armored vehicles as they advance towards Islamic State held territory in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Troops have established a foothold in the city's east from where they are driving northward into the Tahrir neighborhood. The families in Tahrir are leaving their homes to flee the fighting. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Mideast Iraq Mosul

Men accused of being Islamic State militants ride on the back of an Iraqi special forces armored vehicle after being captured in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Troops have established a foothold in the city's east from where they are driving northward into the Tahrir neighborhood. The families in Tahrir are leaving their homes to flee the fighting. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Congress Rdp

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. heads to his office from the Senate floor, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Transgender Suicide

Michelle Knowles stands in her home Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in North Vassalboro, Maine. Knowles is calling for more mental resources at juvenile detention facilities following her son Charles' suicide. Charles, a 16-year-old transgender boy who dreamed of being an LGBT activist, killed himself while temporarily detained at Long Creek Youth Development Center on Nov. 1, in South Portland, Maine. Family members say he was denied mental health care. (AP Photo/Marina Villeneuve)

Georgia Daily Life

A lion family looks at visitors at the Tbilisi Zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Trump Tower Scene

A passenger in a car uses his cell phone to capture images while passing Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Brazil Protest

Photographed through a fence, police stand guard amid red smoke fired by protesters outside the state of Rio de Janeiro's legislative assembly building, where lawmakers are discussing austerity measures in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Brazil is suffering its worst recession in decades while the state of Rio de Janeiro is mired in a fiscal crisis, and thousands of state employees have not been paid or have been paid months late. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Mexico Daily Life

Pedestrians watch models walk along the sidewalk of Paseo de la Reforma, on a chilly afternoon in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Trump Campus Protests Oregon

Protesters gather before marching through the streets in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Approximately 100 students at Portland State University joined a nationwide campus walkout to protest President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

UMass Lowell Indiana Basketball

Indiana guard Devonte Green (11) in actions against UMass-Lowell in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Indiana won 100-78. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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