A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
India Train Derails
Rescuers work at the site after 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track near Pukhrayan village in Kanpur Dehat district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Dozens died and dozens more were injured in the accident. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Germany Merkel
German Chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party Angela Merkel arrives for a party's board meeting at the second day of a CDU leadership conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Merkel announced on Sunday, Nov. 20 that she will run for a fourth four-year-term as chancellor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Haiti Fire
People walk through the charred remains of market shops gutted by an overnight fire in the Petion-Ville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. After general elections ended Sunday night, a major fire ripped through the central market in the hillside district above the capital. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Haiti Fire
A vendor sits in what's left of her stall at a market gutted overnight by a fire in the Petion-Ville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. After general elections ended Sunday night, a fire ripped through the central market in the hillside district above the capital. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Vatican Pope Abortion
Clouds pass over St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Declaring no sin beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve women of the "grave sin" of abortion, extending indefinitely special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended, special Holy Year of Mercy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Chattanooga Bus Crash
In this photo provided by the Chattanooga Fire Department via Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga Fire Department personnel work the scene of a fatal elementary school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. In a news conference Monday, Assistant Chief Tracy Arnold said there were multiple fatalities in the crash. (Bruce Garner/Chattanooga Fire Department via Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Chattanooga Bus Crash
A woman escorts three children away from the scene of a fatal school bus wreck in Chattanooga, Tenn., Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. In a news conference Monday, Assistant Chief Tracy Arnold said there were multiple fatalities. (Angela Lewis Foster/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Pakistan Chellum
Pakistani Shiite Muslims beat themselves with knives in chains to mourn, during a procession to mark the end of the forty day mourning period following the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson and one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Northeast Snow
Postal clerk Pamela Bentley shovels lake-effect snow in front of the U.S. Post Office, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Grafton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Ukraine Maidan Anniversary
A man pays his respect at a memorial dedicated to people died in clashes with security forces at the Independent Square (Maidan) in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 to mark the third anniversary of the beginning of the protests. People gather to commemorate the Maidan protest movement and the events which took place in late February. 2014 that led to the departure of former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich and the formation of a new government. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Whales NY Harbor
In this Nov. 20, 2016 photo, a humpback whale pops up in the waters between 48th Street and 60th Street as seen from New York City, with New Jersey visible in the background. For nearly a week, a humpback whale has been cavorting in the Hudson River just off the wharves of Manhattan. Sightings have been reported from the Statue of Liberty to well north of the George Washington Bridge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Trump Tower Circus
President-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway poses with tourists for photographs in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Welcome to Trump Tower. Upstairs, the President-elect is planning his administration. Downstairs it's a full-on political carnival. Since Donald Trump's stunning presidential victory, the celebrity businessman has largely been ensconced in his penthouse home at his 664-foot glass tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. But as he works, the political circus that has accompanied his spectacular rise unfolds in the building's marble-floored, gold-plated public lobby before crowds of journalists, supporters and wide-eyed gawkers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Trump Immigration
In this Nov. 20, 2016, photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach holds a stack of papers as he prepares to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J. Kobach, a immigration adviser to Trump and a possible candidate for a top government post, wants to make some changes at the Homeland Security Department, including reinstituting a registration system for certain immigrants. Kobach's "Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days" document was visible in a photograph from The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cyprus Peace Talks
Greek and Turkish Cypriots shout slogans to support the peace talks inside the UN buffer zone "Green Line", in the divided capital Nicosia in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Hundreds of Greek and Turkish Cypriots are demonstrating for peace as the ethnically divided island's rival leaders continue complex reunification talks at a Swiss resort.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Spain Femicide
A man walks between red shoes displayed as part of a protest to highlight violence against women at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. The protest is a tribute to the victims of femicide, with each pair of shoes representing a victim of gender violence. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Texas Daily Life
Workers use scaffolding to paint a building alining the Rio Grande, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Germany Daily Life
Sparrows eat from a tit dumpling in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Spain Daily Life
People walk during the last moments of the sunset at the Gotic neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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