Photos of the day

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

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Mideast Iraq Mosul

An Iraqi boy rides his bicycle as he follows the special forces humvees on their way to the front line to battle against Islamic State militants, in the Al-Samah neighborhood, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday "disabled" the fourth bridge on the Tigris River in Mosul, leaving the northern Iraqi city with a single functioning bridge, according to the Iraqi military and the Islamic State's media arm. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Mideast Iraq Mosul

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT: Iraqi Omar Ali, grieves as he holds his dead daughter Amira, 15 months, who killed by an ISIS mortar shell at al-Tahrir neighborhood, at a field hospital set up by the Iraqi special forces medical unit, at al-Samah front line neighborhood, in Mosul city, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Mideast Iraq Mosul

Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. The progress of the Mosul campaign has been slow as the Iraqis and the U.S.-led coalition avoid using overwhelming power against the Islamic State group because of the presence inside the city of some 1 million civilians. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Mideast Israel Fire

A burned and damaged TV remote control and a magazine sit in a house in Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Due to dry conditions, wildfires broke out for the second day in Israel. In Zikhron Ya'akov around ten homes were burned and several people sustained light injuries from smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Vatican Pope

In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed the faithful wait for Pope Francis' arrival in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican for the weekly general audience, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Obama Thanksgiving

President Barack Obama, with his nephews Aaron Robinson, front, and Austin Robinson and National Turkey Federation Chairman John Reicks, pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Tot, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. This is the 69th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Thanksgiving Travel

Railroad travelers and commuters make their way through Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. As tens of millions of Americans take to the roads, airports and railways for the Thanksgiving holiday, many are hoping to take a break from the rancor and division of the presidential election and focus instead on family and tradition. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

APTOPIX Britain Soccer Champions League

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, watches as supporters use the flash of their mobile phones during the Champions League Group C soccer match between Celtic and Barcelona at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Mideast Yemen

A girl sits behind a window of her house as she looks at a protest to call for preserving the old city of Sanaa and all historical and heritage cities in Yemen, in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Arabic writing on a banner, right, reads,"Yes to unite to preserve the heritage of Yemen." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

India Mass Marriage

Brides sit for a mass marriage ceremony organized for 22 Muslim couples in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Mass marriages in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Haiti Daily Life

Haitian fishermen work their nets in the bay of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Haiti has a small fishing industry. Annual catches in recent years have totaled about 5,000 tons (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

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