Photos of the day

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

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Iran Fire

Rescuers work to remove debris from the Plasco building, which collapsed after being engulfed by a fire on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Rescue teams are trying to reach missing firefighters, victims and looking for survivors believed to be under the rubble of the Plasco high-rise commercial building. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump

President Donald Trump shows off his signature on an executive order about the Dakota Access pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Brazil Prison Killings

A Military Police officer stands next to inmates during a head count in the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Military police entered the prison in northeastern Brazil again on Tuesday, where a temporary wall separating two rival gangs is being built, after a week of chaos and fighting between rival gangs that left dozens of inmates dead. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraq Mosul

A fighter with a Christian militia walks in a church damaged by Islamic State militants during their occupation of the predominantly Christian town of Tilkaif, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. This church was used by the militants to pray and shooting training, neighbours said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Israel Arabs

Bedouin men attend the funeral of Yaakub Abu al-Qiyan near the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. On Wednesday last week Israeli police said al-Qiyan, an Israeli Arab rammed his vehicle into a group of police officers, killing one of them before he was shot dead during clashes in southern Israel over a court-ordered operation to demolish illegally built homes. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

Cuba Flooding

A dump truck carrying cleaning workers drives on Havana's malecon as a wave crashes on the sea wall, in Cuba, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Due to high winds and tides, the sea pushed over the sea wall, flooding low parts of the Vedado neighborhood of Havana. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Gambia Return to Freedom

Tijan Barrow, 35, part of the youth coalition and in charge of printing #Gambiahasdecided T-shirts for the coalition and movement in support of a new Gambia, stands during an interview to the Associated Press at his residence in Serrekunda, Gambia, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Gambian soldiers picked up Tijan Barrow, beat him with their guns and threw him into a cell at the notorious National Intelligence Agency prison. His alleged crime: Creating and selling T-shirts for the opposition. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Korea US Winter Military Exercise

South Korean Marines and U.S. Marines from the 3rd Division Expeditionary Forces throw snow during a combined military winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Marines from South Korea and U.S. are participating in the four-week winter combined exercise in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Dominican Republic CELAC

The wind blows the red carpet moments before President Jocelerme Privert, of Haiti, arrives at the Punta Cana International airport to attend the V Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, that will take place in Bavaro, Dominican Republic,Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Paris Fashion Christian Dior Fancy Ball

A guest attends the "Grand Bal Christian Dior" during the 2017 spring/summer Haute Couture fashion week, Monday Jan. 23, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Australian Open Tennis

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, bottom, makes a backhand return to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their quarterfinal at Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

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