Photos of the day

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

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Afghanistan

Afghan National Amy commandos take their position near a building during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Haiti Anniversary

Haiti's Prime Minister Dr. Jack Guy Lafontant, from left, President Jovenel Moise, and first lady Martine Moise, arrive for a ceremony marking the 211th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017. The Haitian general led the victorious Haitian Revolution against the French slave masters, making Haiti the world's first black republic in 1804. Dessalines promised to divide the land among the slaves who fought with him to end French colonial rule, a policy that led to his assassination. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Philippines Militant Siege

Amidst the ruins at "Ground Zero" Philippine troops return to their deployment after attending the ceremony wherein President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi city in southern Philippines after almost five months of the siege by pro-Islamic State group militants Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Gunfire rang out sporadically and explosions thudded as Philippine soldiers fought Tuesday to gain control of the last pocket of Marawi controlled by Islamic militants as President Duterte declared the southern city liberated from "terrorist influence." (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Bangladesh border guard soldier stops newly arrived Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, from moving ahead towards refugee camps, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in squalid and overcrowded camps, according to witnesses and a drone video shot by the U.N. office for refugees. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

France Cycling Tour de France

Britain's Chris Froome, second left, attends the presentation of the 2018 Tour de France cycling race, in Paris, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017. The 105th edition of the race starts on July 7 2018 to end on the Champs-Elysees avenue on July 29. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Malta Journalist Slain

Candles, notes and paper cuttings lie next to the Love Monument in St. Julian, Malta, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017 the day after the killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car. (AP Photo/ Rene Rossignaud)

France Golf Ryder Cup

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn, top left, and US Ryder Cup captain, Jim Furyk hit a drive off the first story of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017. The 42nd Ryder Cup Matches will be held in France from 28-30 September 2018 at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National near Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Philippines Militant Siege

Hundreds of evacuees continue to be housed for almost five months now in a multi-purpose hall at Balo-i township, Lanao del Norte province after fleeing the besieged city of Marawi Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 in southern Philippines. There was joy among the evacuees at news of the two Muslim militant leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omarkhayam Maute involved in the siege were killed by Philippine troops Monday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Somalia Explosion

Afrah Ibrahim, center, searches through the clothes of the dead lying in a hole, to try and find the clothes last worn by his missing sister, without success, outside a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Anguished families gathered across Somalia's capital on Tuesday as funerals continued for the more than 300 people killed in one of the world's deadliest attacks in years, while others waited anxiously for any word of the scores of people still said to be missing. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Trump US Greece

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Spain Catalonia

People gather to protest against the National Court's decision to imprison civil society leaders without bail, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Protesters were gathering for a fresh round of demonstrations in Barcelona Tuesday to demand the release of two leaders of Catalonia's pro-independence movement who were jailed in a sedition probe. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Venezuela Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Maduro defended the results of Sunday's gubernatorial elections and said that those who report fraud are lying. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Canada Daily Life

Andrew Clark plays basketball in the atrium of the Woodward's building on a mural placed on the ground to mark World Sight Day, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

NLCS Nationals Cubs Baseball

In this multiple exposure image, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (28) throws during the second inning of Game 3 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

California Wildfires

A sign sits outside the Domaine Carneros Winery, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Santa Rosa, Calif. A massive wildfire swept through the area last week destroying thousands of housing and business and taking the lives of more than two dozen people. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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