Photos of the day

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

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Mexico Earthquake Slow Recovery

Rodrigo Diaz Mejia climbs over a crushed car into what was a second-story apartment at 517 Tokio street, felled by the earthquake almost one month ago in the Portales Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The 38-year-old mechanic who lives nearby said he ran to help rescue people trapped atop the buildings roofs on the day of the quake, Sept. 19, and has since been making risky trips into the ruptured structures to retrieve valuable possessions for displaced residents. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Kenya Election

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, dances after arriving at a rally attended by thousands of supporters in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The head of the election commission said Wednesday that it is "difficult to guarantee a free, fair and credible election" in Kenya's fresh presidential vote only eight days away, just hours after a top Kenyan electoral official resigned saying the election on Oct. 26 cannot be credible as planned. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

China Party Congress

Hospitality staff are reflected in a puddle of water as they prepare to pose for photograph in front of a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display on Tiananmen Square during the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China Party Congress

Security officers hold umbrellas in the rain outside the Great Hall of the People, as they wait for delegates arrive for the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China Party Congress

A soldier in an usher uniform stands watch as Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Xi on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

India Tibet China

Exile Tibetans hold themselves together as policemen try to detain them during a protest near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Nearly two dozen members of the Tibetan Youth Congress on Wednesday protested opposing a second five-year term for Chinese President Xi Jinpin as the ruling Communist Party's congress meeting opened in Beijing. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Senate Attorney General

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Attorney General

Members of CodePink protest before Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Office Park Shooting

Workers from the Advanced Granite Solutions company console each other as police and Emergency Medical Services respond to a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. A gunman opened fire at the office park killing several co-workers and wounded others, authorities said. (Matt Button/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Spain Weather

A firefighter inspects a sewer after a heavy storm in Jerez de la Frontera, in Cadiz province, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Wind, thunder and heavy rains cause flooding in several cities in Andalusia. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim woman Arifa Begum, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her 8-month-old daughter Noor Qayas, as her family members prepare to construct a shelter for them at Kutupalong refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. More than 580,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when Myanmar security forces began a scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya villages. Myanmar's government has said it was responding to attacks by Muslim insurgents, but the United Nations and others have said the response was disproportionate. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Trump

President Donald Trump, right, sitting next to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, speaks during a meeting with members of the Senate Finance Committee and members of the President's economic team in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vatican Pope

Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, for his weekly general audience Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Spain Catalonia

Two people attach a Spanish flag to an olive tree at the Colon or "Columbus" square in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday urged Catalonia's leaders to back down from their bid to gain independence for the region, a day ahead of a central government deadline that could significantly deepen the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spain Catalonia

Lawmakers hold up posters reading: "Free Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart," leaders of the Catalan grassroots organizations Catalan National Assembly and Omnium Cultural, during a parliamentary session at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. About 50 Spanish and Catalan party lawmakers held up posters in the parliament demanding the release of two pro-Catalonia independence movement leaders, describing them as political prisoners. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Obit Music Gord Downie

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie before caucus on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Downie, the poetic lead singer of the Tragically Hip whose determined fight with brain cancer inspired a nation, has died. He was 53. Downie died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, "with his beloved children and family close by," the band said in a statement on its website Wednesday morning. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Israel Pelican Brief

Great White Pelicans gather to eat fish as a truck pours it in Mishmar HaSharon reservoir in Hefer Valley, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Thousands of Pelicans stop in the reservoir for food provided by the Israeli nature reserves authority as they make their way to Africa. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Morocco Horsemanship Competition

A troupe charges and fire their rifles loaded with gunpowder during a national competition for Tabourida, a traditional horse riding show also known as Fantasia, in El Jadida, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Champions League

Chelsea's David Luiz celebrates after scoring during the Champions League group C soccer match between Chelsea and Roma at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

NLCS Dodgers Cubs

Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez watches his home run off Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Alex Wood (57) during the fifth inning of Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Italy Daily Life

People are silhouetted behind the windows of an office, in Milan's Porta Nuova business district, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Kansas Daily Life

A bird looks for a spot to perch on crowded electrical wires as the sun sets Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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