Photos of the day

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

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Iran Iraq Earthquake

People clean away debris after a powerful earthquake in Sarpol-e-Zahab, in western Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Survivors are awaiting badly needed aid, three days after a powerful earthquake along the Iraq border killed hundreds and left thousands injured. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Exonerated Rape Case

Wilbert Jones, center, hugs William Aquino, attorney for Innocence Project New Orleans, as he leaves East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with his niece Wajeedah Jones, right, in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Jones, who has spent nearly 50 years in prison was freed after a judge overturned his conviction in the kidnapping and rape of a nurse. State District Court Judge Richard Anderson threw out Jones' conviction on Oct. 31, saying authorities withheld evidence that could have exonerated Jones decades ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Zimbabwe Political Turmoil

An armed soldier patrols a street in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Zimbabwe's army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital's streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster. (AP Photo)

Greece Storms

A barefoot man stands in front of a pile of vehicles in the municipality of Madra western Athens, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Flash floods in the Greek capital's western outskirts Wednesday turned roads into raging torrents of mud and debris, killing at least nine people, inundating homes and businesses and knocking out a section of a highway. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds the hands of her grandchildren at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait in queues to receive aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Mnuchin Currency

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington. The Mnuchin-Carranza notes, which are a new series of 2017, 50-subject $1 notes, will be sent to the Federal Reserve to issue into circulation. At left is BEP Director Leonard Olijar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Church Shooting Family Funeral

Balloons are released at a graveside service for members of the Holcombe family who were killed in the Sutherland Springs Baptist Church shooting, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community Sunday, Nov. 5, killing more than two dozen. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

India Air Pollution

School children take out a march to express their distress on the alarming levels of pollution in the city, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Thick smog has constricted India's capital this week, smudging landmarks from view and leaving residents frustrated at the lack of meaningful action by authorities. The air was the worst it has been all year in New Delhi, with microscopic particles that can affect breathing and health spiking to 75 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Cyprus Turkey Anniversary

A Turkish air force war plane flies and releases flares over a military parade over a balloon like a Turkish flag, in the Turkish occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Nov. 15 , 2017. November 15 marks the 34rd anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence by the occupation regime, recognized only by Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

California Daily Life

A man wearing a black suit walks along Rodeo Drive Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Brazil Beached Whale

A woman poses for a selfie backdropped by the carcass of a humpback whale on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Biologist Rafael Carvalho said the whale appears to have been dead for a few days. Authorities were urging beachgoers who had flocked to Ipanema on a national holiday to stay away from the animal. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Spain Daily Life

Two workers descends from of giant crane between buildings and a street light during in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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