Photos of the day

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

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India Elections

Indian women stand in a queue to cast their votes at a village near Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Uttar Pradesh and four other Indian states are having state legislature elections in February-March, a key mid-term test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government which has been ruling India since 2014. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Kenya Doctors Strike

A doctor holds his stethoscope in the air as he and other medical staff protest the detention of their union leaders, outside an appeal court in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. A Kenyan court has released seven doctors who are officials in the medics' union and who were jailed earlier this week for not calling off a strike by doctors working in public institutions. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

APTOPIX France Europe Canada

Demonstrators march during a demonstration against the so-called CETA trade deal outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb.15, 2017. The European Union's parliament approved a trade deal with Canada, extolling the pact as a sign of cooperation at a time when many political forces, including U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, are trying to halt globalization.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Iraq Aid

Children displaced by fighting in Mosul watch a visit by United Nations officials at a camp east of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. The United Nations says they are temporarily pausing aid operations to neighborhoods in eastern Mosul retaken from the Islamic State group for security reasons as IS insurgent and counter attacks continue to inflict heavy civilian casualties there.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Serbia Migrants Daily Life

An Afghan refugee showers in an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Belarus Afghanistan

Women with flowers stand next to Belarusian military cadets holding portraits of soldiers who were killed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, during a ceremony at memorial on the Island of Tears in Minsk, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. The ceremony was held to mark the 28th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Trump US Israel

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara walk into the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Vatican Pope

A woman uses her mobile phone to take pictures of Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

France Police Violence

Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against alleged police abuses, in Paris on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2017. French authorities have launched Tuesday a new investigation into alleged police abuse by an officer already accused in a rape case that sparked a week of scattered violence in the troubled suburbs of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Gaza Daily Life

Palestinians ride in a boat with a national flag as a rainbow appears over Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Yemen Daily Life

An elderly Yemeni man works in his shop at al-Melh marketplace in the old city of Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Russia Daily Life

A man fishes through an ice hole in the Finnish Gulf at sunset outside St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival

Visitors walk through countless mini kamakura, made by carving out a mound of snow during Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival in a snow country Yokote, Akita Prefecture on Feb. 15, 2017. The candle-lit snow white kamakura create a fantastic spectacle in the dark night. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

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