Photos of the day

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

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Greece Police Protest

Greek police officers hold flares as they take part in an anti-austerity protest with firefighters and coastguard officers in Athens, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Unionists are protesting funding, pay and hiring cuts implemented over the past seven years of Greece’s bailout-linked austerity program, as well as what they describe as severe shortages in service equipment, including police patrol cars. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Ukraine

Members of nationalist groups shout slogans during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the Maidan protests outside the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Ukraine

A member of a nationalist group march through a smoke in the Ukrainian capital to mark the third anniversary of the Maidan protests in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

APTOPIX Trump

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks with a member of the media after White House press secretary Sean Spicer met with reporters at the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vatican Pope

Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Philippines Drug Violence

A Roman Catholic priest lights a candle in front of a wall of slogans during a prayer-vigil to protest the seeming unrelenting killings in the country in the so-called war on drugs under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 7,000 people are killed, mostly drug-related, since Duterte assumed power June 30 of last year.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Serbia Migrants Daily Life

An Afghan refugee man gives a haircut to a friend in an abandoned warehouse where they have taken refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 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)

Spain Argentina

Spain's Queen Letizia, left, walks with Juliana Awada, the wife of the Argentina's President Mauricio Macri, during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Macri and his wife Awada are on the first of a four day official visit to Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Germany Weather

The hair of Elena from Dresden is blown by wind as she takes a selfie atop the visitor's platform of the Maintowers in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)

89th Academy Awards

Scenic artist Rick Roberts of Local 800 paints Oscar statues for Sunday's 89th Academy Awards red carpet, near the Dolby Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Spain ARCO Art Fair

Visitors talk with a member of staff at the ARCO International Art Fair in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 . ARCO runs from Feb. 22 to Feb. 26. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Chile Vina del Mar Song Festival

Fans of Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja light up the stands with their mobile phones during her performance in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival at the Quinta Vergara in Viña del Mar, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Believed to be one of the largest musical events in Latin America, the annual five-day festival was inaugurated in 1960. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Italy Fashion Gucci

Models wear creations part of the Gucci women's Fall-Winter 2017-18 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno).

Britain Auction

A woman poses for photographs in front of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's "Plant de Tomates" during a photocall at Southeby's auction house in London, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The painting is estimated to fetch between 10 and 15 million pounds (between $12 and $19 million) in an "Impressionist and Modern Art Sale" in London on March 1. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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