Photos of the day

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

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EU Libya Migrants

African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal, wait aboard a rubber boat out of control to be assisted by an NGO, 25 miles north of Sabratha, off the Libyan coast, early in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

EU Libya Migrants

African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal, look at the sea aboard Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship, after being rescued from a boat out of control at 25 miles north of Sabratha, off the Libyan coast, early in the morning on Thursday Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

EU Libya Migrants

A woman from Ivory Coat holds her child, as they wait aboard a rubber boat out of control to be assisted by an NGO, 25 miles north of Sabratha, off the Libyan coast, early in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Iraq Mosul

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The Iraqi security forces advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

India Kashmir Rebel Attack

Kashmiri villagers look through window glass of a house damaged by bullets, after a shootout in Moul village, 62 kilometers (39 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Three Indian soldiers and a woman were killed after rebels ambushed soldiers in the disputed region of Kashmir, police said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India Elections

A rural Hindu woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote at a polling station on the outskirts of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, Feb. 23, 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/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Brazil Violence

A policeman orders people to leave the street during clashes between drug addicts and the police, in an area popularly known as "Crackland" in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. According with the police, clashes start when two suspect were detained for stealing a mobile phone. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Russia Defenders of the Fatherland Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Britain Weather

Waves crash over the lighthouse in Newhaven, East Sussex southern England, as flights were cancelled and commuters were warned they faced delays as winds reached nearly 90mph when Storm Doris battered many part of Britain. Thursday Feb. 23, 2017. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Germany Carnival

Four men dressed as kings arrive in the city center when tens of thousands revelers dressed in carnival costumes celebrate the start of the street-carnival in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Britain Beauty And The Beast

Emma Watson arrives for the Beauty And The Beast Premiere, in London, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Peru Daily Life

A man floats in the Pacific Ocean off Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Residents living in the capital city cool off on hot summer days by going to the nearby beaches. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ringling Bros Circus

Acrobats perform in transparent balls hung from the rafters during the opening night show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Spain ARCO Art Fair

A man looks at a piece of art by Julio Le Parc at the ARCO International Art Fair in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. ARCO runs from Feb. 22 to Feb. 26. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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