Nat CastañedaMarch 16, 2017Comment

Photos of the day

Nat CastañedaMarch 16, 2017Comment

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

Iraq Mosul

A Federal Police soldier runs for cover during fighting against Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraq Mosul

A Federal Police soldier shoots toward Islamic State militant positions during fighting in western Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Italy Etna Volcano

Snow-covered Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption in the early hours of Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new eruption which began on March 15 is causing no damages to Catania's airport which is fully operational. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Afghanistan Daily Life

Burqa-clad women walk on Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Peru Floods

A man plays in a flooded street using an inner tube in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. Authorities said Thursday they expect the intense rains caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Floods

Neighbors work to salvage belongings from their flooded home in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. Authorities said Thursday they expect the intense rains caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

India Kashmir Daily Life

A Kashmiri laborer load goods on the roof of a bus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Laborers, most of them who have come from outside of the city, earn approximately rupees 300 (US $5) after a daylong hard work. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Spain Taxi Strike

Blue smoke covers taxi workers as they protest blocking the main city artery during a two-hour mid-morning protest for their rights in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Taxi drivers in Spain's Madrid and Barcelona were striking Thursday to urge authorities to protect their regulated service against companies such as Uber and Cabify that offer rides at a lower cost. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Greece Bailout Protest

A visually impaired woman assists her husband to button up his coat during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Hundreds of people with disabilities took to the streets to protest against government's austerity measures which affect their income and state subventions. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece Migrants

African migrants pray at a small Greek Orthodox church at the Moria village, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and a European Union deal a year ago with Turkey to stop migrant flows. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Czech Republic Ai Weiwei

An installation made by Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei is displayed at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A 70-metre-long inflatable boat with life-size figures of 258 refugees prepared for the gallery, called "The Law of the Journey," is one of the artists biggest work of art so far. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Trump US Ireland

President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017, during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Russia Daily Life

In this aerial photo the city landmark, a gilded weather vane in the form of an angel, fixed atop a spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral at the altitude of 122 meters shows the direction of the West wind in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 16, 2017, with the Neva River in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)