Photos of the day

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

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Severe Weather Illinois

Residents Valerie McAvoy with daughter Jayda Weathersby, 9, hug as they survey tornado damage of their neighborhood in Naplate, Ill., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Communities across Illinois are cleaning up after deadly storms producing tornadoes moved through much of the Midwest. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Severe Weather Missouri

Debris marks the site of a home in a small subdivision in Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the morning after a tornado struck the area. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Severe Weather Indiana

Dave Jenkins begins to clean up after strong storms hit Monday night in a neighborhood near Niles High school Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in in Niles, Mich. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Afghanistan

Afghan security forces respond to a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. A pair of suicide bombings, both claimed by the Taliban, struck the Afghan capital, an Afghan official said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Israel Settlements

Israeli police officers remove settlers from a roof top in the West Bank settlement of Ofra, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Israeli forces are demolishing nine homes in the heart of the West Bank settlement of Ofra after the Supreme Court ruled they were built on private Palestinian land. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel Settlements

An Israeli settler reacts as she watches bulldozers demolishing houses in the West Bank settlement of Ofra, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Israeli forces are demolishing nine homes in the heart of the West Bank settlement of Ofra after the Supreme Court ruled they were built on private Palestinian land. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

France Fillon Election

Conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon, center, talks to a farmer as he visits the Agriculture Fair in Paris, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Fillon is refusing to quit the race despite receiving a summons Wednesday to face charges for alleged fake parliamentary jobs for his family. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Greece Metro Strike

A commuter leaves the closed Elliniko metro station during a 24-hour strike in Athens, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Metro and tram workers are on strike against new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Nepal Tibetan New Year

Tibetans gather during a special prayer ceremony on the third day of the Tibetan New Year celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 1, 2017.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

India Tibetan New Year

Exile Tibetans climb high on poles to tie multicolored flags with Buddhist prayers printed on them on the third day of the Tibetan New Year called 'Losar' in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Tibetans believe that the prayer flags representing the five elements: earth, fire, sky, water and wind, spread prayers on wind. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Nepal Tibetan New Year

Tibetan men get ready to perform a traditional dance during a special prayer ceremony on the third day of the Tibetan New Year celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Tibetans follow this ritual called "sangtsol" to ask for good luck in the new year. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

India Kashmir

Kashmiri school children attend their first day after a three-month winter break in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Singapore iLight Marina Bay Light Art

People take photographs on their smart phones in front of a light art piece titled "Horizontal Interference" by artists Katarzy MaLejka and Joachim Stugocki of Poland, on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Singapore. The iLight Marina Bay exhibition features innovative and environmentally sustainable light art installations from around the world, displayed along the Singapore river. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Paris Fashion Maison Margiela

A model wears a creation for Maison Margiela's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Germany Exhibition

Visitors look at the art installation "You You You" (2017) by Via Lewandowsky at an exhibition 'Missing. Der Turm der blauen Pferde by Franz Marc' in Berlin, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. ( Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)

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