Photos of the day

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

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Philippines Daily Life

A man navigates a raft along a polluted canal in Manila, Philippines Monday, March 20, 2017. Many people living beside the city's waterways dispose their garbage in the canals clogging up portions of them especially during the rainy season where flood normally occurs. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Israel

Israeli border police officers detain ultra Orthodox Jewish men blocking the road during a protest against their enlistment in the army in Jerusalem, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Romania US Military Exercise

A Romanian female soldier adjusts her helmet before taking part in weapons training with US Marines female counterparts at the Capu Midia Surface to Air Firing Range, on the Black Sea coast in Romania, Monday, March 20, 2017. About 1,200 US and Romanian troops take part in the Spring Storm 17 exercise, meant to simulate defense of the Romanian Black Sea coastline and urban areas. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Iraq Mosul

Federal Police Rapid Response Forces fire a rocket towards Islamic State positions near the old city, in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Haiti Fire

A merchant walks in the smoke of a fire at a market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday March 20, 2017. The fire raged at the biggest central market in the center of the Capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti Fire

Women stand in the smoldering remains after a fire at a market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday March 20, 2017. The fire raged at the biggest central market in the center of the Capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Turkey Syria Refugees

Hibeh, center in wheelchair, a Syrian refugee child from Aleppo performs accompanied by other children during a celebratory ceremony, in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Monday, March 20, 2017. Some Syrians mark March 18 as the anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, which began six years ago with protests in the southern city of Daraa. Turkey, host to the largest refugee population in the world, including 2.7 million Syrians, is on the front line of the current crisis.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Indonesia Freeport-McMoran Protest

A Papuan activist donning a traditional headwear with a stuffed bird of paradise attends a protest against U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 20, 2017. A group of activists staged the protest demanding the New Orleans-based mining company close its mine in Papua province saying that it siphons off the region's wealth and gives it little in return. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Britain Brexit

A man balances as he walks along a wall above the River Thames backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower containing the bell know as "Big Ben" in London, Monday, March 20, 2017. Britain's government will begin the process of leaving the European Union on March 29, starting the clock on the two years in which to complete the most important negotiation for a generation. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

China Israel

Members of an honor guard stand near a Great Wall of China painting during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Senate Supreme Court

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, back to camera, swears-in Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, during the first day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Alex Wong/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran New Year

An Iranian woman prays at the graves of unknown soldiers who were killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 20, 2017, on the eve of the Iranian New Year, or Nowruz. Nowruz which means "New Day" in Persian, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Iranian calendar, which occurs exactly on the Spring Equinox. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Israel Jesus Tomb Restoration

Faithful visit the renovated Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's old city Monday, Mar. 20, 2017. A Greek restoration team has completed a historic renovation of the Edicule, the shrine that tradition says houses the cave where Jesus was buried and rose to heaven. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Mexico Vive Latino

Gaspard Auge, left, and Xavier de Rosnay of the French electronic music duo Justice perform at Vive Latino in Mexico City, just after midnight on Monday, March 20, 2017. The Vive Latino Festival has become Latin America's biggest Latin rock celebration. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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