Photos of the day

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

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Britain Parliament Incident

Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The leader of Britain's House of Commons says a man has been shot by police at Parliament. David Liddington also said there were "reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity." London's police said officers had been called to a firearms incident on Westminster Bridge, near the parliament. Britain's MI5 says it is too early to say if the incident is terror-related. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Britain Parliament Incident

Emergency services at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. London police say they are treating a gun and knife incident at Britain's Parliament "as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise." The Metropolitan Police says in a statement that the incident is ongoing. It is urging people to stay away from the area. Officials say a man with a knife attacked a police officer at Parliament and was shot by officers. Nearby, witnesses say a vehicle struck several people on the Westminster Bridge. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP).

Belgium Attacks Anniversary

People stand for a moment of silence at the Bourse during the one-year anniversary for Brussels attacks victims in Brussels on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Belgian leaders, victims and families of those who died in the suicide bomb attacks on the Brussels airport and subway are marking the first anniversary of the attacks, which killed 32 people and wounded more than 300 others. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Iraq Mosul

Iraqi civilians walk in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraq Mosul

Alia Ahmed sits on the side of the road with her 40 day-old grandson Abdullah after receiving food supplies in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Afghanistan Daily Life

Maimoona, 7, poses for a photograph in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

India World Water Day

Indian women collect water from a shared tap at a slum in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water. According to UNICEF, the U.N.'s children's agency, nearly 78 million Indians — or about 5 percent of the country's 1.3 billion population — must make do with contaminated water sources or buy water at high rates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Peru Floods

People wave from the flooded streets of Piura, Peru, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Intense rains, overflowing rivers, mudslides and flooding have hit the country, the worst seen in two decades, according to Peruvian authorities. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Israel Gaza

Mourners carry the body oof 18-year-old Yousef Abu Azraout out of the family house during his funeral in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Palestinian officials said Al-Qidra was killed early Wednesday in Israeli shelling near the border fence separating Gaza and Israel. The Israeli military said its forces fired on three suspected militants who had approached the security fence. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Israel Jesus Tomb Restoration

The renovated Edicule is seen during a ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The ceremony with the presence of representatives of the Christian denominations, marked the completion of the renovation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

Italy EU Anniversary

A man walks past a poster announcing a demonstration to protest against the upcoming 60th Anniversary celebrations of the 1957 Treaty of Rome bearing the pictures of President on the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and French President Francois Hollande, in Rome, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

France Politics

Outgoing French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux arrives to welcome his successor Matthias Fekl, prior to a handover ceremony, in Paris, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Le Roux resigned Tuesday a few hours after prosecutors opened an investigation into a report that he hired his two daughters for a series of temporary parliamentary jobs, starting when they were 15 and 16 years old. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Russia US Trump

People walk past a caricature picture of U.S. President Donald Trump on sale in a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Starbucks Shareholders Meeting

Starbucks employee Ed Devlin reacts as he views a 360 video of a Starbucks' Costa Rica coffee farm at a display before the company's annual shareholder meeting, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Spain Daily Life

People stroll along the square located between La Almudena cathedral, left, and the Royal Palace, right, during a raining evening in Madrid, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The place, mostly visited by tourists, is a novel area of the Spanish capital located nearby to the Opera house.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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