Photos of the day

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

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South Korea Koreas Tensions

South Korean marine soldiers stand guard during the U.S.-South Korea joint Exercise Operation Pacific Reach in Pohang, South Korea, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. move to send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters off the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

France Election

Socialist candidate for the presidential election Benoit Hamon gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, France, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Turkey Explosion

Firefighters and rescue workers work at the site after an explosion which killed one man and injured a number of other people in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The explosion on occurred inside a workshop where a police armored vehicle was being repaired, officials said. (AP Photo)

Turkey Explosion

A shop owner sits near the site after an explosion in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. An explosion inside a workshop where a police armored vehicle was being repaired killed one man and injured a number of other people, Turkish police said Tuesday. The blast in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir caused part of the workshop — an annex to the city's main police headquarters — to collapse.(AP Photo)

Chile Education Protest

A demonstrator runs for cover as a police water cannon fires on them during a protest march demanding education reform, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The demonstrators are demanding free access to school for all ages including at university level. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

India Hindu Festival

Hindu devotees bath in the River Ganges during Hanuman Jayanti festival in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The festival celebrates the birth of Hindu monkey god Hanuman. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Cyprus Peace Talks

A woman is seen through a military battle position from a wall at the U.N buffer zone that divided the south, Greek Cypriot, and the north, Turkish Cypriot breakaway controlled areas in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Against the backdrop of Turkey's referendum on expanding presidential powers, talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus were restarted today with rival leaders hoping to claw back diminished trust and lost momentum after a two-month halt. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Germany Nazi Concentration Camp Anniversary

Nazi concentration camp survivor Alexander Bytschok of Kiev, Ukraine, mourns on a metal plaque during the commemoration ceremonies for the 72th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Maryland Legislature Last Day

Confetti fall from the Maryland House of Delegate's chamber gallery following the closing of the state's legislative session in Annapolis, Md., early Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Maryland’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly on Monday wrapped up a legislative session that was full of measures in opposition to policies supported by President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Spain Holy Week

Penitents from 'Cristo de la Buena Muerte' or 'Good Dead Christ' brotherhood take part in a procession in Madrid, Spain, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Hundreds of processions are taken place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

North Korea Daily Life

A North Korean traffic police woman is seen in silhouette as she directs traffic at the driveway of Sunan International Airport on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea will mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of late leader Kim Il Sung on April 15. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Italy Etna Volcano

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava as the Sicilian town of Riposto, Italy, is visible in foreground, during an eruption in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Palestinians Daily Life

A fishermen navigates rough seas along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Georgia Zoo

Penguins are reflected in a pond as they walk in the Tbilisi Zoo in in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The penguins, presented by Bristol Zoo, became new residents at Tbilisi Zoo after a devastating flood in 2015 killed hundreds of animals. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Washington Daily Life

The Washington Monument is reflected in the glass exterior of the National Museum of African American History in Washington in the morning light, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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