A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
Iraq Mosul
Iraqi boys walk on a destroyed street in a neighborhood recently retaken by Iraqi security forces during fighting against Islamic State militants on the western side of in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Venezuela Political Crisis
Opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens, center, is taken away by his colleague Jose Manuel Olivares, right, after begin injured by supposed government supporters, as they protested outside of the Ombudsman's offices in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 3, 2017. A group of opposition lawmakers was attacked by suspected followers of the Government during a demonstration in the center of the capital. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Russia Subway Explosion
Blast victims lie near a subway train hit by a explosion at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. (AP Photo/DTP&ChP St. Peterburg via AP)
Russia Subway Explosion
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, lays flowers at a place near the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Colombia Deadly River Overflow
Soldiers and members of the Colombian Red Cross recover the body of a victim of a deadly avalanche that happened following heavy rains, in Mocoa, Colombia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The grim search continues for the missing in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through the small city, killing more than 260 people and leaving many more injured and homeless. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia Deadly River Overflow
Women cry over the coffin of a relative, a victim of a deadly avalanche due to heavy rains, during a mass burial in Mocoa, Colombia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The grim search continues for the missing in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through the small city, killing more than 260 people and leaving many more injured and homeless. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Senate Supreme Court
Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., question the Republican side as the panel meets to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Monday, April 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Ecuador Presidential Election
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, laughs after biting a birthday a cake during the Change of Guard Ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, April 3, 2017. Although Correa's birthday is on April 6, he was given a early cake, as winning Vice-Presidencial candidate Jorge Glas, center, and his wife Cinthia Díaz chuckle next to him. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Marlins Nationals Baseball
Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper flips his bat as he watches his solo home run during the sixth inning of an opening day baseball game against the Miami Marlins, at Nationals Park, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
South Korea Ice Hockey Women World Championship
North Korean women ice hockey players line up as South Koreans wave the Korean reunification flags after IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group A game against the Netherlands in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Italy Design Week
People walk at the entrance of the "Giro Giro Tondo design for children" exhibition, at the Triennale museum, in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 3, 2017. The Milan Design week is taking place in various locations across Milan from April 4 through 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Final Four Gonzaga North Carolina Basketball
Gonzaga's Zach Collins (32) dunks during the first half in the finals of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Steppig, Pool)
Final Four Gonzaga North Carolina Basketball
Gonzaga's Bryan Alberts, left, and Josh Perkins sit in the locker room after the finals of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against North Carolina, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. North Carolina won 71-65. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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