Photos of the day

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

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Russia Victory Day

Local residents carry portraits of their ancestors, participants in World War II as they celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. About 400,000 people walked in central streets of St. Petersburg in a march named 'Immortal Regiment' while carrying portraits of their relatives who fought in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Serbia Victory Day

Serbian army soldiers perform during exercise at a ceremony marking 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, at Nikinci training ground, 60 kilometers west of Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Germany Russia Victory Day

A man wears a cross and a shirt with the portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for an event commemorating the end of World War II 72 years ago, at the Soviet War memorial at the district Tiergarten in Berlin, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Thousands of people most of them with Russian roots or Russians living in Germany attend the annual celebrations marking the victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the WWII at the Soviet war memorials and cemeteries in the German capital. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Israel Victory Day

A member of a group called WWII Reenactment Club takes part in a weapons display marking the Victory Day in Ashdod, Israel, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Victory Day

A woman holds a rifle during a weapons display by a group called WWII Reenactment Club, marking the Victory Day in Ashdod, Israel, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the the second World War. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel Victory Day

Members of a group called WWII Reenactment Club participate in a ceremony marking the Victory Day in Ashdod, Israel, Tuesday, May 9, 2017.Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Russia Victory Day

Fireworks explode over the Saint Peter and Paul Fortress and the Neva River during celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia Victory Day

A pigeon walks in front of the ranks of soldiers during the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

South Korea Election

South Korea's presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party raises his hands in front of the media as his party leaders, members and supporters watch on television local media's results of exit polls for the presidential election at National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Exit polls forecast that liberal candidate Moon win the election Tuesday to succeed ousted President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Britain Pink Floyd Mortal Remains Exhibition

A museum worker poses in front of the metal heads from The Pink Floyd's Division Bell album at the band's exhibition, 'Their Mortal Remains' at the V&A museum in west London, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, an immersive, experimental journey through Pink Floyd's world of over 350 objects and artefacts from the band. The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the band's first album, 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' and officially opens to the public on 13 May (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Colombia Clowns Protest

A clown creates a huge bubble during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, May, 9, 2017. Members of the National Union of Circus Artists from across the country marched in Bogota to protest the government's economic policies, demand better job opportunities and better access to healthcare. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Cyprus Abandoned Airport

The rusting, discolored exterior of the fuselage of a Cyprus Airways Trident passenger jet is seen by barbed wires, parked on the tarmac of the long-abandoned Nicosia airport that lies inside a United Nations-controlled buffer zone, that separates the breakaway Turkish speaking north of ethnically divided Cyprus from the internationally recognized Greek speaking south, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The airport has remained frozen in time after being shut down in 1974 when a coup by supporters of union with Greece prompted Turkey to invade and split the island into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

South Africa Riot

Protesters sing and chant in front of a burning barricade in the Ennerdale, Johannesburg township, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Violent protests have erupted in South Africa's biggest city for a second day, with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators who blocked roads and burned tires. (AP Photo)

Congress Democrats

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., listens to a colleague in the Senate Democratic leadership while meeting with members of the media, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ryan NYC Charter School

Protestors chant slogans outside the Success Academy charter school before House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Scores of protesters greeted Ryan as he visited a New York City school run by former New York City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, who was considered for the post of U.S. secretary of education. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Pence Military Families

Vice President Mike Pence uses a guest's cell phone for a group selfie in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, during a celebration event recognizing National Military Appreciation Month and National Military Spouse Appreciation Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump Comey

White House press secretary Sean Spicer walks from the West Wing of White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, to speak to reporters. President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director Comey on May 9, 2017, ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump Comey

The White House is seen in Washington, Tuesday night, May 9, 2017. President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director Comey on May 9, 2017, ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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