Photos of the day

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

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Trump

President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac from Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 in Morristown, N.J. Trump is traveling back to Washington to sign an executive order at the White House and then later today travels to New York City. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump Tower Protests

Protestors shout slogans and hold signs against President Donald Trump in front of Trump Tower ahead his first visit to the building since taking office in New York, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Confederate Monument Protest

A protester kicks the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier after it was pulled down in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)

Pakistan Independence Day

A Pakistani Sailor stands guard at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan during a parade to celebrate the 70th Independence Day in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Pakistanis commemorated its independence from British colonial rule in 1947. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Greece Forest Fire

A firefighting plane drops its load during a forest fire near the village of Metohi north of Athens, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. A large wildfire north of Athens is threatening homes as it sweeps through pine forest, un-contained for a second day due to high winds.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Burkina Faso Attack

Security forces stands guard outside the site of a restaurant attacked in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Monday, Aug. 14 , 2017. The death toll is still rising and authorities said many of the victims were children dining with their families on Sunday night. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Yempabou Ouoba)

Peru Gamarra Market

A drunk man who's missing a leg takes a nap next to his crutches inside the Gamarra market in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Venders explained that the man usually begs for money and food at Gamarra, one of Latin America's biggest and busiest textile markets. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Gamarra Market

A vendor reacts with surprise at the camera, as she dusts a glass case at her shop inside the Gamarra market in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Gamarra, one of Latin America's biggest and busiest textile markets in Latin America, offers shoppers an array of stores selling clothing, fabric, clothing accessories, as well as food from roaming vendors. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Gamarra Market

A loader or "cargador" pulls a mannequin on his dolly at the Gamarra market, one of Latin America's largest and busiest textile markets, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Loaders are hired by vendors and shoppers to move heavy loads, and make about 60 Soles, or $18 dollars per day. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

India Independence Day

An Indian boy gestures as he sells Indian flag at a roadside on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Nepal Floods

A Nepalese flood affected woman washes her child in flood waters in Saptari district, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed dozens of people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Government supporters perform a parody involving a Venezuelan militia up against Uncle Sam, a personification of the U.S government, during an anti-imperialist march to denounce Trump's talk of a "military option" for resolving the country's political crisis, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Chile Daily Life

Cholo, Diana, Karla, Gasparin, Reina and Martha rest inside their makeshift dog houses made of cardboard, placed by a group that calls themselves "Perritos Plaza Maipu" in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. The group provides food, water and shelter to abandoned dogs in the Maipu neighborhood. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Egypt Daily Life

A cat rests under a mural painted by Polish artist Lukasz Zasadni at a cemetery, with Arabic that reads, "Frankie the Pharaoh," in the City of the Dead, a slum where half a million people live among tombs, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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