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 speaks in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump Tower Protests

A supporter of President Donald Trump, right, interacts with a Trump protester carrying a caricature poster of the President near Trump Tower Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

South Asia Floods

Flood affected villagers wait for relief material on a broken road washed away by floodwaters in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Confederate Monument Protest Charlottesville

Aaliyah Jones, 38, left, hugs Boyd Tinsley, of the Dave Matthews Band and Amy Hastings, 29, all of Charlottesville, at the base of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee monument in Emancipation Park Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. The deadly rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, over the weekend is accelerating the removal of Confederate statues in cities across the nation. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman)

Bangladesh Security

Bangladeshi policemen take cover following a blast as they try to flush out suspected Islamist radicals who have holed up in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo)

South Korea North Korea Nuclear

South Korean President Moon Jae-in are seen on small screens as participants listen to his speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day at Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Moon, in a televised speech Tuesday on the anniversary of the end of World War II and the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, said that Seoul and Washington agree that the crisis over the North's nuclear program should "absolutely be solved peacefully," and that no U.S. military action on the Korean Peninsula could be taken without Seoul's consent. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

Sierra Leone Mudslides

Security forces search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, Tuesday, Aug. 15 , 2017. Survivors of deadly mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital are vividly describing the disaster as President Ernest Bai Koroma says the nation is in a "state of grief." (AP Photo/ Manika Kamara)

Greece Forest Fire

A fire fighting helicopter flies amid smoke as the sun sets during a forest fire near Kapandriti north of Athens, Tuesday Aug. 15, 2017. Some 350 firefighters and soldiers assisted by water-dropping planes and dozens of fire trucks struggled to contain a large wildfire raging for three days through pine forests north of Athens, which left a smoky haze and ash drifting over much of the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece Forest Fire

A firefighter rescues a bird from a burning tree during a forest fire near Kapandriti north of Athens, Tuesday Aug. 15, 2017. A large wildfire north of Athens is threatening homes as it sweeps through pine forest for a third day,uncontained due to high winds.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

India Hindu Festival

Indian youth collapse as they try to form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug.15, 2017. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Portugal Wildfires

Young eucalyptus trees are planted in the foreground while a huge cloud of smoke from a forest fire rises in the background, by the N2 road linking Abrantes to Vila de Rei, central Portugal, Tuesday, Aug. 15 2017. Around 3,000 firefighters in Portugal were struggling to put out more than 150 wildfires raging across the country Tuesday, as persistent hot and dry weather stoked the flames, officials said. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

New US Citizens

Gleidson Hoffman, originally from Brazil, becomes emotional during his naturalization ceremony, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in New York. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offered the ceremony for 30 people from 19 countries. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

India Independence Day

Indians carry a huge Indian national flag on a bridge across river Sabarmati as they celebrate Independence Day in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. India commemorates its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Punjab Sikhs Rally

A Sikh demonstrator takes part in a rally outside the United Nations headquarters to declare the holding of a Non-Binding Referendum to Liberate Punjab, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in New York.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Giants Marlins Baseball

San Francisco Giants center fielder Denard Span (2) chases down a ball hit by Miami Marlins' Christian Yelich for a double during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Germany Weather Zoo

Orangutan 'Bimbo' wearing a paper hat behind a waterfall in his compound at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Weather forecasts predict sunny weather with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Japan Returning the Flag

WWII veteran Marvin Strombo, right, and Tatsuya Yasue, 89-year-old farmer, hold a Japanese flag with autographed messages which was owned by his brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan's Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Strombo has returned to the fallen soldier's family the calligraphy-covered flag he took from the man's body 73 years ago. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

France Daily Life

Chatolic believers and clergymen precede the statue of Mary during a procession around Notre Dame cathedral as part of the Assumption of Mary celebration in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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