Photos of the day

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

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Harvey

A man stands in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey as he waits to board a boat to help look for evacuees Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Highways around downtown Houston are empty as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey overflow from the bayous around the city Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Kevin Lazenby, of Richmond, Texas, waits after being evacuated from the flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey at a shelter opened at the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center that has been set up as a shelter in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Volunteer Elizabeth Hill, 8, plays with evacuee Skyler Smith, 7, at a shelter at St. Thomas Presbyterian Church in west Houston as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to affect the area Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Residents evacuate their homes near the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Chris Gutierrez, second from right, helps his grandmother, Edelmira Gutierrez, down the stairs of their flooded house and into a waiting fire department truck in the Concord Bridge neighborhood as Addicks Reservoir surpasses capacity due Tropical Storm Harvey, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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A rescuer moves Paulina Tamirano, 92, from a boat to a truck bed as people evacuate from rising waters from Tropical Storm Harvey, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Water is released from Lake Conroe Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Conroe, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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A young boy sleeps at the George R. Brown Convention Center that has been set up as a shelter for evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Airplanes sit at a flooded airport near the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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An elderly man is carried to dry ground as he evacuates a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Jannett Martinez holds her cat Gigi as she rides a boar out of her neighborhood which was inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Trump Harvey

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as they walk from the White House to the South Lawn, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.m then onto Texas to view the federal government's response to Harvey's devastating flooding in Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump Harvey

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, holds up a Texas flag after speaking with supporters outside Firehouse 5 Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, following a briefing on Harvey relief efforts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EU Libya Migrants

Backdropped by an oil rig, an abandoned wooden boat floats in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Libyan coast, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Rescuers from the Aquarius vessel of SOS Mediterranee and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs rescued seven persons from the boat which departed Libya the previous night. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

India Train Derails

People look at derailed coaches of the Duronto Express in Asangaon, some 70 kilometers from Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. A passenger train partly derailed Tuesday morning in western India, the third rail accident in the country in 10 days. Rescuers were working to pull out people who were trapped in the toppled train engine and seven coaches lying on their sides. No casualties or injuries have been reported, railway spokesman A.K. Jain said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India Kashmir Festival

A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays outside the Shah-e-Hamdan Mosque to commemorate the death anniversary of sufi saint Mir Syed Ali Hamadani in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Afghanistan Eid al Adha

Afghan livestock merchants display animals for sale prior to the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Eid al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice," an important Islamic holiday that marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his son. During the holiday, which in most places lasts four days, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor and eat the rest. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Colombia Pope Visit

Local fashion critic Pilar Castano, left, and Colombian designer Regina Bastidas dress a cardboard cutout depicting Pope Francis with the vestments he will wear during his visit to Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug., 29, 2017. Francis will arrive in Colombia on Sept. 6, as part of a five-day trip to celebrate the South American nation's steps toward ending five decades of armed conflict. It will be the first papal visit to the staunchly Roman Catholic country in 31 years.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Nepal Daily Life

A Nepalese man takes rest while installing electric lights at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Boudhanath Stupa is an important pilgrimage site for Buddhists. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Cardinals Brewers Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals' Dexter Fowler slides safely past Milwaukee Brewers catcher Manny Pina during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Greece Acropolis

Clouds cover the Athenian sky as the ancient Acropolis hill and the ruins of the fifth century B.C. Parthenon temple are illuminated on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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