Photos of the day

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

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Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria

Residents at La Perla community in Old San Juan comfort one another as the community recovers from Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The island territory of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is reeling in the devastating wake of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria

La Perla resident Ramon Marrero, 76, walks through his battered residence after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The island territory of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is reeling in the devastating wake of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria

La Perla resident Ramon Marrero, 76, stands in his battered residence after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The island territory of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is reeling in the devastating wake of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Mexico Earthquake

Workers shovel papers and debris off the top of the rubble of a building that collapsed in last week's 7.1 magnitude earthquake, at the corner of Gabriel Mancera and Escocia streets in the Del Valle neighborhood of Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Search teams were still digging through dangerous piles of rubble Monday, hoping against the odds to find survivors after the Sept. 19 quake.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico Earthquake

Volunteer Victor Serrano arrives to help in the recovery efforts at the corner of Alvaro Obregon and Yucatan streets in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, early Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. As rescue operations stretched into day 7, residents throughout the capital have held out hope that dozens still missing might be found alive. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Hindu woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her baby as she sits inside a refugee camp set up for Hindu refugees near Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, beats other refugees as a fight broke out during a distribution of aid near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. More than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when deadly attacks by a Rohingya insurgent group on police posts prompted Myanmar's military to launch "clearance operations" in Rakhine state. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Congress Health Overhaul

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, second from left, appear before a Senate Finance Committee hearing to consider the Graham-Cassidy healthcare proposal on Capitol Hill, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress Health Overhaul

David Barrows of Washington dresses as the grim reaper and wears a sign that reads "Give me your poor, your sick, and your uninsured" as he joins others outside a hearing room where the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing to consider the Graham-Cassidy healthcare proposal, on Capitol Hill, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress Health Overhaul

Activists opposed to the GOP's Graham-Cassidy health care repeal bill, many with disabilities, are removed by U.S. Capitol Police after disrupting a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the last-ditch GOP push to overhaul the nation's health care system, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress Health Overhaul

A protester is detained and escorted out by U.S. Capitol Police in an attempt to maintain order in the hallways outside the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the last-ditch GOP push to overhaul the nation's health care system, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Anthony Weiner Sexting

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) leaves federal court following his sentencing, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in New York. Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in a sexting case that rocked the presidential race. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Iraq Kurdish Referendum

A girl dressed in the colors of the Kurdish flag looks at her mother as she votes inside the boot for Kurdish independence in the city of Kirkuk, Monday Sept. 25, 2017. Iraq's Kurdish region vote in a referendum on whether to secede from Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraq Kurdish referendum

Children holding Kurdish flags run on the streets of the disputed city of Kirkuk, Monday Sept. 25, 2017. Millions are expected to vote on Monday in Iraq's Kurdish-run provinces and disputed territories as Iraqi Kurds cast ballots in support for independence from Baghdad in a historic but non-binding vote. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

China Daily Life

A man peeps into scenery boards used to fence off a construction site near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The direction words on the board reads: "Toilet" (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Russia Germany Election

Face masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, German chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump, on display for sale at a street souvenir shop in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Romania Female Flak Jacket

Warrant officer class three, Viorica Patriche tries on a flak jacket designed specifically for women soldiers before a testing session at a shooting range outside Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The Romanian Research Institute has developed a bulletproof vest for female soldiers, and is being tested by the Romania Army. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

France Security

Two woman sit on a bench, as a banner above them reads "No the permanent state of emergency" near the French National Assembly in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Macron insists the bill discussed at a Cabinet meeting won't infringe on freedoms, but rights groups fear France is heading for a permanent state of emergency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Spain Catalonia

A pro-independence student sleeps on a hammock during a protest inside the public university in Barcelona, Spain Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Grassroots groups driving Catalonia's independence movement say they have started distributing one million ballots to be used in a referendum on secession that the Spanish government has vowed to stop. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Clippers Media Day Basketball

Los Angeles Clippers' Marshall Plumlee signs his autographs during an NBA basketball media day Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Cubs Cardinals Baseball

Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell dives into the crowd but is unable to catch a foul ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals' Jedd Gyorko during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Thunder Basketball Media Day

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Patrick Patterson dribbles the ball as photographers shoot video for pre-game introductions during an NBA basketball media day in Oklahoma City, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

India Hindu Festival

A priest fixes a banana plant near a Hindu goddess Durga idol at a worship venue ahead of Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India , Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

New York Daily LIfe

A turkey vulture flies behind early foliage on a warm fall day at Taughannock Falls State Park, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Trumansburg, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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