Photos of the day

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

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Spain Catalonia

People gather outside the Catalonia parliament during a parliamentary session in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A new Catalan parliament is meeting following a botched secession attempt last year and amid looming questions about the role that fugitive and jailed politicians will play in the chamber's separatist majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Syria

A man checks his destroyed house in a devastated part of the old city, in Homs, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

India Army

Indian army soldiers cross a rope bridge amid smoke from canisters as they showcase skills during a training session at the army's Madras Engineer Group training centre in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Trump Dole

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., gives a thumbs up to President Donald Trump after speaking to honor former Sen. Bob Dole during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Peru Pope

Maria Naji, 85, eats rice and fish caught by her son, in the village of Palma Real, Madre de Dios province, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Maria Naji is one of around 140 Ese Eja Indians that were invited by the Catholic NGO Caritas, to travel from their villages to Puerto Maldonado where Pope Francis will visit on Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Pope

Antonio Sonia Pona, 64, poses for a photo after catching a fish for lunch, in Palma Real village, Madre de Dios province, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. He is part of a group of close to 140 Ese Eja Indians that were invited by the Catholic NGO Caritas, to travel from their villages to Puerto Maldonado where Pope Francis will visit on Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Pope

A boy rests inside his house in Palma Real village, Madre de Dios province, Peru, travel to Puerto Maldonado, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A group close to 140 Ese Eja Indians were invited by the Catholic NGO Caritas, to travel from their villages to Puerto Maldonado where Pope Francis will visit on Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Pope

Children play in Palma Real village, Madre de Dios province, Peru, travel to Puerto Maldonado, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A group of close to 140 Ese Eja Indians from the villages were invited by the Catholic NGO Caritas, to travel to Puerto Maldonado where Pope Francis will visit on Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Chile Pope

Students wait for Pope Francis' visit, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Jan.17, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Serbia Migrants

A migrant boy watches through a window in the "Krnjaca" refugee centre near Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Several thousand migrants have been stuck in Serbia waiting for a chance to move on. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

Rohingya refugees are seen silhouetted against setting sun at Balukhali refugee camp, 50 kilometres (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Winter Weather Atlanta

A couple walks their dog through a snow covered Piedmont Park as the sun rises in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The South awoke on Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Winter Weather Maine

Snow accumulates on coin-operated binoculars as a ferry arrives with commuters in Portland, Maine, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Parts of the state are expected to get more than half-a-foot of snow from the latest winter storm. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Spain Animals Blessing

The hand of Santiago Fulero, Major priest of the Saint Pablo church, blesses people with their pets outside of the church, during the feast of St. Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Zaragoza, northern Spain, Wednesday, Jan.17, 2018. The feast is celebrated each year in many parts of Spain and people bring their pets to churches to be blessed. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Spain Animals Blessing

A woman holds up her pet inside Saint Pablo church, during the feast of St. Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Zaragoza, northern Spain, Wednesday, Jan.17, 2018. The feast is celebrated each year in many parts of Spain and people bring their pets to churches to be blessed. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Britain Light Festival

People walk through The Wave by Vertigo on the Riverside Walkway, South Bank, during the Lumiere London light festival, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

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