Photos of the day

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

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Trump Budget Battle

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, center, is surrounded by members of the media outside the White House, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, and is questioned about a potential government shutdown this weekend. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Budget Battle

With no apparent indications of a breakthrough to avoid a government shutdown, news reporters wait in the corridors around the Senate chamber for any word on last-minute negotiations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

March for Life

Anti-abortion activists rally on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gather in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EU Libya Migrants

In this Friday Jan. 19, 2018 photo women and children from Eritrea sing and pray to celebrate their arrival to Europe aboard the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel, Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Syria

A Syrian boy shields himself from the rain and cold wearing a plastic bag while he sells bread in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Turkey's defense minister said Friday there is no turning back from his country's decision to launch a ground assault on a Syrian Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwest Syria, saying the offensive had "de facto" started with the sporadic Turkish military shelling of the area. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel Palestinians Baptism Epiphany

Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv baptized in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at Qasr el Yahud, the spot where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus, near the West Bank town of Jericho, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Russia Orthodox Epiphany

Russian Orthodox believers gather to swim in the icy water on Epiphany at a hole in the form of Orthodox Cross at a lake in Orlino village, 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Ukraine Orthodox Epiphany

An Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water on Epiphany at a hole in the form of Orthodox Cross in Dnipro river in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Thousands of Ukrainian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Peru Pope

A bishop takes a photo of an indigenous man and baby as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios province, Peru, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. After lengthy treks through the muddy Amazon, indigenous men, women and children will greet Francis Friday in a visit to the world's largest rainforest that native leaders hope will mark a turning point for the increasingly threatened ecosystem.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru Pope

A boys holds a poster of Pope Francis as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios province, Peru, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Francis is expected to meet with several thousand indigenous people gathering in a coliseum in Puerto Maldonado, the city considered a gateway to the Amazon, in the first full day of the pontiff's visit to Peru. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

A Rohingya Hindu boy sits at the doorway of his tent while women prepare food at the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. A Bangladesh official says Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Syria

Syrian boys pose for a picture outside Sheikh Omar Al-Halabi mosque after Friday prayer in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Turkey's defense minister said Friday there is no turning back from his country's decision to launch a ground assault on a Syrian Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwest Syria, saying the offensive had "de facto" started with the sporadic Turkish military shelling of the area. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Spain La Tamborrada

''Tamborilleros'' wearing their uniforms prepare to take part in the traditional opening ceremony of ' La Tamborrada', during 'El Dia Grande', the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. From midnight to midnight companies of perfectly uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastian playing drums and barrels in honor of their patron saint. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Spain La Tamborrada

Major ''Tamborillero'' wearing his uniform takes part in the traditional opening ceremony of ' La Tamborrada', during 'El Dia Grande', the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. From midnight to midnight companies of perfectly uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastian playing drums and barrels in honor of their patron saint. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Australian Open Tennis

United States' Lauren Davis yells in frustration during her third round match against Romania's Simona Halep at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

California Daily Life

A body surfer raises his arms as a set of waves approach at Blacks Beach, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in San Diego. A winter storm swept into California Friday, bringing large waves to the coast, and much-needed snow in higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Germany Zoo

A jackass penguin swims under water in its basin at the Opel zoo in Kronberg, Germany, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Israel Weather

Waves from the Mediterranean Sea smash on the old port of Cesarea, Israel, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Strong heavy winds, waves and rain whipped across Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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