A selection of some of the top AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
Alex van der Zwaan leaves Federal District Court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom until he was fired last year formally pleaded guilty to a single charge of making false statements. He admitted Tuesday he lied to federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump awards public safety Medal of Valor to Firefighter/Harbor Patrol Officer David Poirier, Jr., of Redondo Beach (Calif.) Fire Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Family and friends of victims of the deadly attack on churchgoers in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region, attend a funeral service in Kizlyar, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. At least five people were killed and four wounded when a gunman opened fire with a hunting rifles on people leaving a Sunday service at a Russian Orthodox church in the Dagestan city of Kizlyar. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
Iranian Shiite Muslims attend a mourning ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of Fatima, Prophet Muhammad's daughter, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Fatima, who died around 630 AD, is the most sacred woman in the Shiite faith and was a wife of Imam Ali, the first Shiite Imam. The circumstances of her death are a matter of dispute between Shiite and Sunni historians. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A young student looks at a Brazilian marine as she and her classmates have their bags inspected during a surprise operation in Kelson's slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Members of the armed forces and the police spread out in the slum in northern Rio in the first major operation since the military took control of security forces in the state. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A flower rests near a memorial to a victim of the Station nightclub fire following a ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, held to mark the 15th anniversary of the fire, in West Warwick, R.I. The Feb. 20, 2003, fire at the nightclub in West Warwick, that killed 100 and injured more than 200 others, started when pyrotechnics for the rock band Great White set fire to flammable foam installed as soundproofing. The site of the fire is now a memorial park. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A worker takes a break outside a store under construction in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits next to fashion editor Anna Wintour as they view Richard Quinn's runway show before presenting him with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, as she visits London Fashion Week's BFC Show Space in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (Yui Mok/Pool photo via AP)
Team Norway with Sindre Henriksen, Simen Spieler Nilsen and Sverre Lunde Pedersen trains for the finals of the men's team pursuit speedskating race at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A model wears a creation for Moncler women fall/winter 2018/19 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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