Photos of the day

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

Student Walkouts

Students rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Student Walkouts Gun Violence Chicago

High school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. About 200 students joined Wednesday's march as a sign of solidarity with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the scene of a recent school shooting in Florida in which 17 students and educators died. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Student Walkouts

Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Spain Pensions

A woman carries a baguette and a bag with items after shopping in a supermarket in Madrid, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Spain's government says it will work to rise pension payouts but warned that its priority will be ensuring the future of the nation's retirement system. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

China Politics

Chinese security personnel sit on duty during a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. China is set to give President Xi Jinping a powerful new weapon as he prepares to rule indefinitely a Communist Party-led anti-corruption agency to police not only the party's cadres, but also doctors, teachers, entertainers and other state employees. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Greece Bailout

Riot police detain a protester during clashes in central Athens on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Protesters oppose the auction of foreclosed properties, a key demand of Greece's bailout creditors. (Yannis Liakos/InTime News via AP, )

Indonesia Hindu Rituals

A Hindu priest gives holy water to a man is placed into a trance like state with keris, traditional weapon, pointed to his chest during the ritual of Melasti in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. The ritual, which is performed ahead of the Balinese Hindu's Day of Silence, is held to purify the universe from bad influences, bad deeds and bad thoughts. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Belgium WWI Burial

Soldiers stand in front of of the grave of British Private Thomas Edmundson during a re-burial service at CWGC Perth Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Edmundson was buried with full military honors on Wednesday, nearly 103 years after he died on the battlefield during World War One. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Cyprus Natural Gas

The ship, Ocean Investigator, is seen through a hole of a wall, docked at Cyprus' largest port of Limassol in the easter Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. The ship sailed into port from where it will carry out environmental assessment surveys off Cyprus' southwestern coast where ExxonMobil and partners Qatar Petroleum are scheduled to carry out exploratory drilling for gas in the second half of this year. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Switzerland Lake Gruyere

Stranded boats are pictured on the dried out shoes of the Lake of Gruyere in La Roche near Bulle, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. The level of the artificial impounding reservoir is progressively being brought down by 15 to 20m, planning for the upcoming melting of heavy snowfalls accumulated on the surrounding mountains. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

Egypt Election

An election campaign banner for Egyptian presidential candidate President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with Arabic that reads, "yes...to build the future," hangs over a bridge, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. All potentially serious competitors either withdrew under pressure or were arrested, leaving only el-Sissi and a little-known politician who supports him in the March 26-28 election. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Mexico Rain

A man takes cover under his umbrella as a violent rain storm flooded Reforma Avenue and dumped massive amounts of hail on much of in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Trump

President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Curated by Nat Castañeda in New York

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