Today’s top pics: Virus Outbreak and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain
A Christmas tree stands on display in the middle of Leadenhall Market where all the non-essential shops are temporarily closed, during England's second coronavirus lockdown in the City of London financial district of London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Britain yesterday posted 598 COVID-19 deaths of people testing posting for the virus in the last 28 days, the highest daily death toll since May. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
APTOPIX Armenia Azerbaijan
Nikolai Karapetyan reacts and presses the cross to his chest, with his car packed as he prepares to abandon his home in the village of Maraga, in the Martakert area, in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. A Russia-brokered cease-fire to halt six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh stipulated that Armenia turn over control of some areas it holds outside the separatist territory’s borders to Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
APTOPIX Britain Tennis ATP Finals
Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a return to Diego Schwartzman of Argentina during their tennis match at the ATP World Finals tennis tournament at the O2 arena in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Belgium
A woman, wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, walks along the European quarter in Brussels, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Belgium says it has taken a major step in containing the resurgence of the coronavirus now that the number of deaths is falling too, just like other major indicators had down over the past week. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
APTOPIX Germany Daily Life ECB
The crescent moon passes behind office windows of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Uganda Bobi Wine
Protesters supporting opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, seen on placard, gather around the dead body of a man who they claimed had been shot by police but which could not be immediately verified, during clashes with security forces in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Police in Uganda said three people died and 38 were injured in protests that broke out on Wednesday in Uganda's capital after police arrested Bobi Wine, a musician and opposition politician who is seeking the presidency in next year's election. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX FAA Boeing
A worker uses a flashlight to inspect an engine on a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Renton, Wash. After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that the 737 Max has been cleared for flight after regulators around the world grounded the Max in March 2019, after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
APTOPIX Sudan Ethiopia
Ethiopian refugees gather in Qadarif region, easter Sudan, Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020. The U.N. refugee agency says Ethiopia's growing conflict has resulted in thousands fleeing from the Tigray region into Sudan as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia's borders and threatened to inflame the Horn of Africa region. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
APTOPIX Belgium Denmark Nations League Soccer
Belgium's Romelu Lukaku , left, duels for the ball with Denmark's Simon Kjær during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Belgium and Denmark at the King Power stadium in Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
APTOPIX Poland Netherlands Soccer Nations League
Poland's goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski saves as he jumps with Poland's Kamil Glik, center, and Netherlands' Donyell Malen during the Nations League soccer match between Poland and The Netherlands at Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
APTOPIX Haiti Protest
Demonstrators ride their motorcycles past a burning police vehicle during a protest to demand the resignation of Haiti's president Jovenel Moise, on the 217th anniversary of the Battle of Vertieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. At least four people were shot and wounded during a small protest in Haiti's capital after a speech by embattled President Moise. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
APTOPIX Honduras Tropical Weather
Men wade through a street flooded after the passing of Hurricane Iota in La Lima, Honduras, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Iota flooded stretches of Honduras still underwater from Hurricane Eta, after it hit Nicaragua Monday evening as a Category 4 hurricane and weakened as it moved across Central America, dissipating over El Salvador early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
APTOPIX Argentina Abortion
Pro-choice activists demonstrate in favor of decriminalizing abortion with a banner that reads in Spanish "Legal Abortion 2020, it's Urgent," a day after President Alberto Fernández sent a bill to legalize abortion, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
APTOPIX Chile Protest
A demonstrator is detained by police during a protest against President Sebastian Piñera demanding his resignation, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
APTOPIX California Wildfires
In this photo taken by a drone, homes destroyed by the Mountain View Fire are seen in the Walker community in Mono County, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Mexico
Workers ride their horses in the Valle de Chalco municipal cemetery, usually reserved to bury COVID-19 victims, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
APTOPIX Peru Political Crisis
Demonstrators are silhouetted on a Peruvian flag before a march to demand significant social changes and a new constitution from the government of new interim president Francisco Sagasti, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The march comes a day after the Peruvian Congress swore-in Sagasti, its third president in just over a week. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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