Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Switzerland Alpine Skiing World Cup
Norway's Lucas Braathen falls at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Friday, Jan.8, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)
APTOPIX Syria US
Syrian graffiti artist Aziz Al-Asmar, front, finishes work on his depiction of the events in Washington after the US president Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, on a wall of a house destroyed in an airstrike, in Binish, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
APTOPIX Bosnia Migrants Snow
Migrants cook inside a makeshift shelter at the Lipa camp, outside Bihac, Bosnia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. A fresh spate of snowy and very cold winter weather on has brought more misery for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck for days in a burnt out camp in northwest Bosnia waiting for heating and other facilities. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)
APTOPIX Spain Weather
A jogger runs in the business district during a snowfall in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Spain is on high alert Friday as a cold snap is covering much of the country with snow, causing disruptions in road, sea and air traffic while authorities warn that the worst may still be coming over the weekend. (AP Photo/Paul White)
APTOPIX Indonesia Volcano
In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, hot lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi as its activity continues since local geological authority raised the alert level of the volcano to the second-highest level in November, in Sleman, Indonesia, early Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Merapi is one of the most volatile among the country's more than 120 volcanoes. (AP Photo/Taufiq Rozzaq)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain
A member of staff prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a member of the public at Hyde Leisure Centre near Manchester, England, Friday Jan. 8, 2021. Mass vaccination hubs are due to begin operating next week. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Greece
A woman wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walks in Faliron coastal zone, Athens, on Friday, Jan. 8, 2020. Greece has tightened its lockdown until Jan. 11 to allow schools to reopen on that date.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
APTOPIX Capitol Breach
A protester walks past the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
APTOPIX Chile Virus Outbreak
Reflected on a bus window, a man places a mask on a youth amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they wait to travel at a bus station in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 during the holiday travel season. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
APTOPIX Purdue Michigan St Basketball
Purdue's Trevion Williams, left, celebrates with teammates following an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in East Lansing, Mich. Purdue won 55-54. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Philippines Catholic Procession
Thousands of Catholic devotees line up as they celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in downtown Manila, Philippines, Saturday Jan. 9, 2021. Hundreds of church workers and police were spread around the area to maintain order and enforce strict social distancing health protocols. The annual procession has been cancelled amid the threat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in one of Asia's biggest religious events. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
APTOPIX Spain Storm Filomena
People walk during a heavy snowfall in downtown Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, halting traffic and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that suspended all services as the snow kept falling on Saturday. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)
APTOPIX Spain Storm Filomena
Neighbours have drinks in the middle of the street during a heavy snowfall in Bustarviejo, outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, halting traffic and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that suspended all services as the snow kept falling on Saturday. Half of Spain is on alert, with five provinces on their highest level of warning. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
APTOPIX Australia India Cricket
India's Jasprit Bumrah, right, is run out as Australia's Will Pucovski watches during play on day three of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
APTOPIX Nets Grizzlies Basketball
Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks (24) drives against Brooklyn Nets guard Bruce Brown (1) with help from Grizzlies forward Xavier Tillman (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
APTOPIX Chicago Shootings
Police investigate the scene of a shooting on the Chicago-Evanston border on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)
APTOPIX Colts Bills Football
Buffalo Bills' Matt Milano (58) and Josh Norman (29) and teammates celebrate after an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Indianapolis Colts Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills won the game 27-24. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
APTOPIX San Diego-Protesters Clash
San Diego police clash with protesters after a gathering was declared an unlawful assembly, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in San Diego. Supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters in San Diego on Saturday, prompting police to declare the gathering an unlawful assembly because of acts of violence. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
APTOPIX Rams Seahawks Football
Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Leonard Floyd (54) knocks the ball away as Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson tries to pass during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Israel Politics
An Israeli protester holds a giant syringe during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his official residence, in Jerusalem, during the third nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Protesters demanded that the embattled Israeli leader resign as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Buccaneers Washington Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin (14) leaps over Washington Football Team strong safety Kamren Curl (31) during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Landover, Md. Tampa Bay won 31-23. (AP Photo/Al Drago)
APTOPIX Ohio St Rutgers Basketball
Rutgers guard Montez Mathis (10) has his shot blocked by Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell (32) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
APTOPIX Indonesia Plane Crash
Sailors of an Indonesian Navy ship stand on the deck as they depart for a rescue operation for a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed off Java island, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Czech Republic
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the government restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer FA Cup
Tottenham's Carlos Vinicius scores passing Marine's goalkeeper Bayleigh Passant during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Marine and Tottenham Hotspur at Rossett Park stadium in Crosby, Liverpool, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (Clive Brunskill/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Nepal Daily Life
A Nepalese physical fitness trainer kicks a student as a form of punishment while they work out at a forest area near Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
APTOPIX North Korea Party Congress
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps his hands at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korean, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Kim was given a new title, “general secretary” of the ruling Workers’ Party, formerly held by his late father and grandfather, state media reported Monday, Jan. 11, in what appears to a symbolic move aimed at bolstering his authority amid growing economic challenges. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Mexico
A patient is moved from an ambulance into the COVID-19 treatment center at Dr. Carlos MacGregor Sanchez General Hospital in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. In Mexico City, the current epicenter of the pandemic in Mexico, 90% percent of hospital beds are full, and the country continues to break daily records of newly confirmed coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak South Africa
A health worker in a protective suit runs past oxygen cylinders in a makeshift emergency unit at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, which is battling an ever-increasing number of Covid-19 patients. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Malaysia Daily Life
A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus set up traditional Chinese lanterns on display ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
APTOPIX Germany Daily Life
Steam rises from the houses of the city of Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Albania Weather
Rain water floods Obot village, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northwest of Tirana, Albania, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Heavy rainfall and snow during the last days has flooded many areas in the country, authorities said on Monday. Thousands of hectares (acres) have been flooded in western Albania where authorities have evacuated scores of them. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Ukraine
A cook in a face mask is seen making a pizza through a window glass decorated with Christmas ornaments in a city pizzeria in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The country of 42 million is recording about 9,000 new COVID-19 infections a day and more than 19,500 people have died. Ukraine imposes a wide-ranging lockdown beginning Friday, closing schools and entertainment venues and restaurant table service through to Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
APTOPIX Hong Kong Judiciary
New Hong Kong Chief Justice Andrew Cheung listens to reporters questions during a press conference after the opening of the legal year in Hong Kong Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Hong Kong’s new top judge warned Monday that the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s courts need to show they are impartial amid a flurry of politically charged cases or risk losing public trust.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
APTOPIX Nepal Politics
A pro-king supporter injured during clash with riot police is carried away as they march demanding reinstating monarchy that was abolished more than a decade ago in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan.11, 2021. Monday's protest was the latest anti-government protest against Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli who has been facing street demonstrations against him from a splinter faction of his own Communist party and more from opposition political groups for dissolving parliament. Nepal's centuries-old monarchy was abolished in 2008 by the parliament and replaced by a republic where the president was elected as the head of state. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
APTOPIX Browns Steelers Football
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Eric Ebron (85) catches a pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for a touchdown with Cleveland Browns cornerback A.J. Green (38) defending during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
APTOPIX Ravens Titans Football
Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) makes a catch as he is defended by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey (44) in the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
APTOPIX Bears Saints Football
Nickelodeon reporter Lex Lumpkin during an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)
APTOPIX Bears Saints Football
New Orleans Saints running back Michael Burton (32) carries against Chicago Bears inside linebacker Danny Trevathan (59) in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
