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A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours. A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) holds a placard during an anti-government march in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Thousands of South Africans are demonstrating for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma, who has been enmeshed in scandals that critics say are undermining the country's democracy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Seven members of the same family are buried after their house was hit by an airstrike late last month, in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Yusuf Mohammed Yusuf said that an airstrike hit the house of his brother and killed eight members of his family in the village of Faziliya, which was recently retaken by Iraqi Kurdish forces from the Islamic State group. The body of one child was not found. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Dozens of protestors demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police, as remnants of pepper spray waft over the crowd near Cannon Ball, N.D., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Officers in riot gear clashed again Wednesday with protesters near the Dakota Access pipeline, hitting several dozen with pepper spray as they waded through waist-deep water in an attempt to reach property owned by the pipeline's developer. (AP Photo/John L. Mone) Residents salvage items from smoldering homes after a fire gutted a neighborhood in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Las Pinas Fire Marshall Chief Inspector Ramon Capundag said about 800 houses were razed by the fire and left more than a thousand families homeless. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A police officer, front, points a taser as a protester jumps on a door, whole police officers try to keep out protesters against the former Ku Klux Klan leader and current senate candidate David Duke, before a debate for Louisiana candidates for the U.S. Senate, at Dillard University in New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. The top five candidates, including Duke, who are running for Louisiana's soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat are meeting for their last debate ahead of next week's election, at the historically black university. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Professors of Piraeus University listens the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at Piraeus Municipal Theater , near Athens, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Lavrov took part in the ceremony by Piraeus University to receive an honorary doctorate. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A family in zombie costumes pose for a picture as a man sleeps on the sidewalk at the Zombie Walk in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Participants commemorated the Day of the Dead with the annual Zombie Walk. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Cars drive under a rainbow near Bad Langensalza, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Colored leaves hang down from a tree on the Old Jewish Cemetery in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. The Jewish cemetery is the second oldest in Germany with a grave dating from 1272. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Fans of Argentina's San Lorenzo wait for the start of a Copa Sudamericana soccer match against Brazil's Chapecoense in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Cleveland Indian fans watch batting practice before Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Chicago Cubs Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Chicago Cubs' Kris Bryant is safe at home as Cleveland Indians catcher Roberto Perez puts on a late tag during the fourth inning of Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Fishermen wait for a catch on Rabat beach, Morocco, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Rabat beach is a hub for families, couples and fitness enthusiasts especially on temperate days. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) See these photos on APImages Follow AP photographers on Twitter Written content on this site is not created by the editorial department of AP, unless otherwise noted.