Today’s top pics: "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press..
APTOPIX Germany Christmas Market
A girl rides a horse on a merry-go-round on the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Zimbabwe Vice President Wife
A man covers his face from the camera with a plastic spoon, while making a court appearance at the magistrates courts where Marry Chiwenga, wife of Zimbabwe's vice president was accused of trying to kill her husband, in Harare, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Chiwenga was ordered to remain in custody pending a bail hearing. She was also charged with money laundering and fraud, amid reports of a troubled marriage. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer Premier League
Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Brighton & Hove Albion at Selhurst Park, London, Monday, Dec 16, 2019. (Nigel French/PA via AP)
APTOPIX Naval Air Station Shooting Funeral
Sailors carry the casket of Cameron Walters at Oak Hill Cemetery in Richmond Hill, Ga., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Walters was one of the three Navy sailors killed in a Saudi gunman's attack at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida on Dec. 6. Roughly 400 people, including dozens of uniformed service members, attended Monday's funeral earlier in Savannah for Walters. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)
APTOPIX Chile Protests
Chilean anti riots police officer arrest an anti government demonstrator during a protest in Santiago de Chile, Chile, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. A U.N. human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against protesters over the past two months, including deaths, torture, sexual abuse and the use of excessive force. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
APTOPIX Deep South Weather
A driver moves around a utility pole knocked down in Alexandria, La., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, following a severe weather system went through the area. (AP Photo/Brad Kemp)
APTOPIX Wintry Weather
A man walks down a snowy street, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. The wintry weather was part of a storm system that hit parts of the Midwest and was expected to extend into the Northeast through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
APTOPIX Trail Blazers Suns Basketball
Phoenix Suns guard Ricky Rubio (11) shoots against the Portland Trail Blazers during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Phoenix. The Trail Blazers won 111-110. (AP Photo/Matt York)
APTOPIX Colts Saints Football
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) runs off the field after defeating the Indianapolis Colts 34-7 in an NFL football game in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Brees broke the NFL record for career touchdown passes, surpassing Peyton Manning, and the all-time single game completion percentage as well. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
APTOPIX India West Indies Cricket
West Indies' Sheldon Cottrell yawns as he prepares to bowl in the nets during a training session ahead of their second one day international cricket match against India, in Visakhapatnam, India, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
APTOPIX "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
Stormtroopers pose at world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
APTOPIX World Premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
A Chewbacca character exits a car as he arrives at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
APTOPIX World Premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
John Boyega, left, and Kelly Marie Tran arrive at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
APTOPIX Switzerland Global Refugee Forum
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second right, arrives for the opening of the UNHCR - Global Refugee Forum at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
APTOPIX India Citizenship Law Protest
A woman shouts slogans from inside a bus after being detained during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Indian student protests that turned into violent clashes with police galvanized opposition nationwide on Tuesday to a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants who entered the country illegally from several neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
APTOPIX Britain Brexit
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his first cabinet meeting since the general election, inside 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Johnson's Conservative Party received a larger-than-expected majority in last week's national election, galvanizing his efforts to secure parliamentary approval for his Brexit divorce deal with the European Union. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
APTOPIX France Strikes
A protester waves a flare during a march in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Workers at the Eiffel Tower, teachers, doctors, lawyers and people from across the French workforce walked off the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, or to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to dismantle. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
APTOPIX Germany US Murder Parole
German Jens Soering smiles after his arrival at the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The son of a German diplomat, who served more than 33 years in prison for a murder in Virginia he has steadfastly maintained he did not commit, arrived in Frankfurt Tuesday after being released on parole. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Also on this day in 2019 a U.N. human rights report accused Chilean security forces of violations against protesters, including deaths, torture, sexual abuse and the use of excessive force. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.