Today’s top pics: Andrew Cuomo resignation and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. Cuomo says he will resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations. The three-term Democratic governor's decision, which will take effect in two weeks, was announced Tuesday as momentum built in the Legislature to remove him by impeachment. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
President Joe Biden gestures as he takes questions from members of the media after speaking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill from the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Lionel Messi waves after arriving at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Lionel Messi finalized agreement on his Paris Saint-Germain contract and was flying to France on Tuesday to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A volunteer leaves for some rest after trying to control fire in the Municipality of Blufi, in the upper Madonie, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy, as many wildfires continue plaguing the region. Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria and also central Italy, where temperatures are expected to reach record hights, were badly hit by wildfires. Climate scientists say there is little doubt that climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is driving extreme events, such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cheer with a Brazilian flag as protesters in opposition to the president hold flowers to give to soldiers from a military convoy that paraded by Planalto presidential palace and parked outside the Navy headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The convoy paraded by the palace on Tuesday, the day of a key congressional vote on a constitutional reform proposal supported by Bolsonaro that would add printed receipts to some of the nation’s electronic ballot boxes. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. walks off the Senate floor and pumps his fists as the Senate approves a $1 trillion bipartisan cornerstone of the Biden agenda to the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. commits a fielding error allowing two runs to score on a fly ball from Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell during the fifth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Homeless people await their turn to get COVID-19 vaccine during a special vaccination drive at a shelter for homeless people in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura yells after Tampa Bay Rays' Austin Meadows lined out to left to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Texas Rangers' Jonah Heim scores as Seattle Mariners catcher Tom Murphy drops the ball after the tag during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Pope Francis speaks on a cell phone, given to him by his aide Piergiorgio Zanetti, at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez is doused with water following the team's 8-4 win over the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Perez hit two home runs in the game. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
San Francisco Giants' Kris Bryant, middle, celebrates with LaMonte Wade Jr., left, and Mike Yastrzemski after the Giants defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 in a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Farmers, Indigenous and bus drivers march to various government offices as they protest for government assistance in downtown Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Train drivers of the German GDL union asking for higher wages started a strike two hours after midnight. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)