Also on this day in 2019 rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a nationwide day of protests and strikes denouncing French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension system. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, Lebanese security forces lobbed tear gas at protesters outside the country's central bank. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, art experts confirmed that a stolen painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery's walls was Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady." See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, more than a thousand Central American migrants prepared to walk across a bridge leading to Mexico in an attempt to convince authorities there to allow them passage through the country. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 Chinese travelers flocked to train stations and airports as the Lunar New Year approached to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world's biggest annual human migration. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, Queen Elizabeth II agreed to grant Prince Harry and Meghan their wish to move part-time to Canada. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the northwestern desert region of Al-Ula, north of Medina, Saudi Arabia. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 online videos purported to show that Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2019 U.S. troops fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of pro-Iran militiamen and other protesters who were gathered for a second day outside the American Embassy compound in Baghdad. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2019 firefighters in New South Wales state made the most of relatively benign conditions by consolidating containment lines around more than 110 blazes and patrolling for lightning strikes. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.