Best Photos of the Day

BUFORD, GA..- A self-taught artist known only as "Thomas" painted "How Many Different Heads of the Characters Are in One Head?" The double-sided painting dated 1964 depicts former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke on verso. Found by a janitor cleaning out a Boston apartment, it is one of several Thomas paintings offered in LiveAuctioneers' online catalog for Slotin's Nov. 14-15 Folk Art Auction. LIVEAUCTIONEERS / SLOTIN AUCTION PHOTO

LONDON.- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) stands by as he and British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) pay homage in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament square in London on November 12, 2015. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and address a huge rally at London's Wembley Stadium during a three-day visit to Britain focused on trade and investment starting today. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PETER NICHOLLS

THIAUCOURT-REGNIEVILLE.- A picture taken on November 11, 2015 shows a monument at the Saint-Mihiel American cemetery in Thiaucourt-Regnieville, on the sideline of ceremonies marking the 97th anniversary of the end of World War I. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN

PARIS.- French President Francois Hollande (C) attends Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 97th anniversary of the end of World War I, on November 11, 2015 at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris. AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG

NAIROBI.- Chinese wildlife ambassadors take pictures at a monument to the historic first-burning of tonnes of ivory stockpiles from poached elephants 26 years ago at the Nairobi national park on November 11, 2015. The first delegation of the China-Africa Wildlife Ambassadors (CAWA) drawn from some of China's media corporations arrived in Kenya as part of China's strategy to use iconic members of society to speak up against ivory trade and mobilizing society to stigmatize ivory consumption. AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA

KOLKATA.- Indian Hindu devotees collect rice as offerings distributed by the temple authority on the occasion of the 'Annakut' festival at the Radha Madhav Temple in Kolkata on November 12, 2015. People in large numbers gather at the temple and collect the rice offerings in the belief that the rice will keep them in good condition and never in life will they face poverty or scarcity of food. AFP PHOTO/ Dibyangshu SARKAR

DURHAM.- Light artists install a piece entitled 'Litre of Light' in the Durham Cathedral Cloisters as part of Lumiere Durham light festival in Durham, northern England on November 11, 2015. The biennial Lumiere Durham festival brings together international light artists to create 29 installations across Durham city centre. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF

WASHINGTON.- Former Homeland Security secretary and Chairman, Committee of Conscience, US Holocaust Memorial Museum Michael Chertoff speaks at a press conference on the release of a report on the plight of the Yezidi people of northern Iraq, by the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, on November 12, 2015 at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN

HAMBURG.- Wilhelm Schwinghammer in the role of Figaro performs during a dress rehearsal of the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Hamburg, northern Germany, on November 11, 2015. The opera buffa, that was composed in 1786, will premiere on November 15, 2015 produced by Stefan Herheim and musically directed by Ottavio Dantone. AFP PHOTO / DPA / CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS

TOKYO.- A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with fish at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on November 12, 2015. The aquarium is holding the Christmas show twice daily until December 25 to attract visitors. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI