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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, November 8, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, November 8, 2024
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, November 8, 2024

2024-11-09 06:31 Last Updated At:06:41

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A couple walk their dogs down South St. Paul Street as the first snowstorm of the season sweeps over the intermountain West, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A couple walk their dogs down South St. Paul Street as the first snowstorm of the season sweeps over the intermountain West, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. compete in the ice dance rhythm dance program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series competition in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. compete in the ice dance rhythm dance program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series competition in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

A boy tries to sleep in his flooded house after Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, blew past Buguey town, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noel Celis)

A boy tries to sleep in his flooded house after Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, blew past Buguey town, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noel Celis)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off at 15th hole during the second round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off at 15th hole during the second round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Russian Hunting Sighthound is seen beside a trophy during a competition at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Russian Hunting Sighthound is seen beside a trophy during a competition at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Supporters attend the inauguration of newly elected Botswana president, Duma Boko, in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Supporters attend the inauguration of newly elected Botswana president, Duma Boko, in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Fabio Guarin, 78, an amateur musician, plays the cello for tips in La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Fabio Guarin, 78, an amateur musician, plays the cello for tips in La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A woman embraces her son, who is a fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as he arrives at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on a flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans were attacked following a match between the Israeli club and Ajax Amsterdam in Lod, Israel, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

A woman embraces her son, who is a fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as he arrives at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on a flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans were attacked following a match between the Israeli club and Ajax Amsterdam in Lod, Israel, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Visitors walk through the large-scale art installation, representing 1,475 silhouettes of Second World War military personnel, at Grecian Valley near Buckingham, England, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Visitors walk through the large-scale art installation, representing 1,475 silhouettes of Second World War military personnel, at Grecian Valley near Buckingham, England, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Order Was, of Ghana, waits for his father outside a shop in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, where they arrived after crossing the Darin Gap on their way to the United States, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Order Was, of Ghana, waits for his father outside a shop in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, where they arrived after crossing the Darin Gap on their way to the United States, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Families arrive at Minar-e-Pakistan or Pakistan monument in the morning as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Families arrive at Minar-e-Pakistan or Pakistan monument in the morning as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Iranian worshippers sit under portraits of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, right, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, second right, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, second left, and Nasrallah's presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, all of whom were killed by Israeli strikes, during Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian worshippers sit under portraits of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, right, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, second right, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, second left, and Nasrallah's presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, all of whom were killed by Israeli strikes, during Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Security members shield Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca, third from left, from water and flowers thrown by lawmakers who support former President Evo Morales during the legislative session where the current president and vice president were to make a speech on the fifth anniversary of their government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Mamani Apaza)

Security members shield Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca, third from left, from water and flowers thrown by lawmakers who support former President Evo Morales during the legislative session where the current president and vice president were to make a speech on the fifth anniversary of their government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Mamani Apaza)

An honor guard carries the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman of 3rd assault brigade Danylo Liashkevych, known as "Berserk", who was killed together with his girlfriend Valentyna Nagorna, known as "Valkiria", during the funeral ceremony at a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

An honor guard carries the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman of 3rd assault brigade Danylo Liashkevych, known as "Berserk", who was killed together with his girlfriend Valentyna Nagorna, known as "Valkiria", during the funeral ceremony at a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children play on a road next to a banana plantation that was destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, in Guira de Melena, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Children play on a road next to a banana plantation that was destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, in Guira de Melena, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Members of a theatre company sit with their muddy belongings after the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a theatre company sit with their muddy belongings after the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the V battalion of the military emergency unit, UME, use a canoe to search the area for bodies washed away by the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the V battalion of the military emergency unit, UME, use a canoe to search the area for bodies washed away by the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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A couple walk their dogs down South St. Paul Street as the first snowstorm of the season sweeps over the intermountain West, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A couple walk their dogs down South St. Paul Street as the first snowstorm of the season sweeps over the intermountain West, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. compete in the ice dance rhythm dance program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series competition in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. compete in the ice dance rhythm dance program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series competition in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

A boy tries to sleep in his flooded house after Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, blew past Buguey town, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noel Celis)

A boy tries to sleep in his flooded house after Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, blew past Buguey town, Cagayan province, northern Philippines on Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noel Celis)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off at 15th hole during the second round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off at 15th hole during the second round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A Russian Hunting Sighthound is seen beside a trophy during a competition at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Russian Hunting Sighthound is seen beside a trophy during a competition at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Supporters attend the inauguration of newly elected Botswana president, Duma Boko, in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Supporters attend the inauguration of newly elected Botswana president, Duma Boko, in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Fabio Guarin, 78, an amateur musician, plays the cello for tips in La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Fabio Guarin, 78, an amateur musician, plays the cello for tips in La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A woman embraces her son, who is a fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as he arrives at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on a flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans were attacked following a match between the Israeli club and Ajax Amsterdam in Lod, Israel, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

A woman embraces her son, who is a fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as he arrives at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on a flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans were attacked following a match between the Israeli club and Ajax Amsterdam in Lod, Israel, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Visitors walk through the large-scale art installation, representing 1,475 silhouettes of Second World War military personnel, at Grecian Valley near Buckingham, England, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Visitors walk through the large-scale art installation, representing 1,475 silhouettes of Second World War military personnel, at Grecian Valley near Buckingham, England, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Order Was, of Ghana, waits for his father outside a shop in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, where they arrived after crossing the Darin Gap on their way to the United States, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Order Was, of Ghana, waits for his father outside a shop in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, where they arrived after crossing the Darin Gap on their way to the United States, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Families arrive at Minar-e-Pakistan or Pakistan monument in the morning as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Families arrive at Minar-e-Pakistan or Pakistan monument in the morning as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Iranian worshippers sit under portraits of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, right, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, second right, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, second left, and Nasrallah's presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, all of whom were killed by Israeli strikes, during Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian worshippers sit under portraits of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, right, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, second right, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, second left, and Nasrallah's presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, all of whom were killed by Israeli strikes, during Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Security members shield Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca, third from left, from water and flowers thrown by lawmakers who support former President Evo Morales during the legislative session where the current president and vice president were to make a speech on the fifth anniversary of their government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Mamani Apaza)

Security members shield Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca, third from left, from water and flowers thrown by lawmakers who support former President Evo Morales during the legislative session where the current president and vice president were to make a speech on the fifth anniversary of their government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Mamani Apaza)

An honor guard carries the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman of 3rd assault brigade Danylo Liashkevych, known as "Berserk", who was killed together with his girlfriend Valentyna Nagorna, known as "Valkiria", during the funeral ceremony at a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

An honor guard carries the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman of 3rd assault brigade Danylo Liashkevych, known as "Berserk", who was killed together with his girlfriend Valentyna Nagorna, known as "Valkiria", during the funeral ceremony at a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children play on a road next to a banana plantation that was destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, in Guira de Melena, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Children play on a road next to a banana plantation that was destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, in Guira de Melena, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Members of a theatre company sit with their muddy belongings after the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of a theatre company sit with their muddy belongings after the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the V battalion of the military emergency unit, UME, use a canoe to search the area for bodies washed away by the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Members of the V battalion of the military emergency unit, UME, use a canoe to search the area for bodies washed away by the floods in the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

2024-11-12 23:29 Last Updated At:23:30

LONDON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don't want to pay for an ad-free subscription, social media company Meta said Tuesday, bowing to pressure from Brussels over privacy and digital competition concerns.

Meta Platforms has been offering European Union an ad-free subscription option for about a year to comply with the continent's strict data privacy rules, but regulators had accused the company of giving people a false choice.

The company said in a blog post that while people will still be able to choose between the subscription and existing free versions, it would also start giving free users an extra option over the coming weeks to see digital ads that are less personalized.

This means ads will be targeted at users based only on what they see during their current session on Facebook or Instagram going back no more than two hours, plus minimal personal information such as age, location, gender as well as how they engage with ads.

Data from all of a user's previous time spent on Facebook or Instagram, which is typically combined to precisely target an individual with tailored ads, won't be used.

“While this new choice is designed to give people an additional control over their data and ad experience, it may result in ads that are less relevant to a person’s interests,” Meta said in a blog post. “That means people will see ads that they don’t find as interesting. This drop in relevance is inevitable given that drastically reduced data is being used to show these less personalized ads to people.”

People who choose the new option will see ad breaks that can't be skipped for a few seconds, Meta said.

European Union regulators had accused Meta of breaching the 27-nation bloc's digital rules when it gave user the option to pay a monthly fee to avoid being targeted by ads based on their personal data.

The U.S. tech giant had rolled out the option after the European Union’s top court ruled Meta must first get consent before showing ads to users, in a decision that threatened its business model of tailoring ads based on individual users’ online interests and digital activity.

The company also said Tuesday it's slashing monthly subscription prices for the ad-free option. Web users will pay 5.99 euros ($6.36), down from 9.99 euros previously, while iPhone and Android users will be charged 7.99 euros instead of 12.99 euros, which includes commissions charged by the Apple and Google mobile app stores.

Meta's new subscription model could hit the company's lucrative digital ad business in one of its biggest markets. The company said it has already factored the new offering into its most recent business outlook and financial guidance.

The options are available to users 18 and older in the EU’s 27 member countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, on June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, on June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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