Photos of the day

A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours. 

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Venezuela Political Crisis

Protesters' handprints and a message that reads in Spanish: "Long live the grandparents, no more repression" canvas iron barriers set up along a highway to block elders from marching to the Ombudsman's Office in protest of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 12, 2017. The protest billed as the "March of the Grandparents" comes on the heels of six weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozens killed. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

An anti-government protester kicks at riot police blocking a march of elders against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 12, 2017. The protest billed as the "March of the Grandparents" comes on the heels of six weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozens killed. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A police officer looks from behind his riot police shield as he stands with a cordon of police blocking elders from marching to the Ombudsman's Office in protest of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 12, 2017. The protest billed as the "March of the Grandparents" comes on the heels of six weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozens killed. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A woman holds a handwritten message that reads in Spanish: "Maduro Murderer" during a protest of elderly Venezuelans against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 12, 2017. The protest billed as the "March of the Grandparents" comes on the heels of six weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozens killed. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Israel Lag Ba'Omer

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children build a bonfire ahed of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit, Friday, May 12, 2017. The holiday marking the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews during the Roman times. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Portugal Pope

Pope Francis presides a vigil prayer and candle blessing at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Friday, May 12, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis will canonize on Saturday two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church. (Nuno Andre Ferreira/Pool Photo via AP)

China Malaysia

A Chinese honor guard rehearses before the arrival of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at Beijing's International Airport ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing Friday, May 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

People Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy is taped on a moving Saturday Night Live set while portraying White House spokesman Sean Spicer, Friday May 12, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Britain Soccer Premier League

Chelsea's players throw Chelsea's N'Golo Kante in the air to celebrate after the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea, at the Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England, Friday, May 12, 2017. Chelsea won the match 0-1 meaning they win the Premier League title. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

APTOPIX Spain Tennis Madrid Open

Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia serves the ball to Kristina Mladenovic from France during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 12, 2017. Mladenovic won 6-4- and 7-6. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Japan Daily Life

A woman walks on a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo, Friday, May 12, 2017. Hot weather Friday has set in with temperatures rising up over 27 degrees Celsius (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tokyo according to Japan Meteorological Agency. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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