A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
India Kashmir Protest
A Kashmiri student throws burning sack bag on Indian policemen as they clash in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 15, 2017. The students have been clashing increasingly with government forces across Indian-held Kashmir after troops raided a college in the southern town of Pulwama last month. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Venezuela Crisis
A demonstrator and boy wearing a helmet and holding a shield, walk on a blocked highway as a barricade burns in the background, during a national sit-in against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 15, 2017. Opposition leaders are demanding immediate presidential elections. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Venezuela Crisis
A demonstrator hols a sign that doubles a shield that reads in Spanish "It's for you," during a national sit-in against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 15, 2017. Opposition leaders are demanding immediate presidential elections. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
China North Korea
Under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong looks during a press conference at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017. Ji says that Pyongyang's test-firing of a ballistic missile over the weekend is part of the country's efforts to develop ways to defend itself against hostile aggression abroad. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Iraq Mosul
An Iraqi special forces soldier peers at Islamic State militant positions, from a house in western Mosul, Iraq, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Yemen
An elderly woman is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May. 15, 2017. The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen says a cholera outbreak has killed 115 people over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Philippines US Military Exercise
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the welcome ceremony for the Belt and Road Forum, at the International Conference Center at Yanqi Lake in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool Photo via AP)
Philippines US Military Exercise
A U.S. Marine Osprey transport aircraft, carrying U.S. troops with relief supplies, prepare to land on a pier to simulate humanitarian assistance to test their readiness in disaster relief efforts at the ongoing joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise at Casiguran township, Aurora province in northeastern Philippines Monday, May 15, 2017. This year's exercise dubbed "Balikatan 2017" or "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" involved air, land and sea assets of U.S. and Philippine militaries to include Ospreys, BlackHawk choppers, Amphibious vehicles and ships but without weapons. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Germany France
New French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Monday, May 15, 2017, during his first foreign trip after his inauguration the day before. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Trump Russia Intelligence
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walks back to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017, after speaking to the media. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump
A television set is on in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump Law Enforcement
President Donald Trump talks with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, gestures before speaking at the 36th Annual National Peace Officers' memorial service, Monday, May 15. 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump
The White House is lit in blue to honor police officers killed in the line of duty on Monday, May 15, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
SpaceX Launch
A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket carrying a communications satellite lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, May 15, 2017. The satellite will add to Inmarsat's Global Xpress network linking airplanes, ships and other mobile terminals with broadband Internet and data services. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Britain Soccer Premier League
Chelsea's manager Antonio Conte is thrown into the air by players after the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Watford at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Monday, May 15, 2017. Chelsea won the match 4-3. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Preakness Stakes Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming stands outside his barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Monday, May 15, 2017. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 20. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Italy Tennis Italian Open
Maria Sharapova of Russia wipes sweat form her face during a tennis match against Christina Mchale of the United States, at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Japan Daily Life
A man walks in front of an advertisement for a personal computer in Tokyo, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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