Nat CastañedaMay 19, 2017Comment

Photos of the day

Nat CastañedaMay 19, 2017Comment

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

Syria

Residents walk through damaged streets at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria, Thursday, May 18, 2017. A U.S. airstrike struck pro-Syrian government forces for the first time, hitting a convoy in the desert near the border with Jordan, U.S. officials and Syrian activists said, an apparent signal to President Bashar Assad to keep his forces out of a zone where U.S.-backed rebels are fighting the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syria

An Icon is seen inside the damaged Saint Mary Roman Orthodox church at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria, Thursday, May 18, 2017. A U.S. airstrike struck pro-Syrian government forces for the first time, hitting a convoy in the desert near the border with Jordan, U.S. officials and Syrian activists said, an apparent signal to President Bashar Assad to keep his forces out of a zone where U.S.-backed rebels are fighting the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iraq Mosul

A child sleeps on his mother's shoulder after a perilous journey on foot to flee heavy fighting in their neighborhood between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, at a processing center in west Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, May 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Trump US Colombia

President Donald Trump accompanied by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, arrives for a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May, 18th, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump Russia Probe

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with members of the media after attending a briefing of the full Senate by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, amid controversy over President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, at the Capitol, Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obit Ailes

A news ticker on the News Corporation building announces the death of former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, Thursday, May 18, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Greece Bailout

Greek police in riot gear walk by fire from Molotov cocktails and flares thrown in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally against new austerity measures in Athens, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Protesters took to the streets of central Athens for the second day running Thursday, hours before lawmakers vote in parliament on measures that will impose additional income losses for many Greeks for another three years. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Venezuela Crisis

An anti-government protester wearing a Venezuelan flag picks up a tear gas canister fired by security forces trying to disperse an opposition demonstration, blocking it from reaching the Interior Ministry, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 18, 2017. The protest in Caracas comes after a tumultuous 24 hours of looting and protests in the western state of Tachira that led the government to send in troop reinforcements, and after almost two months of unrest nationwide in which more than 40 people have been killed. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Haiti Flag Day

Students salute during the playing of the national anthem, at a ceremony marking Flag Day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Haitians celebrated the 214th anniversary of the creation of their national flag Thursday. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)