Photos of the day

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

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Venezuela Political Crisis

Bolivarian National Guards stand on a highway overlooking an anti-government march trying to make its way to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Driving the latest outrage is a decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to begin the process of rewriting Venezuela’s constitution, which was pushed through in 1999 by his predecessor and mentor, the late President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Anti-government protesters burn a Bolivarian National Guard motorbike, as one of them is covered in flames, left, during clashes with security forces blocking their march from reaching the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Driving the latest outrage is a decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to begin the process of rewriting Venezuela's constitution, which was pushed through in 1999 by his predecessor and mentor, the late President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A man is aided by fellow anti-government protesters after he was burnt when demonstrators set fire to a Bolivarian National Guard motorbike as security forces block their march from reaching the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Driving the latest outrage is a decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to begin the process of rewriting Venezuela’s constitution, which was pushed through in 1999 by his predecessor and mentor, the late President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Russia Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a news conference following their talks in Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The presidents of Russia and Turkey are holding talks on the situation in Syria and also the restoration of full economic ties between their two countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

France Election

French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, French journalist Christophe Jakubyszyn, 2nd left, French journalist Nathalie Saint-Cricq, 2nd right, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, right, get prepared by technicians prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as part of the second round election campaign. Pro-European progressive Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen are facing off in their only direct debate before Sunday's presidential runoff election. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

France Election

A couple watches a live broadcast television debate with French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, right, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in Lyon, central France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron exchanged barbs and insults on Wednesday during their sole televised debate ahead of Sunday's runoff election. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

France Election

French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as part of the second round election campaign. Pro-European progressive Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen are facing off in their only direct debate before Sunday's presidential runoff election. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

India Muslim Killed

Relatives of Ghulam Mohammad mourn at his residence in village Sohi, in Uttar Pradesh state's Bulandshahar district, India, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Indian police have detained three members of a Hindu militia for suspected involvement in the killing of the Muslim man who they blamed for helping an interfaith couple elope. The detained men belong to the Hindu Yuva Vahini, or the Hindu Youth Brigade, which was set up by Hindu priest Yogi Adityanath, who Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently named chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's most-populous state. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Congress FBI

FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Police Shooting Louisiana

Kimberly Pierson, mother of Alton Sterling's son Na'Quincy Pierson, cries as she speaks to reporters following a meeting with the U.S. Justice Department at federal court in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, May 3, 2017. An investigation into the police shooting death of Sterling in Baton Rouge found that there was not enough evidence to prove that the white officers acted unreasonably and willfully, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Police Fire Memorial

A woman places a flower on placards barring the names of loved ones during an annual ceremony for fallen police and fire personnel at the Living Flame Memorial in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

North Carolina Daily Life

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. climb the red-carpeted stairs at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The Sorority visits the legislature annually to voice their concerns to lawmakers. In 1913, the founders of Delta Sigma Theta performed their first public act by participating in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Chile Daily Life

Maria, 84, and Raul, 87, run errands in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The couple said they've been married for 40 years. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Washington Daily Life

Colin Leaym, 14, left, Brady Robinson, 13, and Josh Ross, 14, on their 8th grade trip with John Page Middle School from Madison Heights, Mich., rest on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, between visiting Smithsonian Museums. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Greece Daily Life

A couple is reflected in a mirror for sale at an open market in the Monastiraki district of central Athens, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Greece struck a deal with rescue creditors Tuesday toward getting the bailout cash it needs to avoid another brush with bankruptcy this summer, though it leaves long-suffering Greeks facing years more austerity. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Romania Daily Life

A child rides a scooter passing by a large street painting covering the exterior wall of a house in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Spain Daily Life

A man walks along an arcade in the old city as the sun sets during a sunny spring day in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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