A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
Greece Strike
A protester reacts next to a flare outside the the Interior Ministry as thousands of striking municipal workers demonstrate in central Athens, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Union officials want the left-led government to grant full-time, permanent state jobs to municipal workers employed on short-term contracts that have expired or are about to expire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
India Kashmir Voilence
Kashmiri villagers inspect a house damaged during a gun battle between Indian soldiers and suspected militants in Kakpora village about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Government forces killed three suspected Kashmiri rebels in fighting in the disputed region Thursday and fatally shot a rock-throwing protester during an ensuing rally demanding an end to Indian rule, officials said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Venezuela Political Crisis
Demonstrators run from advancing security forces who prevented the demonstrators from marching to the office of Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz to show support for the one-time government loyalist, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Venezuela's Supreme Court cleared the way for the prosecution of the country's chief prosecutor, who became a surprise hero to the opposition after breaking ranks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro over his efforts to concentrate power. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Congress Health Overhaul
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill which represents the party's long-awaited attempt to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. The measure represents the Senate GOP's effort to achieve a top tier priority for President Donald Trump and virtually all Republican members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Congress Health Overhaul
People are removed from a sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office as they protest proposed cuts to Medicaid, Thursday, June 22, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
EU Libya Migrants
Sub saharan men sit on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro rescue vessel after being rescued from a rubber boat out of control at 32 miles north of Tripoli, Libya, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
North Korea Detainee
Fred and Cindy Warmbier watch as their son Otto, is placed in a hearse after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Saudi Ramadan
A Muslim worshipper prays during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Thursday, June 22, 2017. Laylat al-Qadr, is the night Muslims commemorate the revelation of the first verses of the Quran to their Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Bangladesh Eid al-Fitr
A Bangladeshi woman sits on the back of an overcrowded train as she heads home ahead of Eid al-Fitr at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people working in Dhaka leave for their home towns every year to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their family. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Germany Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, after the German parliament Bundestag commemorated late former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Tropical Weather
Jordan Fortune, 3, laughs as a wave churned up by Tropical Depression Cindy hits a sea wall at the harbor in Pass Christian, Miss., on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Israel Gay Pride
An Israeli border police officer stands guards as people participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Around 3500 people marched for the first time in the Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Italy Daily Life
A lesser flamingo stands at the Le Cornelle Animal Park, in Valbrembo, near Milan, Italy, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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