Nat CastañedaJune 08, 2017Comment

Photos of the day

Nat CastañedaJune 08, 2017Comment

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

Comey

Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Comey

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Argentina Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Vera Jarach, of the humans rights organization Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, center, throw flowers into La Plata river to honor victims of Argentina's dictatorship, at the Memory Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Merkel is visiting Argentina as part of a series of trips ahead of July's G-20 summit in Germany. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

South Africa Fires

Fires smoulder in Knysna, South Africa, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

Myanmar Military Plane

A soldier weathers monsoon rain as bodies are recovered of the waters off San Hlan village, in Laung Lone township, southern Myanmar, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fishermen have joined navy and air force personnel in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan)

Venezuela Crisis

A woman sits under an image of protester Neomar Lander near the site where he died, during a vigil in his honor in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Lander, 17, is one of the latest victims of Venezuela's unrest. He died during anti-government protests on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Britain Election

Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures after voting in the general election at a polling station in London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Britain Election

Benedictine nuns from Tyburn Convent leave after voting in Britain's general election at a polling station in St John's Parish Hall, London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (0600GMT to 2100GMT) Thursday as voters choose 650 lawmakers for the House of Commons. Prime Minister Theresa May called the snap election in hopes of increasing the Conservative Party's slim majority in Parliament, and strengthening her hand in European Union exit talks. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

India Fish Medicine

A member of the Goud family inserts uses a pen to keep the mouth of a young asthma patient open as she administers 'fish medicine' in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Every year thousands of asthma patients arrive here to receive from Hyderabad's Bathini Goud family the fish therapy which is a secret formula of herbs, handed down by generations only to family members. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine, or murrel fish, and slipped into the patient's throat. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India Hindu Ritual

Indian Hindu married women tie cotton threads around a banyan tree as they perform rituals on the occasion of Vat Savitri festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

France Tennis French Open

Romania's Simona Halep plays a shot in her semifinal match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany Documenta

People walk in the work 'The Parthenon of Books' by Argentinian artist Marta Minujin, which is under construction, during the press preview of the documenta14 exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, Germany, Thursday, June 8, 2017. The installation shows books wrapped in plastic. documenta14 , which is held once every five years, will be open to the public from June 10, 2017, and lasts until Sept. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)