Nat CastañedaJuly 20, 2017Comment

Photos of the day

Nat CastañedaJuly 20, 2017Comment

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

Venezuela Crisis

A car is engulfed in flames, set on fire by anti-government demonstrations during clashes with National Guards in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Crisis

A National Guard points his weapon during clashes with anti-government demonstrations in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Crisis

Anti-government demonstrators block a street during clashes with National Guards in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Crisis

National Guards stand guard during an opposition strike in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Fiery Crash Illinois

Some of the passersby, several of whom tried to help, watch as flames engulf a car Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., with people trapped inside. The occupants of the vehicle were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

Sessions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions departs a news conference after announcing an international cybercrime enforcement action at the Department of Justice, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mexico Violence

A commuter watches Marines block the area where a suspected drug gang leader and seven others were killed, according to the Navy, in southern Mexico City, Thursday, July 20, 2017. In a statement Thursday, the Navy said a gang of street-level drug dealers operated in the Tlahuac and Iztapalapa districts on the city's south and east sides, where it dealt drugs, as well as carried out kidnappings, extortion and murder. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Japan Britain

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gestures as he looks at a humanoid robot at Research Institute for Science and Engineering at Waseda University's campus in Tokyo Thursday, July 20, 2017. Johnson visited the robotics center at the university, which collaborates with the University of Birmingham, according to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Malaysia Security Drill

A member of the Royal Malaysian Police Special Tactical Unit takes part in a drill to prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games at KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Kuala Lumpur will be the host city of the 29th SEA Games and the 9th ASEAN Para Games on Aug. 19-30. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

OJ Simpson Parole

Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson enters for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Simpson was convicted in 2008 of enlisting some men he barely knew, including two who had guns, to retrieve from two sports collectibles sellers some items that Simpson said were stolen from him a decade earlier. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool)

Argentina Chile

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, bottom, throws a flower in the river during a visit to Memory Park which honors the victims of the country's dictatorship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

North Korea

A young girl dressed in her swimming suit walks along by a stream between farm fields, on Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Hamju, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Peru Mining Strike

A striking miner stands by police during a demonstration near Congress in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Union workers at more than 50 mines in Peru have gone on strike to protest parts of a labor reform that they say will harm workers' rights, such as making it easier for mass layoffs and weaken inspection bodies. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

France Cycling Tour de France

France's Warren Barguil, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 179.5 kilometers (111.5 miles) with start in Briancon and finish on Izoard pass, France, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Hungary Swimming Worlds

A member of team China performs during the women's Free Combination Synchronized Swimming Preliminary at the 17th FINA World Championships 2017 in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)