Photos of the day

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

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Spain Taxi Protest

A man holds smoke bombs during a protest by Spanish taxi drivers unions in Madrid, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Taxi drivers unions called for a 24-hours strike to protest the increase in cars run by private companies offering cheaper, mobile ride-hailing services. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Pedestrians walk past closed shops and a barricade set up by demonstrators on the second day of a 48-hour general strike in protest of government plans to rewrite the constitution, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Venezuela is less than three days from a vote that would start the process of rewriting its constitution by electing members of a special assembly to reshape the charter. The opposition is boycotting the vote, saying election rules were rigged to guarantee President Nicolas Maduro a majority in the constitutional assembly. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Australia Britain Foreign Secretary

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop look at each other during a press conference following their meeting in Sydney, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Johnson said that he supports a proposed free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Australia, as his country looks to strengthen its relationships with allies ahead of Britain's departure from the European Union. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Syria Raqqa

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs as he fires mortars against the Islamic State militants at one of the front lines, in Raqqa city, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said Thursday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pennsylvania Corruption

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski speaks with members of the media outside the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017. The mayor of Pennsylvania's third-largest city has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges. Pawlowski appeared in court Thursday to deny accusations he accepted more than $150,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for city business. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

North Korea War Anniversary

North Korean women bow to pay their respects to their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Munsu Hill on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of celebrations for the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Philippines Storm

Boys play outside their flooded homes after heavy rains from tropical storm "Nesat" flooded parts of metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 27, 2017. Strong rains caused floods in low-lying areas and classes were suspended in most schools in the capital. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

France Macron Migrants

Zhou El Wafi, center, reacts as she becomes a French citizen while French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb stands next to her during a citizenship ceremony in Orleans, central France, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

Attorney General El Salvador

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, tours a local police station and detention center in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kazakhstan Russia Space Station

An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing service in front of the Soyuz FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 27, 2017. The new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for Friday, July 28, carrying U.S. astronaut Randy Bresnik, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Spain Daily Life

Revelers dance around on the central point at Plaza de Los Fueros Square as musicians play the music during La Revoltosa dance in honor of Saint Ana, a regional patron in the small village of Tudela, northern Spain, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Italy Water Shortages

A view of the shore of Lake Bracciano, about 35 kilometers northwest of Rome, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Rome area’s governor last week ordered no more water drawn from Lake Bracciano, which supplies much of the Italian capital, raising risk for staggered water supply shutdowns as long as eight hours daily in alternating neighborhoods. Scarce rain and chronically leaky aqueducts have combined this summer to hurt farmers in much of Italy and put Romans at risk for drastic water rationing starting later this week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

North Korea War Anniversary

University students dressed in their traditional Korean dresses wait for the start of a mass dance on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of celebrations for the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Italy Daily Life

A man climbs stairs at the Triennale museum, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Spain Daily Life

People are silhouetted at the Olimpia summer cinema in Cordoba, southern Spain, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Cordoba's summer cinemas are traditional summer outdoor venues in the old quarter where, ever since the early 1900s, the public has enjoyed the magic of open-air cinema on warm summer evenings. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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