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 fire rubber bullets as they advance on anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 28, 2017, two days before the vote to begin the rewriting of Venezuela's constitution. Protesters say the election of a constitutional assembly will allow President Nicolas Maduro to eliminate democratic checks and balances and install an authoritarian single-party system. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Syria

Kurdish citizens visit the graves of their relatives who were killed while fighting against Islamic State militants in Raqqa and other places, at a cemetery in Kobani, Syria, Friday, July 28, 2017. Islamic State militants have carried out a deadly attack on U.S.-backed forces in Syria, killing and wounding many fighters and civilians, Syrian monitors and an IS-linked media outlet said Friday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Trump

Law enforcement officers listen to President Donald Trump speaks on the street gang MS-13, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Brentwood, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump

White House Director of Social Media Dan Scavino, left, walks with former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus steps off Air Force One as they arrive Friday, July 28, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump says Homeland Secretary Secretary John Kelly is his new White House chief of staff. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

China BRICS

A worker walks through an empty hall before a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and a delegation from the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Israel Palestinians

Protesters throw stones at Israeli solders during clashes on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, July 28, 2017. Gaza's Health Ministry says a Palestinian teen was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed near the strip's border fence with Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Kazakhstan Russia Space Station

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with a Soyuz MS-05 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, July 28, 2017. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Randy Bresnik, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Turkey Journalists Trial

Journalists and activists gather outside the court in Istanbul, Friday, July 28, 2017, protesting against the trial of journalists and staff from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, staunchly opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused of aiding terror organisations. The court on Friday decided to release seven journalists and staff of Cumhuriyet pending the outcome of their trial but ruled that five other defendants remain jailed.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

India Snake Worship

A man displays snakes to attract alms from Hindu devotees who arrive to worship at a temple during the annual Nag Panchami festival, in Allahabad, India, Friday, July 28, 2017. The festival is dedicated to the worship of snakes. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Nepal Hindu Festival

Nepalese young Hindu priests perform rituals during the Janai Purnima festival at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, July 28, 2017. Janai Purnima or the annual Sacred Thread Festival marks the day when the devout Hindu males change the white cotton thread they wear across their torsos and take a ritual bath in a river or a pond. The sacred thread, when it first tied, indicates formal entry into adulthood and a promise to follow their Hindu faith. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

India Hindu Festival

An Indian traditional wrestler prepares for a bout of wrestling during Nag Panchami festival in Allahabad, India, Friday, July 28, 2017. Every year, the wrestlers offer prayers and hold bouts to mark the festival which is primarily dedicated to worship of snakes. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Germany Soccer Bundesliga Moenchengladbach

Players and team members of Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Moenchengladbach throw and catch balls during a photo session for the new Bundesliga season at the Borussia Park in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Friday, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Belarus Daily Life

Ants make their way on a dried branch in a forest on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, July 28, 2017, during a sunny summer's day. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Balloon Festival

Women help deflate a balloon with a painting of the United States Constitution during the first day of the QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Readington Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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