Today’s top pics: Flooding in Germany and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
The pack speeds down Tourmalet pass during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 129.7 kilometers (80.6 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Luz Ardiden, France,Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Tilda Swinton poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Memoria' at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
England's Justin Rose plays his shot to the 18th green from the 1st hole during the first round British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives at the Vice President's residence, the Naval Observatory, Thursday, July 15th, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, tries to break away from the group of leaders as he climbs towards Luz Ardiden during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 129.7 kilometers (80.6 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Luz Ardiden, France,Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Flowers offered by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach are placed at Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during his visit Friday, July 16, 2021, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 129.7 kilometers (80.6 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Luz Ardiden, France,Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Luna Wedler poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'The Story of My Wife' at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy plays out of a bunker on the 6th green during the first round British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
The Ahr river floats past destroyed houses in Insul, Germany, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)
President Joe Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Georgina Rodriguez poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'France' at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A Lebanese soldier screams, as they clash with supporters of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri who stepped down on Thursday in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Hariri says he is stepping down, nine months after he was named to the post by the parliament. He is citing "key differences" with the country's president, Michel Aoun. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is awarded with a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, by Johns Hopkins University Dean Kent Calder at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies campus in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Supporters of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri who stepped down on Thursday clash with Lebanese soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Hariri says he is stepping down, nine months after he was named to the post by the parliament. He is citing "key differences" with the country's president, Michel Aoun. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
New Zealand's Daniel Hillier hits a shot in the rough near the 1st fairway during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Commuters travel on a bus popularly referred to as "tap-tap" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 15, 2021, just over a week since Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in his home. Authorities in Haiti on Thursday forcefully pushed back against reports that current government officials were involved in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, calling them “a lie.” (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People use rubber rafts in floodwaters after the Meuse River broke its banks during heavy flooding in Liege, Belgium, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Heavy rainfall is causing flooding in several provinces in Belgium with rain expected to last until Friday. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
Montana Geimer, daughter of Wendi Winters, a community beat reporter who died in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting, reacts during a press conference following a verdict in the trial of Jarrod W. Ramos, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. The jury found the gunman who killed five people at the newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys' mental illness arguments. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
FBI agents assisting the investigation of the assassination of President Jovenel Moise stand outside his residency in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Moise was assassinated in the residence on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
President Joe Biden smiles during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Workers transfer letters, that were displayed on side of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome , from a trailer into a bin after they were removed from the dome, home of the NFL football team New Orleans Saints, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in New Orleans. The German automaker's naming rights deal expired on July 15. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
A Kashmiri, inspecting a house where suspected rebels had taken refuge, is seen through a hole created by a mortar shell fired by government forces during a gunfight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two suspected rebels were killed in a gunfight in in the disputed region's main city on Friday, officials said, as violence increased in recent weeks. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Family members of Byron Williams, from left, niece Teena Acree, brother Ellis Magee, niece Marcia Wells, sister Robyn Williams, and sister Tina Lewis-Stevenson hold up a picture of Byron Williams during a news conference, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Las Vegas. The family of 50-year-old Byron Williams, whose death in Las Vegas police custody after a bicycle chase in 2019 was ruled a homicide, is suing the city and four officers they accuse of wrongful death and civil rights violations. (AP Photo/John Locher)
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach offers flowers to Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during his visit Friday, July 16, 2021, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Police officers set up a cordon line at the office of student union in campus of the University of Hong Kong, Friday, July 16, 2021. Hong Kong's national security police on Friday raided the office after student leaders last week commemorated the death of an attacker who killed himself after stabbing a police officer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Two record 34 Tour de France stage win holders, Britain's Mark Cavendish, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, and Belgian great Eddy Merckx, hug prior to the start of the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207 kilometers (128.6 miles) with start in Mourenx and finish in Libourne, France,Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
This image provided on Friday, July 16, 2021 by the Cologne district government shows the Blessem district of Erftstadt in Germany. Rescuers were rushing Friday to help people trapped in their homes in the town of Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne. Regional authorities said several people had died after their houses collapsed due to subsidence, and aerial pictures showed what appeared to be a massive sinkhole. (Rhein-Erft-Kreis via AP)
Rev. William King III, of Dickinson, kneels in prayer outside the office of Gov. Greg Abbott at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, during a prayer rally against Republican bills that would make it harder to vote on Thursday July 15, 2021. Black clergy from around Texas led hundreds in prayer and a march around the Capitol. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)