Today in Photos (July 17)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

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Thu., July 17, 2014

A U.S. helicopter flies during clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan government forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday, raining down rockets, setting off a gunbattle with security forces and forcing the airport to close for hours, officials said. The militants occupied two buildings which were under construction some 700 meters (yards) north of the facility, and were using them as a base to direct rockets and gunfire toward the airport and international jet fighters flying over Kabul, said Afghan army Gen. Afzal Aman.

Massoud Hossaini Associated Press
Layloma Rashidi, who had just attended a graduation ceremony for the London College of Communication, throws her graduation cap in the air as she poses for a snapshot for her family whilst standing in a dry section of the Jeppe Hein water fountain "Appearing Rooms" on the south bank of the River Thames during hot weather in London, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Temperatures are expected to reach 29 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit) in London on Thursday with Britain's Met Office forecasting a 60% probability of heatwave conditions occurring in parts of England on Friday.

Matt Dunham Associated Press
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays out of a bunker on the 16th hole during the first day of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Thursday July 17, 2014.

Peter Morrison Associated Press
Photographers take pictures of the pack with Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, as it passes over a bridge during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 185.5 kilometers (115.3 miles) with start in Bourg-en-Bresse and finish in Saint-Etienne, France, Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Laurent Cipriani Associated Press
A young Nepalese boy climbs out after manually clearing a block in a sewer at the Kalimati vegetable market in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Young children are commonly used as cheap labour to clean public toilets, clear blocked drains and clear garbage piling up in market areas.

Niranjan Shrestha Associated Press
A Ugandan street child poses in the middle of the streets as a police truck goes past her, in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday,July 17, 2014. Homeless children in Uganda's urban centers face beatings and abuse at the hands of police and local officials, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report that urges Ugandan authorities to protect street children from targeted roundups and arbitrary detentions. A police spokesman said the allegations are "totally not true."

Stephen Wandera Associated Press