Today’s top pics: Strike sparks chaos in Hong Kong and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX The Rolling Stones in Concert

Ronnie Wood, from left, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
APTOPIX Financial Markets Wall Street

Trader James Coffey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. U.S. stocks nosedived in early trading on Wall Street Monday as China's currency fell sharply and stoked fears that the trade war between the world's two largest economies would continue escalating. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
APTOPIX Texas Mall Shooting

Christina Pipkin, right, embraces Alex Briseno, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, at a makeshift memorial at the site of a mass shooting over the weekend at a shopping complex, in El Paso, Texas. "It's hard to see it, it's heartbreaking," said Pipkin about visiting the memorial. (AP Photo/John Locher)
APTOPIX Peru Pan Am Games

Brazil's team celebrates with their gold medals for rhythmic gymnastics group clubs and hoops apparatus during the awards ceremony at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
APTOPIX Hong Kong Protests

In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, photo, protesters wearing black shirt, right, fight with a group of men wielding wooden poles on a street during the anti-extradition bill protest at a neighborhood in Hong Kong. China warned Tuesday, Aug. 6 that it will be "only a matter of time" before it punishes those behind two months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have increasingly devolved into violent clashes with law enforcement. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Texas Mall Shooting

Three Walmart workers, Melisa Gonzalez, Jesus Romero and Raven Ramos, who helped people to escape during the mass shooting on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, get emotional during during a vigil at Ponder Park in honor of the shooting victims in El Paso, Texas on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (Lola Gomez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
APTOPIX Japan Flying Car

NEC Corp.'s machine with propellers hovers at the company's facility in Abiko near Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. The Japanese electronics maker showed a "flying car," a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
APTOPIX Hong Kong Protests

A protester runs with a United States flag as tear gas are released on protesters in Hong Kong on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Droves of protesters filled public parks and squares in several Hong Kong districts on Monday in a general strike staged on a weekday to draw more attention to their demands that the semi-autonomous Chinese city's leader resign.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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