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A volunteer of the woman mobile air defense group Bucha Witches practices combat training in Bucha region close to capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Aug. 2–8, 2024
Severe drought returned to Brazil, the 2024 Paris Olympics entered their last week and people in Bangladesh staged massive protests that drove Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Eloy Martin in Madrid.
Boats sit on the bank of the Acre River, the main water source for the city of Rio Branco, which is facing water shortages amid a drought in Acre state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Marcos Vicentti) Damian Warner, of Canada, looks on at the start of a heat in the men’s decathlon 110-meter hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) An Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Travis J. Pameni, 23, of Douglasville, Ga., as U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy Brown, Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Command Sgt. Maj. Kyle Gillam, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jason W. Fryman, Commanding General, Georgia Army National Guard, Command Sgt. Maj. John Ballenger, 11th State Command Sergeant Major, Georgia Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Crystal Glaster, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deputy commander, salute, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Charlie Surfs Up barks as he is pushed through the breakers in the second heat of very large dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Pacifica, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard) The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept an attack from Lebanon over the Galilee region as seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A rickshaw puller rides in the smoke caused by a burning shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) Women take part in plaza dancing, a popular pastime for retirees, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Guerschon Yabusele, of France, hangs on the rim after a dunk against Germany in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Mourners pray for Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank village of Aqaaba, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) A man climbs to tie a rope around the head of a large statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, as protesters try to bring it down after she resigned as Prime Minister, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) A firefighter uses a drip torch to burn vegetation while trying to stop the Park Fire from near Mill Creek in Tehama County, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) A student attends a peace rally to mark the anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a national flag while waving to supporters as she arrives for a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Cars drive along a snow-covered road in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo) Specialist Dilip Patel works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Reporter Evan Gershkovich receives an embrace from a colleague following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) Members of the international female Lebanese dance troupe Mayyas, who won America’s Got Talent season 17 in 2022, perform for the first time in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) A policeman aims his weapon at protesters during a curfew imposed following violence during protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) Mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah commander Ali Jawad who was killed on Monday by an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, before she delivers remarks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisc. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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