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AP Week in Pictures: Global
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A meteor streaks above a destroyed tank from the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, during the Perseid meteor shower on Bjelasnica mountain, Bosnia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
AUG. 9–15, 2024
A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, a river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja in Puerto Rico, a Palestinian man mourns his 4-day-old twin relatives in Deir al-Balah, and people in the Northern Hemisphere gather to watch the Perseid meteor shower.
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.
A three-wheeled motorized vehicle drives past people in an alley where vendors have displayed national flags and decoration material for sale ahead of country’s Independence anniversary in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Leticia Torrealba sheds tears as she speaks about the detention of her 16-year-old son Adrian who was detained during a government crackdown in response to anti-government protests that erupted throughout the country after President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner amid allegations of fraud, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Torrealba said her son had not participated in the protests but was picked up by security forces as he walked along a street. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Fireworks ignite during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Assam Police personnel take part in a parade during the country’s Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, India, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, southwestern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq) A lobster fishing boat motors out to sea under the dawn sky, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, on Casco Bay in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) A man searches for reusable material amid offerings and idols of Hindu goddess Dashama left by devotees on the banks of River Sabarmati after the end of the ten-days long Dashama festival in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006) that was removed several decades ago from Victory Peace Monument which features national heroes on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, the day before the 70th anniversary of the start of Stroessner’s regime that lasted 35 years. The shadow behind is from another statue. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from Hamad City, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Khan Younis, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) A Palestinian man mourns his 4-day-old twin relatives, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, as he holds their birth certificates, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo) Children push a carriage in Campo Florido, east of Havana, Cuba, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Presidential Guards attend an event marking the 44th Zimbabwe Defense Forces Day at Rufaro Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli) Ancient statues are seen during the Perseid meteor shower atop Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Aug.11, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) Volunteers work placing Belgian grown begonia’s into a giant flower carpet with an Art Nouveau theme at the historic Grand Place in Brussels, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from Hamad City, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Khan Younis, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Icelandic horses graze in a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim, Germany, at sunrise, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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