Pictures of the week

Highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

This gallery contains photos published Aug. 12-18, 2017.

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)

Protesters against racism block traffic for both directions of Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

President Donald Trump reaches into his suit jacket Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 to read a quote he made on Saturday, Aug. 12, regarding the events in Charlottesville, Va., as he speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Government supporters perform a parody involving a Venezuelan militia member confronting Uncle Sam, symbolizing the U.S. government, during an anti-imperialist march to denounce U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of a "military option" for resolving the country's political crisis, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is seen on small screens as participants listen to his speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day at the Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A volunteer tries to extinguish burning trees during a forest fire near Kapandriti, Greece, north of Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.(AP Photo/Ioanna Spanou)

Indian youth prepare to form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

A flood affected boy on a makeshift banana raft collects biscuit packets distributed by a government official from a boat in Pokoria village, east of Gauhati, north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A man is detained by national police officers outside the Argentinaian consulate during a protest demanding information on the whereabouts of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Sen. Pauline Hanson, bottom left, wears a burqa during question time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Indigenous people perform a ritual dance outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A Rohingya refugee takes a nap as a child lies next to him outside a temporary shelter in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A loader or "cargador" carries a mannequin on his dolly at the Gamarra market, one of Latin America's largest and busiest textile markets, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York

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