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 week's gallery features a bullfighter in Madrid, a procession of Orthodox Christians on Good Friday in Jerusalem, and clashes between protesters and French police.

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Stars shine in the sky over the giant illuminated cross of "Panagia Chrisospiliotissa", a Christian Orthodox monastery in Deftera, a suburb outside the capital, Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter this week. The faithful were attending liturgical services on Holy Friday commemorating with a procession the "Epitaphios" - Christ being lowered from the cross and being prepared for burial. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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A policeman reacts during a clash with protesters during a demonstration against the proposed changes to France's working week and layoff practices, in Lyon, central France, Thursday, April 28, 2016. French protesters are back on the streets over proposed reforms to the country's labor rules and strikers have forced cancellations and delays at two airports serving Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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A model wears a creation from the Isabela Capeto collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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A bullfighter "picador" prepares to use his lance as he rides his horse in front of a Los Rodeos ranch's bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A man sits amongst posters showing pictures of 43 missing college students as he awaits the start of a march by hundreds of family members and supporters to demand the case not be closed and that experts' recommendations about new leads be followed, in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Tuesday that it is troubled by a group of international experts' complaints of obstacles to their investigation into Sept. 26, 2014 disappearance of the students in southern Guerrero State.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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A model wears a creation from "Isabel Zapardiez" during Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Children peer from a carriage at a train station turned into a makeshift camp crowded by migrants and refugees, at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Friday, April 29, 2016. Many thousands of migrants remain at the Greek border with Macedonia, hoping that the border crossing will reopen, allowing them to move north into central Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Eduardo Herrera of Mexico's Pumas, left, fights for the ball with and Wilker Angel of Venezuela's Deportivo Tachira during their Copa Libertadores soccer match in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 26, 2016.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Orthodox Christians carry crosses at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Text from the AP news story, AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week.

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