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 images of Churchill's silhouette against Parliament, an indigenous Andean New Year's ritual and a sit-in at Congress.

This gallery contains photos published June 10-17, 2016.

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A full moon rises behind the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, on June 20, 2016, the eve of the summer solstice. The temple, located on a promontory, was built in 444 B.C. and dedicated to the god of the sea. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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A villager, wearing a cape of dried banana leaves and covered in mud, attends a mass in an annual ritual to venerate their patron saint, John the Baptist, Friday, June 24, 2016 at Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva Ecija province in the northern Philippines. The "Taong Putik" or "mud people" festival in Bibiclat village dates back to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the 1940s. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Andean religious leaders perform a New Year's ritual in the ruins of the ancient city Tiwanaku, Bolivia, early Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Bolivia's Aymara Indians are celebrating the year 5,524 as well as the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which marks the start of a new agricultural cycle. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Mohammed Tofeeq holds his 10-month-old daughter, Gulshan Tofeeq, while he prays at the grave of his wife, Muqadas Tofeeq, in Butrawala village on the outskirts of Gujranwala, Pakistan, Saturday, June 18, 2016. Police have arrested the mother of Muqadas Tofeeq, who is accused of killing her pregnant daughter for marrying against the wishes of her family. Violence against women is not uncommon in Pakistan where nearly 1,000 women are killed each year in so-called "honor killings" for violating conservative norms on love and marriage. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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A resident attempts to extinguish a fire in a burning storeroom on church property set by angry residents protesting the replacement of Pretoria's mayoral candidate in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday June 21, 2016. Rioters blocked roads, looted shops and burned vehicles Tuesday in several areas of the South African capital. The violence raised concerns about security ahead of the Aug. 3 elections in South Africa, where periodic unrest over the lack of basic municipal services already stretches police in many poor communities. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

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Riot police are forced to fall back as they confront protesting teachers who were blocking a federal highway in the state of Oaxaca, near the town of Nochixtlan, Mexico, Sunday, June 19, 2016. The teachers are demonstrating against plans to overhaul the country's education system which include federally mandated teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)

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Jason Bergnoli, left, uses a rope to help Main Street Motors employee Zach Bennet, right, retrieve as many company documents as he can in Richwood, W.Va., on Friday June 24, 2016, after their building was knocked off its foundation by extensive flooding and left hanging off the side of a hill. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

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Men and women work in rice fields in Kangwon province, eastern North Korea on Thursday, June 23, 2016. The capital of Kangwon province is Wonsan, which is located along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula and was one of the cities chosen to be developed into a summer destination for locals as well as tourists. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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A statue of Winston Churchill is silhouetted against the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday morning, June 24, 2016. Britain's Thursday vote to leave the European Union adds uncertainty to a world economy that is still struggling to reach full speed years after the global financial crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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In this photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., Democratic members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., left, participate in sit-in protest on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 seeking a vote on gun control measures. (Rep. John Yarmuth via AP)

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Jimmy Romo, 73, leads a horse and other animals from his ranch as a wildfire burns behind them in Azusa, Calif., Monday, June 20, 2016. Police in the city of Azusa and parts of Duarte ordered hundreds of homes evacuated. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Buildings are engulfed in clouds of pollution in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The capital and other cities in southern Chile reached critical levels of air pollution over the weekend and Monday, according to the Ministry of Environment. The authorities blame the rise on the smoke emanating from barbecues by people celebrating the national soccer team's Copa America Centenario triumph over Mexico. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Rescuers use heavy equipment to work on destroyed buildings in Funing county in Yancheng city in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Friday, June 24, 2016. Thursday's twister was one of the most extreme weather events witnessed by China in recent years, leaving a swath of destruction with destroyed buildings, smashed trees and flipped vehicles on their roofs, in this densely populated area of farms and factories. (Chinatopix via AP)

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Muslim devotees perform Taraweeh prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at the Namazgah mosque in the southern Kosovo city of Prizren, early Saturday, June 18, 2016. The mosque, also known as the "Broken Mosque," was built during Ottoman rule in 1455 and was the first in Kosovo. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

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

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