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 a man exercising his open carry rights in Cleveland during the Republican convention, people protecting themselves from a gunfight during a coup attempt in Turkey, a child carrying a kettle through a flooded street in China.

This gallery contains photos published July 16-22, 2016

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People gather at a makeshift memorial to observe a minute of silence to honor the victims of an attack near the area where a truck mowed through revelers on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Monday, July 18, 2016. Eighty four were killed in the attack during Bastille Day celebrations. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Gabriela Gomez, 3, poses for a photo wearing a military costume before the start of a military parade celebrating the 206th anniversary of the country's independence from Spain, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

People protesting against an attempted coup try to protect themselves during a firefight between police and army forces in Istanbul, Turkey, early Saturday, July 16, 2016. Turkey has launched a sweeping crackdown following the failed July 15 insurrection, declaring a three-month state of emergency and detaining or dismissing tens of thousands of people in the military and other state institutions. (AP Photo/Omer Kuscu)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 42nd International Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Voodoo pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during the annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, on Saturday, July 16, 2016. After bathing, worshippers throw away the dresses they wore to the site, and don new clothes for good luck. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, seen from Woodside park in Viera, Fla., Monday, July 18, 2016. (Tim Shortt/Florida Today via AP)

East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies release balloons at a noon vigil organized by municipal court workers in downtown Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 20, 2106, in honor of recent slain and injured sheriff deputies and police. Several police officers and sheriff deputies were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The sun sets behind visitors to Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., as the temperature hovers around 100 degrees on Thursday, July 21, 2016. The National Weather Service outlook for the next three months shows above normal temperatures across the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A child carries kettles through a flooded street with a woman in Tianjin, China on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 photo. At least 75 people in northern China have died or gone missing since Monday in some of the worst flooding in years, the government said Thursday. (Chinatopix via AP)

Tevor Leis, exercising his Ohio open carry rights, stands armed in Public Square on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pnar, also known as Jaintia tribesmen, dance in muddy waters during Behdienkhlam festival celebrations at Tuber village, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, India, Thursday, July 21, 2016. The traditional festival of the Pnars is celebrated after sowing is done, to seek a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits by beating the roof of every house with bamboo poles. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Jockey Jose Montoya falls from BrEGGxit the ostrich close to the finish line during "Extreme Race Day" at Canterbury Park on Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Shakopee, Minn. The track featured ostrich, zebra and camel racing, as well as horse racing. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

A destitute man shouts out on a city street were he and other homeless gather before nightfall in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

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

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