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 Nov. 5-Nov. 13, 2016.

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A thick layer of smog covers Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, India, on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. According to one advocacy group, government data shows that the smog that enveloped New Delhi the past week was the worst in the last 17 years. The concentration of PM2.5, a tiny particulate that can clog lungs, averaged close to 700 micrograms per cubic meter - 12 times the government norm and 70 times the WHO standards. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People look through the damage caused by a car bomb the previous day in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. The SITE Intelligence Group reports that the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the deadly car bomb attack. Turkish authorities have banned distribution of images relating to the Diyarbakir explosion within Turkey. (AP Photo/Mahmut Bozarslan)

Demonstrators clash with police during a protest against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in Florence, Italy, on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 to show opposition to a constitutional referendum on Dec. 4 that Renzi has called. The Italian leader says the changes constitute important reforms, but opponents fear they will lead to an excessive centralization of power in Italy. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

Olympiakos fans light flares before a Greek Super League soccer match against Panathinaikos at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus, near Athens, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump turns to a large U.S. flag during a campaign rally in Sterling Heights, Mich., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Early Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, he was elected president of the United States. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Migrants wrapped in blankets disembark from the vessel Responder, run by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and the Italian Red Cross, in Vibo Valentia, southern Italy, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. About 400 disembarked after being rescued at sea in separate operations. (Francesco Malavolta/MOAS via AP)

Iraqis displaced by fighting in Mosul line up for food distribution at a camp for internally displaced people in Hassan Sham, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The United Nations says over 34,000 people have been displaced from Mosul, with about three quarters settled in camps and the rest in host communities. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks off the stage after speaking in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Clinton conceded the presidency to Donald Trump in a phone call early Wednesday morning, a stunning end to a campaign that appeared poised right up until election day to make her the first woman elected U.S. president. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A man helps Iraqi Federal Police officers break through a wall as they inspect a former prison used by Islamic State militants in Hamam al-Alil, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Iraqi troops inched ahead in their battle to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on Friday, as the U.N. revealed fresh evidence that the extremists have used chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Anti-riot police stand guard during a customs control operation in Sabaya, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Customs officials backed by hundreds of police and soldiers raided the remote highlands town near the Chilean border on Friday as part of a national crackdown on what is estimated to be a $1 billion industry in smuggled clothing, shoes and electronics. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Boys and girls dressed in cadet school uniforms attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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

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