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 woman at a camp for displaced persons in Somalia; brawling fans at a soccer game in Moscow; and supporters of President Trump at a rally in Denver.

This gallery contains photos published March 6-11, 2017.


A woman clasps her hands together at the internally displaced persons camp in Baidoa, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, where the drought is severe. Visibly shocked by the suffering of malnourished Somalis and cholera victims during an emergency visit, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged international support to alleviate Somalia's worsening hunger crisis. (AP Photo/Khaled Kazziha)

 

CSKA Moscow fans fight with a Zenit fan during the national championship soccer match between their teams in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, March 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Tikhon Danin)

 

An Alabama State Trooper and a K9 dog check the Edmund Pettus Bridge for explosives before the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2017. Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma. On March 7, 1965, African-Americans seeking voting rights launched a march across the bridge en route to Montgomery but were attacked by police. The violent episode became known as "Bloody Sunday." (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

 

Supporters of President Donald Trump gather during a March 4 Trump rally at the state capitol in Denver, Saturday, March 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

 

Teacher Pia Martin greets students as they arrive to school at the Science Leadership Academy as teachers take part in "A Day Without a Woman" demonstration in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Organizers of January's Women's March are calling on women to stay home from work and not spend money in stores or online to show their impact on American society. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

 

"Ragpicker" women search for recyclable materials at a garbage dump on International Women's Day in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

 

Security personnel are reflected in the floor as they sit on guard during a plenary session of China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

 

A large plume of smoke rises during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants as civilians walk toward Iraqi security forces after fleeing their homes on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

 

Refugees and migrants of many different African nationalities sit aboard an overcrowded rubber boat leaving Libyan territorial waters early Sunday, March 5, 2017. The Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms found the boat after a long search coordinated with Italian authorities and took everyone aboard its ship. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

 

A woman takes a break while she works on reconstructing her house damaged by the 2015 earthquake on International Women's Day in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Women in Bhaktapur have played significant roles on the reconstruction of their houses damaged in the April 2015 earthquake that killed 9,000 people and damaged nearly 1 million houses. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

 

A man walks next to a building in the afternoon sunlight in Burbank, Calif., on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

 

A woman and her dog cast shadows as they play in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)


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

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