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 demonstrators in Brazil and Venezuela, and Russian Orthodox Christians kissing relics of Saint Nicholas.

This gallery contains photos published May 20-26, 2017.

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

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