AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week
Here's your look at 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 images include a snowstorm in Mississippi, wildfires in California and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
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Flames from the Thomas fire burn on a hillside behind a truck on Highway 101 north of Ventura, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Ferocious winds whipped sparks into massive infernos that have destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee since Monday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
This gallery contains photos from the week of Dec. 2-8, 2017.
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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.
U.S. flags wave as snow falls, blanketing vehicles in a car sales lot, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. The forecast called for a wintry mix of precipitation across several Deep South states. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
An orthodox Jewish man reads from a holy book in a cemetery near the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. A day earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
People look out from a window at masked Hamas gunmen during a rally against the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. A number of U.S. allies in the Middle East are condemning the Trump administration's decision, with the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia urging Washington to reconsider and reverse the announcement. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
People dance and sing in the Samba Train in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. Hundreds of people have gathered at Rio de Janeiro's main train station for Brazil's annual Samba Day festivities. Musicians, dancers and partygoers will board trains to suburbs on the outskirts of the city to dance and sing to the rhythms of samba, the emblematic music of Carnival. Organizers say the party will last all night long and attract thousands of revelers and members of Rio's samba schools. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Anti-government protestors gather around barricades in protest during a government imposed dawn-to-dusk curfew in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. Opposition leaders have called for a mass march against alleged election fraud on Sunday and for the presidential election to be held again after the country erupted in deadly protests over the delayed vote count. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
History enthusiasts dressed in period regimental costumes take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz to mark its 212th anniversary near Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A police officer guarding the main entrance of the Labor ministry is punched by a protester as Communist-backed unionists try to enter the building during a protest in central Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. The protesters invaded the ministry during a demonstration against proposals to amend a law regarding strikes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A child leaps between rock platforms as the sun sets behind Lake Erie at the Erie Basin Marina, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
