AP Week in Pictures, North America
April 17-April 23, 2020
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the North America region.
This week´s selection includes a young boy being restrained by his aunt and medical workers as a swab is placed in his nose during a COVID-19 test at a walk-up testing site in Annapolis, Maryland; nurses and doctors clearing the area before defibrillating a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest at St. Joseph´s Medical Center in Yonkers, New York; a man sifting through the rubble searching for his wallet in Onalaska, Texas, after a tornado destroyed his home the night before; and a couple playing volleyball on the sand in Huntington Beach, California.
The gallery was curated by photo editor Courtney Dittmar in New York.
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Angel Landaverde, 4, is restrained by his aunt Vilma Landaverde, center left, and medical workers as a swab is placed in his nose during a COVID-19 test at a walk-up testing site, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Demonstrators upset with the state's coronavirus social distancing restrictions protest outside the state Capitol, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Most of the protesters were expressing that they want to go back to work. (Lori Van Buren/The Albany Times Union via AP)
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Nurses and doctors clear the area before defibrillating a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest, Monday, April 20, 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. The emergency room team successfully revived the patient. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A security guard stands watch inside the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 19, 2020. The memorial remains closed and did not hold a live remembrance ceremony due to coronavirus restrictions. (Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman via AP)
Andy Byrnes, a contracted emergency medical technician with the Utah Department of Health, rests on the sidewalk near the end of a second day of testing for COVID-19 outside of the Monument Valley Health Center in Oljato-Monument Valley, San Juan County, on Friday, April 17, 2020. The mobile testing team tested 1,060 people in two days.(Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)
The class of 2020 toss their caps into the air as the Thunderbirds fly over Saturday, April 18, 2020, at the conclusion of the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs, Colo. Nearly 1,000 cadets graduated in a scaled-down ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday's commencement was attended by Vice President Mike Pence and capped a difficult final semester in which the cadets attended virtual classes and ate their meals alone in dorm rooms. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
David Maynard sifts through the rubble searching for his wallet, Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Onalaska, Texas, after a tornado destroyed his home the night before. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Raelene Critchlow, 86, receives a visit from her great-grandchild Camille Carter, 6, at Creekside Senior Living, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. Window visits help seniors connect to families despite coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Members of the Life Tabernacle Church sing spiritual songs and hold their hands in the air as they wait for pastor Tony Spell to leave the East Baton Rouge Parish jail in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Louisiana authorities arrested the pastor on an assault charge on Tuesday after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Healthcare workers at Regions Hospital, including Tamara Hill, an ER nurse, seen wiping away tears, come outside to thank Xcel Energy crew members who had lined the street outside Regions to greet healthcare workers Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn., during the coronavirus outbreak. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
A couple plays volleyball on the sand Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Warm temperatures are predicted for Southern California by the end of the week. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
