AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Oct 22, 2016 3:06 AM CDT
A Soyuz rocket booster with a MS-02 spaceship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station launches from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and...   (Associated Press)

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 spaceship launching from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan; army soldiers raising their weapons in celebration in Iraq; and a student demonstrating in South Africa.

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This gallery contains photos published Oct. 15-22, 2016.

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sisson in New York.

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