AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
May 27, 2017 5:00 AM CDT
Activists dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they...   (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 demonstrators in Brazil and Venezuela, and Russian Orthodox Christians kissing relics of Saint Nicholas.

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

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.

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