AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Aug 27, 2016 4:10 AM CDT
With the Morro dos Prazeres slum in the foreground, fireworks explode over the Maracana stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday Aug. 21, 2016.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)   (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 earthquake damage in Italy, a protest in Zimbabwe and a beer festival in North Korea.

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This gallery contains photos published Aug. 20-26, 2016.

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sisson in New York.

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