Dec. 11-17, 2021
From Daria Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, holding her father's portrait at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, where she received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Award, the European Union's top human rights prize, on behalf of her father, to a burned man receiving care at a hospital after he was injured when a gasoline truck overturned and exploded, in Cap-Haiten, Haiti, killing multiple people and injuring dozens of others, to the grief-stricken sister of Rameez Ahmad, a policeman, wailing at his funeral, after he was killed in a gun attack on a bus carrying policemen the outskirts of Srinagar, India, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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Dec. 11-17, 2021
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A bird's eye of the illuminated ghats on the bank of the river Ganges are seen in the evening after the the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor, a promenade that connects the sacred Ganges River with the centuries-old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Varanasi, India, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)
Kenny Sanford exits his mother-in-law's apartment through a collapsed wall Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Mayfield, Ky. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across several states Friday, killing multiple people overnight. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)
Taiwan's Pai You Po returns a shot to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi during their Women's badminton singles match at the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP PhotoManu Fernandez)
Acrobats dressed as Super heroes come down from the roof to make a surprise greeting at the windows of the rooms of the little patients in Pediatrics and of all the patients, at the San Paolo hospital in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP PhotoLuca Bruno)
A health worker attends a man burned after a gasoline truck overturned and exploded, at the Justinien University Hospital in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The explosion engulfed cars and homes in flames, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others. (AP PhotoOdelyn Joseph)
Skimboarding world champion Lucas Fink, from Brazil, falls down a wave during a big wave surfing session at Praia do Norte, or North Beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP PhotoArmando Franca)
Relatives and neighbors comfort wailing sister of Rameez Ahmad, a policeman who was killed in Monday's gun attack, during his funeral in Yachama, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Ahmad and two other policemen were killed when gunmen sprayed with bullets a bus carrying police on the outskirts of Srinagar, the region's main city, wounding fourteen officers. (AP PhotoDar Yasin)
A woman living in the Vlakfontein informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, shuts her window during a rainstorm, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP PhotoJerome Delay)
People participate in a candlelight vigil in the aftermath of tornadoes that tore through the region several days earlier, in Mayfield, Ky., late Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoGerald Herbert)
Army cadets march onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP PhotoMatt Rourke)
Protesters light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP PhotoFlorian Schroetter)
Carmela Lopez holds a Christmas decoration with the image of her missing husband Cesar Alarcon, at the Memorial Garden of the City Government building of the borough of Iztacalco, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Alarcon went missing on July 20, 2020. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
Manchester City's Jack Grealish, centre, scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Leeds United at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoJon Super)
Penelope Cruz attends the MoMA Film Benefit presented by CHANEL honoring Penelope Cruz at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan AgostiniInvisionAP)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, are joined by bipartisan members of House and Senate as they hold a moment of silence for 800,000 American lives lost to COVID-19, on the step of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoJ. Scott Applewhite)
Citizens visit the bronze statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death. (AP PhotoCha Song Ho)
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New York City FC players celebrate with the trophy after their penalty kick shootout win over the Portland Timbers in the MLS Cup soccer game, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Portland, Ore. (AP PhotoAmanda Loman)
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Palestinian women mourn over the body of a Hamas member who was killed after gunfire erupted last Sunday during a Hamas-organized funeral in a tense Palestinian refugee camp, during a funeral in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoMohammed Zaatari)
A bird's eye of the illuminated ghats on the bank of the river Ganges are seen in the evening after the the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor, a promenade that connects the sacred Ganges River with the centuries-old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Varanasi, India, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)
Kenny Sanford exits his mother-in-law's apartment through a collapsed wall Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Mayfield, Ky. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across several states Friday, killing multiple people overnight. (AP PhotoMark Humphrey)
Taiwan's Pai You Po returns a shot to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi during their Women's badminton singles match at the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP PhotoManu Fernandez)
Acrobats dressed as Super heroes come down from the roof to make a surprise greeting at the windows of the rooms of the little patients in Pediatrics and of all the patients, at the San Paolo hospital in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP PhotoLuca Bruno)
A health worker attends a man burned after a gasoline truck overturned and exploded, at the Justinien University Hospital in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The explosion engulfed cars and homes in flames, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others. (AP PhotoOdelyn Joseph)
Skimboarding world champion Lucas Fink, from Brazil, falls down a wave during a big wave surfing session at Praia do Norte, or North Beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP PhotoArmando Franca)
Relatives and neighbors comfort wailing sister of Rameez Ahmad, a policeman who was killed in Monday's gun attack, during his funeral in Yachama, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Ahmad and two other policemen were killed when gunmen sprayed with bullets a bus carrying police on the outskirts of Srinagar, the region's main city, wounding fourteen officers. (AP PhotoDar Yasin)
A woman living in the Vlakfontein informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, shuts her window during a rainstorm, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP PhotoJerome Delay)
People participate in a candlelight vigil in the aftermath of tornadoes that tore through the region several days earlier, in Mayfield, Ky., late Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoGerald Herbert)
Army cadets march onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP PhotoMatt Rourke)
Protesters light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP PhotoFlorian Schroetter)
Carmela Lopez holds a Christmas decoration with the image of her missing husband Cesar Alarcon, at the Memorial Garden of the City Government building of the borough of Iztacalco, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Alarcon went missing on July 20, 2020. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)
Manchester City's Jack Grealish, centre, scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Leeds United at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoJon Super)
Penelope Cruz attends the MoMA Film Benefit presented by CHANEL honoring Penelope Cruz at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan AgostiniInvisionAP)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, are joined by bipartisan members of House and Senate as they hold a moment of silence for 800,000 American lives lost to COVID-19, on the step of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP PhotoJ. Scott Applewhite)
Citizens visit the bronze statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death. (AP PhotoCha Song Ho)