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 officers standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington during the March for Life rally on the anniversary of the 1973 “Roe v. Wade” decision legalizing abortion; a man’s reflection is seen as he walks past a photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during commemorations for the slain civil rights leader in Atlanta; and a traditional Zimbabwean dancer wears a sticker of a Chinese flag on his forehead during Chinese New Year celebrations in Harare.
This gallery was produced by Patrick Sisson in New York and contains photos published Jan. 16 – Jan. 22, 2015.
Officers stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 during the March for Life 2016, an annual rally on the anniversary of 1973 “Roe v. Wade” U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
A man is reflected as he walks past a photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. displayed at Ebenezer Baptist Church where King preached, during an MLK holiday commemorative service in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A traditional Zimbabwean dancer wears a sticker of a China flag on his forehead during Chinese New Year celebrations in Harare, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. The Chinese community in the country gathered with Zimbabweans to celebrate Chinese New Year by holding a carnival and various exhibitions as part of their initiative for a cross-cultural communication. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
People walk past a poster of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers on display in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
An exiled Tibetan monk makes a point during a dialectics debate with another monk at the Kirti monastery in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. The debate is an essential part of their training as Buddhist monks. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
A military instructor helps a boy shoot a rifle with blanks at a weapon exhibition during a military show in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
A statue os Russian Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky is silhouetted against the sky in downtown Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
A soldier stands underneath a multi barrel rocket launcher during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. India celebrates Republic Day on Jan. 26 every year, highlighted by a march past by different branches of the military as well as a display of arms and missiles. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A Syrian woman with her children takes shelter in an iron box during a rainfall, after they arrived from Turkey to the Greek deserted island of Pasas near Chios on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees continue to reach Greece’s shores despite the winter weather. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
An Aymara man holding a Wiphala flag is silhouetted against an early morning sky as he waits for the arrival of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales to take part in an Andean ritual honoring the 10 years Morales has served as leader of the South American country, at the archeological site Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Morales elevated the status of the multi-colored flag that represents the people of the Andes, making it the co-official flag of Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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WOULD U HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY IMAGES OF THE COLORFUL MLK Banner? It has vibrant colors. the flags is made at valley forge who makes the american flag…i think!
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WOULD U HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY IMAGES OF THE COLORFUL MLK Banner? It has vibrant colors. the flags is made at valley forge who makes the american flag…i think!
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