Pictures of the Week

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. 

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

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This aerial photo shows the earthquake-decimated historical area of Amatrice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The deadly quake struck earlier in the morning and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Marquez Tolbert cries Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, as he listens in Atlanta to testimony in the trial of Martin Blackwell who is accused of pouring boiling water on him and his friend, Anthony Gooden, right, as they slept. The FBI has decided not to pursue hate crime charges against Blackwell, found guilty of throwing scalding water on the sleeping gay couple. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Sira, 9, a migrant from Nigeria, smiles as she rides aboard a boat of the Proactiva Open Arms NGO, after being rescued during an operation in the Mediterranean sea, about 17 miles north of Sabratah, Libya, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

People cool off in a fountain on a hot summer day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

A man wearing a Zimbabwean flag salutes riot police during a protest in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The demonstration organized by opposition political parties calling for reforms, is the first time that the fractured opposition has joined forces in a single unified action to confront President Robert Mugabe’s government. (AP Photo)

A waitress walks past an advertisement as she carries mugs of beer during Taedonggang Beer Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The festival, the first of its kind in the country, was held as a promotional event for the locally brewed beer. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People dressed in Baroque costumes walk in front of the Friedenstein Castle during the opening of the Baroque Festival in Gotha, Germany, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The castle is the largest German early Baroque palace complex from the 17th century. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

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)

A wildfire is visible from Leek’s Marina on the shore of Jackson Lake, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Independent miners, above, clash with the police as they run from clouds of tear gas during protests in Panduro, Bolivia, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Thousands of miners continued their roadblock protests which precipitated the clashes as the police attempted to remove the obstructions. The miners want to be able to associate with private companies but are currently prohibited from doing so. The government argues that if they associate with multinational companies they will no longer be cooperatives. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

People celebrate as Iraqi security forces patrol Qayara, Iraq, 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Mosul, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Iraqi forces retook the town of Qayara, a key area near a major air base south of Mosul, from the Islamic State group Thursday according to a statement issued from the office of prime minister. (AP Photo)

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