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AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

  • President-elect Donald Trump waits to stop out onto the portico for his Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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    President-elect Donald Trump waits to stop out onto the portico for his Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Former President Barack Obama waves as he boards a Marine helicopter during a departure ceremony on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after President Donald Trump was inaugurated. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Former President Barack Obama waves as he boards a Marine helicopter during a departure ceremony on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after President Donald Trump was inaugurated. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  • A baby is baptized during a mass baptism ceremony on Orthodox Epiphany Day in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Orthodox Georgians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19, following the old Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
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    A baby is baptized during a mass baptism ceremony on Orthodox Epiphany Day in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Orthodox Georgians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19, following the old Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
  • Iranian firefighters help their colleague during debris removal of the Plasco building which caught fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Friday, a day after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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    Iranian firefighters help their colleague during debris removal of the Plasco building which caught fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Friday, a day after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
  • In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Idris 3, from Mali, center, sleeps next to his mother Aicha Keita, right, on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
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    In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Idris 3, from Mali, center, sleeps next to his mother Aicha Keita, right, on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
  • Residents walk through the destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Last month, government forces captured all parts of eastern Aleppo, brining Syria's largest city to full control of Syrian authorities for the first time since July 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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    Residents walk through the destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Last month, government forces captured all parts of eastern Aleppo, brining Syria's largest city to full control of Syrian authorities for the first time since July 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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    A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • A sick inmate with his feet shackled lies on a bed in the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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    A sick inmate with his feet shackled lies on a bed in the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
  • This frame from video shows Italian firefighters extracting a woman alive from under snow and debris of an hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Italian Firfighters/ANSA via AP)
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    This frame from video shows Italian firefighters extracting a woman alive from under snow and debris of an hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Italian Firfighters/ANSA via AP)
  • Haitao Shi of China, trains for the men's freestyle World Cup aerials competition, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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    Haitao Shi of China, trains for the men's freestyle World Cup aerials competition, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
  • Bathers enjoy a swim in an open heated pool, in windy and freezing conditions in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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    Bathers enjoy a swim in an open heated pool, in windy and freezing conditions in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
President-elect Donald Trump waits to stop out onto the portico for his Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Former President Barack Obama waves as he boards a Marine helicopter during a departure ceremony on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after President Donald Trump was inaugurated. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A baby is baptized during a mass baptism ceremony on Orthodox Epiphany Day in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Orthodox Georgians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19, following the old Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Iranian firefighters help their colleague during debris removal of the Plasco building which caught fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Friday, a day after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Idris 3, from Mali, center, sleeps next to his mother Aicha Keita, right, on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
Residents walk through the destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Last month, government forces captured all parts of eastern Aleppo, brining Syria's largest city to full control of Syrian authorities for the first time since July 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
A sick inmate with his feet shackled lies on a bed in the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
This frame from video shows Italian firefighters extracting a woman alive from under snow and debris of an hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Italian Firfighters/ANSA via AP)
Haitao Shi of China, trains for the men's freestyle World Cup aerials competition, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Bathers enjoy a swim in an open heated pool, in windy and freezing conditions in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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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 Donald Trump waiting to step out onto the portico for his presidential inauguration; Obama waving goodbye as he borders a Marine helicopter during his departure ceremony; Iranian firefighters helping colleagues after a building collapsed and caught fire.

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This gallery contains photos published Jan. 14-20, 2017.

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This gallery was produced by Shoun Hill in New York.