AP-Week-in-Pictures: Global

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Spectators watch plumes of smoke from volcanic activity between Hagafell and Stóri-Skógfell, Iceland, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)

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Members of the Al-Rabaya family break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside their destroyed home by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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A model presents creations by Rajdeep Ranawat during the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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The buildings of the banking district are reflected in the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a St. Patrick’s Day brunch with Catholic leaders in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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A person waves an Irish flag while watching the St. Patrick’s Day parade, Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Boston’s South Boston neighborhood. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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A woman throws a bag of trash at police blocking an anti-government demonstration against food scarcity at soup kitchens and economic reforms proposed by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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CEO Jensen Huang speaks about AI and climate during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC in San Jose, Calif., Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, in the final match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Rafah, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Smoke and explosions rise inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier, of Canada, perform their pairs short program during the 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Yulia Navalnaya, center, widow of Alexey Navalny, stands in a queue with other voters at a polling station near the Russian embassy in Berlin, after noon Sunday, March 17, 2024. The Russian opposition has called on people to head to polling stations at noon on Sunday in protest as voting takes place on the last day of a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule after he clamped down on dissent. AP can’t confirm that all the voters seen at the polling station at noon were taking part in the opposition protest. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Chin Choeun, 54, climbs down a palm tree at Trapang Ampel village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 15, 2024. Choeun spends nearly 12 hours a day collecting sap from palm trees that he and his wife turn into palm sugar. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Residents bathe in a dam of Unda river, ahead of World Water Day, in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

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Benfica’s Lucia Alves, bottom, challenges for the ball with Lyon’s Selma Bacha during the women’s Champions League quarterfinals, first leg, soccer match between SL Benfica and Olympique Lyonnais at the Luz Stadium, in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Debris scatters the ground near damaged homes following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

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Carson Hume competes in the men’s super-G ski race during the U.S. Alpine Championships, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Sun Valley ski resort in Ketchum, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

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Revelers throw flour as they participate in the flour war, a unique colorful flour fight marking the end of the carnival season, in the port town of Galaxidi, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of Athens, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 15-21, 2024

A volcano erupts again in Iceland. A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees who survived a night at sea after their boat capsized were being rescued off Indonesia’s northernmost coast. A family breaks their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside their home destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip. An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his campaign headquarters after the presidential election in Moscow. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexey Navalny, stands in a line with other voters at a polling station near the Russian Embassy in Berlin, after noon Sunday.

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press.

This selection was curated by AP Photo Editor Pamela Hassell in New York.

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