Saturday 9 January 2016

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

Skydivers disperse after forming the shape of the letter "M" during Mike Mangold's memorial service at Apple Valley Airport in Apple Valley, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. The two-time world champion Red Bull air racer died in a jet crash in Southern California on Dec. 6, 2015.
Skydivers disperse after forming the shape of the letter "M" during Mike Mangold's memorial service at Apple Valley Airport in Apple Valley, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. The two-time world champion Red Bull air racer died in a jet crash in Southern California on Dec. 6, 2015.

A boy stands next to the ruins of a destroyed house in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.
A boy stands next to the ruins of a destroyed house in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.  
An Orthodox priest holds a cross as he is accompanied by a guard of honor during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Mytilene port on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.
An Orthodox priest holds a cross as he is accompanied by a guard of honor during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Mytilene port on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.  
Migrants and refugees walk past a billboard after their arrival on a ferry from the Greek eastern Aegean islands to the Athens' port of Piraeus, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Greece's coast guard has rescued hundreds people since the start of the new year in various incidents on the Aeagan Sea amid the cold and rough seas.
Migrants and refugees walk past a billboard after their arrival on a ferry from the Greek eastern Aegean islands to the Athens' port of Piraeus, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Greece's coast guard has rescued hundreds people since the start of the new year in various incidents on the Aeagan Sea amid the cold and rough seas.  
Cowboy Dwane Ehmer, of Irrigon, Ore., a supporter of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, walks his horse near Burns, Ore., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The group has said repeatedly that local people should control federal lands, but critics say the lands are already managed to help everyone from ranchers to recreationalists.
Cowboy Dwane Ehmer, of Irrigon, Ore., a supporter of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, walks his horse near Burns, Ore., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The group has said repeatedly that local people should control federal lands, but critics say the lands are already managed to help everyone from ranchers to recreationalists.  
Water covers a closed Las Posas Road near Camarillo, Calif., after heavy rain from the first in a series of El Nino storms passed over the area on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.
Water covers a closed Las Posas Road near Camarillo, Calif., after heavy rain from the first in a series of El Nino storms passed over the area on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.  
Women attend a rally in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, to protest Saudi Arabia's execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Shiite cleric, seen in posters.
Women attend a rally in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, to protest Saudi Arabia's execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Shiite cleric, seen in posters.  
Edilberto Letona Linares, a former army officer, sits surrounded by police after arriving to a courtroom in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Prosecutors announced the arrest of several former military and government officials in connection with killings and disappearances during Guatemala's civil war, and initiated human rights proceedings against a political party ally of President-elect Jimmy Morales. Letona Linares was among those arrested.
Edilberto Letona Linares, a former army officer, sits surrounded by police after arriving to a courtroom in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Prosecutors announced the arrest of several former military and government officials in connection with killings and disappearances during Guatemala's civil war, and initiated human rights proceedings against a political party ally of President-elect Jimmy Morales. Letona Linares was among those arrested.
People dance near the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, after the government said it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test two days earlier.
People dance near the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, after the government said it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test two days earlier.   
Plumes of smoke rise from chimneys in Milan, Italy on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.
Plumes of smoke rise from chimneys in Milan, Italy on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.
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