AP Week in Pictures: North America
Ben Cohen, co-founder of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, sits blocking the entrance to the Department of Justice, as pink smoke is fanned by Jodie Evans, left, co-founder of protest group CODEPINK, before they were detained for blocking the entrance of the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday, July 6, 2023, after first burning a replica of the Bill of Rights in protest of the Justice Department's prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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JUNE 30 - JULY 6, 2023
In a cloud of pink smoke, a co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company protests the prosecution of Julian Assange, mourners react to present and past mass shootings across the country, children and animals try to cool down amid a heat wave, and fireworks are launched to celebrate Independence Day.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in North America.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Patrick Sison in New York.
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