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AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past 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 union protesters throwing paint at police during clashes in Bogota, Colombia; a man sitting in a chair on the roof of his father's home as floodwaters ravaged Deweyville, Texas; and people surfing the Internet at a public Wi-Fi hotspot on a sidewalk in Havana, Cuba.

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This gallery contains photos published March 12-March 18, 2016.

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.

In this image made from video provided by VTM, police officers point their weapons during a raid as a man in a store watches in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium, Friday, March 18, 2016. After a four-month manhunt across Europe and beyond, police on Friday captured Salah Abdeslam, the top fugitive in the Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighborhood where he grew up. (VTM via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
Splatters of paint thrown by protesters marks police shields during clashes in Bogota, Colombia on Thursday, March 17, 2016. The country's main union groups are protesting the economic policies of President Juan Manuel Santos' government, demanding higher wages and better health services. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) The Associated Press
Host Blake Shelton gets "slimed" at the Kids' Choice Awards in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, March 12, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) The Associated Press
A child blows confetti from her hands during a Carnival parade in the coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The long-established festivities, which mark the start of the 40-day fasting period of Lent before the Orthodox Christian Easter, drew revelers from across the east Mediterranean island in the midst of the bailed-out country's recession. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) The Associated Press
People surf the Internet at a public Wi-Fi hotspot on a sidewalk in downtown in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, next to a poster of revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) The Associated Press
Jamie Holden Jr. sits in a chair on the roof of his father's home surrounded by floodwaters from the Sabine River in Deweyville, Texas on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Holden moved his belongings onto the roof before water seeped inside. Swollen waterways have displaced thousands in Southeast Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
A child looks up at a bird in a cage belonging to Syrian refugee Abdullah Koca, who fled Syria four years ago and has been living at the camp in Islahiye, Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Nearly 300,000 are housed in 26 government-run camps similar to this one. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) The Associated Press
A migrant cries as she crosses the river arm-in-arm with others, north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route to bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) The Associated Press
A man holds an umbrella as he walks through a mustard field during a rainy day on the outskirts of Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) The Associated Press
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