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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 an Indian police officer firing tear gas as a Kashmiri Muslim, center, ducks during the funeral procession for a top rebel commander; a plainclothes officer aiming his gun at attackers during an assault on a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia; and two young women refugees from Afghanistan waiting to be registered in Chios, Greece.

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This gallery contains photos published Jan. 9-Jan. 15, 2016.

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.

A plainclothes police officer aims his gun at attackers during a gun battle as a body lies on the ground in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gun fights with police, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched from high-rise buildings. (AP Photo) The Associated Press
Two young women from Afghanistan wait to be registered in the Tabakika registration center on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Thousands of refugees and migrants continue to reach Greece's shores despite the winter weather. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) The Associated Press
A Rafale jet fighter is catapulted for launch from France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. The carrier joined the U.S.- led coalition against Islamic State in November, as France intensified its airstrikes against extremist sites in Syria and Iraq in response to IS threats against French targets. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) The Associated Press
Customers line up to buy Powerball lottery tickets outside the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto Store just inside the California border near Primm, Nev., on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, as the jackpot grew to over $1 billion for the drawing on Wednesday. Three tickets eventually split the world-record $1.6 billion winnings. (AP Photo/John Locher) The Associated Press
Bangladeshi Muslim devotees offer prayers during the first day of an Islamic congregations’ second phase in Tongi, Bangladesh, 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Since the 1960s, devotees have been participating in the annual event, which is one of the world’s largest congregations of Muslims, on the sandy bank of the River Turag outside the capital. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) The Associated Press
A member of the Taiwanese honor guard takes part in a change of duty ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) The Associated Press
Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini, top, jumps for the ball against Sheffield United's Neill Collins during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Manchester United and Sheffield United at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England during inclement weather on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Super) The Associated Press
Fossilized whale bones are displayed outside the Wati El Hitan Fossils and Climate Change Museum, a UNESCO natural World Heritage site, on its opening day in the oasis in Fayoum, Egypt on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. The Middle East’s first fossil museum houses the world's largest intact skeleton of a "walking whale" in an attempt to attract much-needed tourists driven off by recent militant attacks. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell) The Associated Press
Icicles hang over a rail along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 as bitter cold temperatures affected the area. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) The Associated Press