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AP Week in Pictures, North America

May 15, 2020 GMT
The Canadian Snowbirds circle the CN Tower as part of Operation Inspiration, their cross-country salute to Canadians helping fight the spread of COVID-19, in Toronto on Sunday, May 10, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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The Canadian Snowbirds circle the CN Tower as part of Operation Inspiration, their cross-country salute to Canadians helping fight the spread of COVID-19, in Toronto on Sunday, May 10, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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The Canadian Snowbirds circle the CN Tower as part of Operation Inspiration, their cross-country salute to Canadians helping fight the spread of COVID-19, in Toronto on Sunday, May 10, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

May 8–May 14, 2020

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the North America region.

This week’s selection includes a graduate ringing a cowbell as he stands up through the sunroof of a vehicle while waving to supporters during a neighborhood parade honoring 2020 graduates from both J.J. Pearce and Richardson high schools in Richardson, Texas; a mother singing “You Are My Sunshine” over the phone to her son through a window for a Mother’s Day celebration at Provident Village at Creekside senior living in Smyrna, Georgia; members of the White House Military Office cleaning a staircase for Air Force One ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania; and the Canadian Snowbirds circling the CN Tower as part of Operation Inspiration, their cross-country salute to Canadians helping fight the spread of COVID-19 in Toronto.

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The gallery was curated by photo editor Courtney Dittmar in New York.

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