AP Week in Pictures: North America
A resident climbs over debris after her friend’s home in Clarksville, Tennessee, was lifted off its foundation on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Treva Gordon looks at the hole in the roof of her damaged apartment in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
An apartment is left exposed where a corner of the residential building collapsed in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
First responders work at the scene of a collapsed building in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Divers remove their gear after culling urchins as a strand of kelp floats past at a project site by the Bay Foundation off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Once a vast kelp forest, the area is now largely barren, overrun by urchins. The Foundation’s Kelp Forest Restoration Project aims to remove much of the urchins in the hope of bringing back the kelp forests. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A truck emblazoned with the American flag passes in front of Teamsters as they protest at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near the DHL Express Hub Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Erlanger, Ky. More than 1,000 union members at DHL walked off the job at the airport during the busiest time of the year. The Teamsters say they are protesting unfair labor practices at the DHL hub. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton, back, races to the puck with Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram, right, in the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) attempts to dunk between Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Williams Jr. (5) and center Bismack Biyombo (18) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson (87) leaps over Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
Family members of victims listen to impact statements as Ethan Crumbly, foreground, looks downward, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly was sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. A judge rejected a plea for a shorter sentence and ensured that the 17-year-old will not be eligible for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depart a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Morning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline in this view from Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. At left is Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill and at right is the Salesforce Tower. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
A resident climbs over debris after her friend’s home in Clarksville, Tennessee, was lifted off its foundation on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
A resident climbs over debris after her friend’s home in Clarksville, Tennessee, was lifted off its foundation on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Treva Gordon looks at the hole in the roof of her damaged apartment in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Treva Gordon looks at the hole in the roof of her damaged apartment in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in the central part of Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
An apartment is left exposed where a corner of the residential building collapsed in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
First responders work at the scene of a collapsed building in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Divers remove their gear after culling urchins as a strand of kelp floats past at a project site by the Bay Foundation off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Once a vast kelp forest, the area is now largely barren, overrun by urchins. The Foundation’s Kelp Forest Restoration Project aims to remove much of the urchins in the hope of bringing back the kelp forests. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Divers remove their gear after culling urchins as a strand of kelp floats past at a project site by the Bay Foundation off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Once a vast kelp forest, the area is now largely barren, overrun by urchins. The Foundation’s Kelp Forest Restoration Project aims to remove much of the urchins in the hope of bringing back the kelp forests. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A truck emblazoned with the American flag passes in front of Teamsters as they protest at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near the DHL Express Hub Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Erlanger, Ky. More than 1,000 union members at DHL walked off the job at the airport during the busiest time of the year. The Teamsters say they are protesting unfair labor practices at the DHL hub. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A truck emblazoned with the American flag passes in front of Teamsters as they protest at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near the DHL Express Hub Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Erlanger, Ky. More than 1,000 union members at DHL walked off the job at the airport during the busiest time of the year. The Teamsters say they are protesting unfair labor practices at the DHL hub. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton, back, races to the puck with Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram, right, in the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton, back, races to the puck with Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram, right, in the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) attempts to dunk between Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Williams Jr. (5) and center Bismack Biyombo (18) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) attempts to dunk between Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Williams Jr. (5) and center Bismack Biyombo (18) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson (87) leaps over Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson (87) leaps over Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
Family members of victims listen to impact statements as Ethan Crumbly, foreground, looks downward, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly was sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. A judge rejected a plea for a shorter sentence and ensured that the 17-year-old will not be eligible for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Family members of victims listen to impact statements as Ethan Crumbly, foreground, looks downward, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly was sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. A judge rejected a plea for a shorter sentence and ensured that the 17-year-old will not be eligible for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depart a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depart a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Morning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline in this view from Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. At left is Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill and at right is the Salesforce Tower. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Morning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline in this view from Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. At left is Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill and at right is the Salesforce Tower. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2023
A resident climbs over the debris of a home after a tornado in Tennessee, apartments are exposed after a partial building collapse in New York, and a morning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in North America published in the past week by The Associated Press.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Patrick Sison in New York.
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