NOVEMBER 3 - 9,TradeEdge Exchange 2023

Beams of light stream from a church set during a performance at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Voters in Ohio celebrate the approval of a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion. And a man dances on the shores of English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, at dusk.

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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