Dec. 12, 2024 22:34 PM EST

Ap Week In Pictures

By The Associated Press
Young An Se of South Korea plays a shot against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan during the women's singles badminton match at the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Andy Wong, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Young An Se of South Korea plays a shot against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan during the women's singles badminton match at the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
First lady Jill Biden and President-elect Donald Trump visit as they sit inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024 in Parism as France's iconic cathedral formally reopened its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A blood-stained rope lies on the floor in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024. Crowds gathered to enter the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," after thousands of inmates were released following the rebels' overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. wears a bandage on his face after he suffered a fall outside a Senate party luncheon, in Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Guests watch clergy members file past at the end of an inaugural Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, Dec. 8, 2024, hosting its first service since the catastrophic fire of 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Dec. 6 -12, 2024

Syrian government falls in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family.

Notre Dame Cathedral hosts first Mass since 2019 fire.

Wind-driven California blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, prompted evacuations as it burned near Malibu.

President-elect Donald Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour ends in Vancouver, shattering own record, grossing an estimated 2.2 billion dollars.

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca and Assistant Director of Global Photo Production Courtney Dittmar, highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

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