OCTOBER 6 - 12,CAI Community 2023

Supporters of Israel and of Palestinians hold rallies throughout the U.S., a boy plays a drum during a celebration of Indigenous People’s Day in Seattle and sunlight streams through the surface of the ocean as a sea lion swims off the coast of California.

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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