AP Week In Pictures North America
April 24-April 30, 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 healthcare workers reacting to the applause at Brooklyn´s Kings County Hospital Center during the coronavirus pandemic in New York; a provisional election judge reviewing paperwork at a voting center as voters arrive to cast their ballot in the 7th Congressional District special election in Baltimore; a pedestrian waiting for a Chicago Transit Authority bus as several COVID-19 public service messages are projected on screens; and a PSE&G utility worker watching the Navy´s Blue Angels and the Air Force´s Thunderbirds conduct "a collaborative salute" to honor those battling the viral outbreak with a flyover of New York and New Jersey.
The gallery was curated by photo editor Courtney Dittmar in New York.
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Healthcare workers react to the applause at Brooklyn's Kings County Hospital Center during a 7 o'clock ceremony during the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, April 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Lillian P. Hammond, seated, is comforted by her sister-in-law Lori Adams, at the funeral for her husband Larry Hammond, who died from the coronavirus, in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisa Boyer, a provisional election judge, reviews paperwork at a voting center at Edmondson High School as voters arrive to cast their ballot in the 7th Congressional District special election, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Baltimore. The election to fill a seat left open by the death last October of Congressman Elijah Cummings has been dramatically reshaped by the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In this April 21, 2020, photo taken with a slow shutter speed, a person takes pictures of temporarily closed casinos from the sunroof of a car in downtown Las Vegas. The usual crowds have been replaced by the occasional bicyclist or driver marveling at the quiet and du lịch bắc kinh empty streets. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A woman sleeps on Brighton Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as seagulls flutter around her, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. With the weather warming up, more people wearing personal protective equipment are venturing out to the parks and streets, though most are still respecting the social distancing guidelines for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A PSE&G utility worker watches the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds conduct "a collaborative salute" to honor bắc kinh those battling the COVID-19 pandemic with a flyover of New York and New Jersey, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in this view from Jersey City, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
A motorist waits at a stoplight on an empty street as the sun sets Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in downtown Topeka, Mo. Kansas has extend stay-at-home orders until May 3 in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A pedestrian waits for a Chicago Transit Authority bus as several COVID-19 public service messages are projected on screens at a bus stop Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Lee Sedgwick, of Millcreek Township, makes bubbles Tuesday, April 28, 2020, on the shore of Lake Erie at Presque Isle State Park near Erie, Pa. Sedgwick usually draws a crowd at the park, du lịch bắc kinh whether making bubbles or flying kites. "People have been keeping their distance," said Sedgwick, referring to the precautions people are taking during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)