AP Week in Pictures: North America

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21 March 2024 at 6:24 pm

Ava Impell, 11, of Pittsburgh watches the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago on Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

A group of students from Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, dance and sing as they enjoy spring break on South Beach, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Elton John gives a kiss to Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, right, after being awarded the Gershwin Prize with fellow honoree Bernie Taupin, left, during the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tribute concert honoring John and Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

A voter fills out their Ohio primary election ballot at a polling location in Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A resident is evacuated from a home in Trenton, N.J. on Saturday, March 16, 2024. A man suspected of fatally shooting three family members in their Philadelphia-area homes Saturday was arrested in New Jersey after evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized across two states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

North Carolina State forward Mohamed Diarra (23) reacting after winning an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina to win the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Washington. North Carolina State won 84-76. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Bagpipers prepare to march during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Security stands guard on the roof as White House director of speech writing Vinay Reddy, left, works outside El Portal restaurant, while Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, talks on the phone, as President Joe Biden attends a campaign event inside Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Viktoria Zaytseva competes during a women's super-G skiing race, Thursday, March 21, 2024, during the U. S. Alpine Championships at the Sun Valley ski resort in Ketchum, Idaho. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Debris is scattered among destroyed homes and other buildings following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

The Washington Monument is seen from the Tidal Basin behind cherry blossoms, which enter their peak bloom this week in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Chris Hess, right, pilots a ferry carrying cars across the Ohio River, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, near Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

March 15 - 21, 2024

People celebrate St. Patrick's Day across the United States, students dance at a beach in Florida during spring break and cherry blossoms bloom in Washington.

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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