Pictures of the week

Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

This week's gallery includes followers of John the Baptist in Iraq; Honduran migrants climbing a fence in Guatemala en route to Mexico; and triathlon swimmers in Hawaii.

This gallery contains photos from the week of Oct. 13-19, 2018.

Followers of the ancient Mandaean religious sect perform their rituals along the strip of embankment of the Tigris River reserved for them, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Mandaeanism follows the teachings of John the Baptist, a saint in both the Christian and Islamic traditions, and their rituals revolve around water. Iraq's soaring water pollution is threatening the religious rites of the tight-knit community, already devastated by 15 years of war. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Swimmers start their race during the Ironman World Championship Triathlon, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Thousands of Honduran migrants gather at a fence as some climb towards Mexico in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. After arriving at the tall, yellow metal fence some clambered atop it and on U.S.-donated military jeeps. Young men began violently tugging on the barrier and succeeded in tearing it down. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Kashmiri protesters run for cover from a tear gas shell fired at them by Indian security forces in Srinagar, India, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Government forces fired tear gas and pellets on Kashmiris who gathered after Friday afternoon prayers on a protest call given by separatists against the killing two rebels and a civilian during a gun battle in Srinagar on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli soldiers are positioned on a sand berm as Palestinian protesters run during a protest along the Israel Gaza border in Israel, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A visitor dressed in traditional South Korean "Hanbok" clothing walks along a wall outside the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty and one of South Korea's well known landmarks in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A resident walks past a shattered window of a room at a damaged motel, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Panama City, Fla., where guests continue to stay in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A polar bear blows bubbles as he swims through the water in an enclosure during warm late summer weather at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.