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 ice skating couples in North Korea, whirling dervishes in Turkey and holiday decorations in Belgium.

This gallery contains photos from the week of Dec. 15-21, 2018.

Ivan Arostica, president of Chile's Constitutional Court (TC), is kicked by a protester as he leaves the court which listened to arguments in favor and against conditional freedom for those convicted of human rights crimes in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Protesters fear a ruling in favor could benefit the prisoners of Punta Peuco, a prison for state agents convicted of murder during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Elvira Choc, 59, Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal's grandmother, rests her head on her hand in front of her house in Raxruha, Guatemala, on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The 7-year old girl died in a Texas hospital, two days after being taken into custody by border patrol agents in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Couples skate on an ice rink in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Vladimir Kozlov, 32, foreground, balances on a slackline at the beach in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man throws a bucketful of water on a fire in the Educandos neighborhood of Manaus, Brazil, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Officials say the fire engulfed the neighborhood in the northern Brazilian city and destroyed at least 600 wooden houses. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony in Konya, central Turkey on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. Every December the Anatolian city hosts a series of events to commemorate the death of 13th century Islamic scholar, poet and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

An armed police officer stands guard near a merry-go-round at the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Fiston Adumba, 32, an opposition supporter, reacts to an announcement of postponed elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Thursday Dec. 20, 2018. The electoral commission has delayed the country's long-awaited presidential election until Dec. 30, citing problems caused by a recent fire that destroyed 80 percent of the voting machines in the capital. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Cleveland Cavaliers' Matthew Dellavedova (18) shoots against Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (21), from Cameroon, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Brothers head to a public fountain with a wheelbarrow to fill their container with water to use at home to drink, cook and bathe, in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Horse-drawn carriages ride past a Christmas tree in the Grand Square of downtown Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.