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 images include U.S. missiles lighting the sky over Damascus; students protesting gun violence in the U.S.; and participants in the annual Color Run in Paris tossing colored powder into the air. 

This gallery contains photos from the week of April 14-20, 2018. 

High school student Sebastian Chavez, center, joins hundred of students walking out of school to rally against against gun violence, Friday, April 20, 2018, in downtown Los Angeles Friday, April 20, 2018. Protests were held across the country Friday, on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Judge Sarah Ritterhoff Williams embraces family friend student Attie French after finding her in the crowd at First Baptist Church while looking for her own daughter following a shooting at Forest High School, Friday 20, 2018 in Ocala, Fla. One student shot another in the ankle at the high school and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Friday. The injured student was taken to a local hospital for treatment. (Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner via AP)

The Damascus sky lights up missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syria's capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded woman during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 20, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza's border with Israel on Fridays. Hamas says the protests are aimed at breaking a crippling border blockade that was imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Islamic militant group overran Gaza in 2007, a year after winning Palestinian parliament elections. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Paratroopers drop into the Mediterranean Sea before an air show during Independence Day celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the state in 1948, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

People throw colored powder as they celebrate at the end of the Color Run 2018 race in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, April 15, 2018. The Color Run is a 5 kilometer (3.1 mile) running event where participants are covered in bright colored powder at each check station and is less about speed and more about enjoying a day with friends and family. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, competitors climb in front of the Matterhorn mountain at the start of the 21st Glacier Patrol race in Stafel outside the ski resort of Zermatt, Switzerland on April 17, 2018. The Glacier Patrol (Patrouille des Glaciers in French), organized by the Swiss Army, takes place from April 17 to 21. Highly-experienced hiker-skiers trek for over 53km (3994m ascent and 4090m descent) along the Haute Route along the Swiss-Italian border from Zermatt to Verbier. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

Fish lay strewn across the roadside after a truck carrying tons of fish crashed near Liepen, northeastern Germany, Friday, April 20, 2018. (Stefan Sauer/dpa via AP)

Troops march in a parade marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A protester is detained by riot police during a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 14, 2018. Supporters of the Chilean Communist party and students took part in an anti-war rally opposing the military strikes in Syria. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Porn actress Stormy Daniels arrives at federal court in New York, Monday, April 16, 2018, to attend a court hearing where a federal judge is considering how to review materials that the FBI seized from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer to determine whether they should be protected by attorney-client privilege. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson, right, shoots as Houston Rockets center Clint Capela (15) defends during the second half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Lazaro Rodriguez, 42, connects his cellphone at a public internet hot spot at night in Havana, Cuba on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Lazaro, who studied baking and is currently working in maintenance, said he's seen very positive changes in the economy in recent years, and would like to see development continue. "The generation that comes after me will have much more. I lived 'the special period' in the 90s, and the country is still blocked," referring to the U.S. embargo. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.