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 a migrant and a border control agent at the border between the U.S. and Mexico; people visiting a fog-shrouded medieval castle in Belarus; and New Year's celebrations in Thailand, Brazil and Hungary.

Walk between mirror installations with a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and a Christmas tree in the background at the VDNKH (The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A boy watches his pigeons fly at an informal refugee camp in Zahle city in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Temperatures in Bekaa valley took a dip reaching zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) Monday early morning. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A migrant looks trough a hole in a border fence as he attempts to get into the U.S. side to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A U.S. Border Protection officer stands under the rain as he watches the border fence between San Diego, Calif., and Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

People walk past the ruins of a medieval castle on a foggy day in the Belarusian town of Novogrudok, 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of the capital Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, as temperature hovered around 2 degrees Celsius (35 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

From left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walk to speak to reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump about border security in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Washington. Trump declared Friday he could keep parts of the government shut down for "months or even years" as he and Democratic leaders failed in a second closed-door meeting to resolve his demand for billions of dollars for a border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Election officials tape voter registration lists to a wall of the Les Anges primary school in Kinshasa, Congo, as voters start to check their names, Sunday Dec. 30, 2018. The election process was delayed when voters burned six voting machines and ballots midday, angered by the fact that the registrations lists had not arrived. Replacement machines had to be brought in, and voting started at nightfall, 12 hours late. Forty million voters are registered for a presidential race plagued by years of delay and persistent rumors of lack of preparation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Villagers watch as a vehicle carrying the body of local rebel Muzamil Ahmed Dar arrives at his residence in Rahmoo village south of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in disputed Kashmir after a deadly gunbattle between militants and government forces. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Swimmers run into the chilly waters of Lake Balaton during the eighth annual New Year's event in Szigliget, southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (Gyorgy Varga/MTI via AP)

People pray as they take turns lying inside coffins at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and gives them a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

A man stands in the water as he watches fireworks over Copacabana Beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.

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