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 Hurricane Dorian slams the Bahamas with winds and rains leaving devastation and destruction in its wake; Britain’s Brexit dilemma intensifies as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit; and a supporter of the Venezuelan president weaves a message into his beard for Donald Trump.

This gallery contains photos from the week of Aug. 31 – Sept. 6, 2019.

Volunteers wade through a flooded road against wind and rain caused by Hurricane Dorian to rescue families near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The storm’s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

The destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air, in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Gonzalo Gaudenzi)

A woman who was trapped by flood waters during Hurricane Dorian is transported out of the area by volunteers on a jet ski near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

The lounger in which Virginia Mosvold was rescued from her home in Ol' Freetown Farm, flooded by rains brought on by Hurricane Dorian, lays abandoned on the side of a road on the outskirts of Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Revelers participate in the West Indian American Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

Passers-by shelter against the rain outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The European Union says so far it has received no proposals from the British government aimed at overcoming the impasse in Brexit talks. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks back into 10 Downing Street after greeting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in London, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Boxed in by opponents and abandoned politically even by his own brother, Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his Brexit plans on track. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Marseille fans light flares during the French League One soccer match between Marseille and Saint-Étienne at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 1-0 at home on Sunday in a match between France’s two most successful league teams. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A banner with a message that reads in Spanish: "Fight and they will leave“ in reference to President Mauricio Macri and his administration, hangs from a facade of the Central Bank during a demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A protestor throws back an exploded tear gas shell at police officers in Hong Kong, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Tear gas, pepper spray and fire returned to the streets of Hong Kong, as police officers clashed with masked pro-democracy protesters in the first notable display of unrest since Hong Kong’s top leader announced that she would withdraw a deeply unpopular extradition bill. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A supporter of President Nicolas Maduro dons a beard woven into a message that reads in Spanish; "No more Trump" during an anti-imperialist rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. U.S.-based Mastercard suspended its services to two Venezuelan banks under sanctions aimed at forcing Maduro from power in the crisis-stricken South American nation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A young child passes by an old torn poster of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in a building in Harare Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95. (AP Photo)

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This gallery was produced by Anita Baca in Mexico City.