This Week in Pictures
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ABC News photo editors chose the best news images of the week for this collection.
Followers of the ancient Mandaean religious sect perform their rituals along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for them, in Baghdad, Oct. 14, 2018.
Followers of the ancient Mandaean religious sect perform their rituals along a strip of embankment on the Tigris River reserved for them, in Baghdad, Oct. 14, 2018.