Week in pictures: 30 October - 5 November 2021
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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image source, Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters
Rocio Melchor sets up an altar in memory of victims of femicide ahead of the annual Day of the Dead festival in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Image source, Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
Amid a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets French President Emmanuel Macron as they arrive for day two of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP26 - in Glasgow.
Image source, Satish Bate / Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Celebrations at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai, mark Diwali. A time for feasts, prayers and fireworks, Diwali is one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar.
Image source, Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
Jockeys Declan McDonogh, Mark Enright and Dylan Browne McMonagle compete on the beach during the annual one-day Laytown races in the Republic of Ireland.
Image source, Timur Matahari / AFP
A family flee their flooded home following heavy rain in Bandung, Indonesia.
Image source, Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament
Labour MP Toby Perkins brandishes banknotes in the House of Commons during a row over the conduct of Conservative MP Owen Paterson. Mr Paterson, who has since resigned, was due to be suspended for breaking lobbying rules, until the government backed a shake-up of the standards watchdog instead - a decision that was reversed the following day.
Image source, Anthony Wallace / AFP
An angler walks on concrete tetrapod wave breakers, whose shape helps dissipate the force of the water while remaining relatively stable, in Gangneung, South Korea.
Image source, Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
A competitor is helped up by a member of Kenya's National Youth Service during the Nairobi Marathon.
Image source, Martin Bernetti / AFP
A giant inflatable rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, sits in a lake in Santiago, Chile, as part of an open-air art festival.
Image source, Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
People sit at a cafe in a flooded St Mark's Square during seasonal high tides in Venice.
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