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The Week in Pictures: November 7, 2015

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From Putin’s Red Square selfie to the Million Mask March for Guy Fawkes Day, a look at the most compelling images from the past seven days.

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Shiniuzhai National Geo-Park, China
November 5, 2015

Women practice yoga during a performance on a glass bridge in Hunan province. About a hundred yoga fans put on the show to promote the concept of green life and the idea of harmony between human and nature, according to local media.

China Daily/Reuters
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti
November 1, 2015


A man in a trance is seen during the ceremonies honoring the Haitian voodoo spirits of Baron Samdi and Gede on the Day of the Dead at the National Cemetery. Believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol, and food to the dead.

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Srinagar, India
November 6, 2015


An Indian Border Security Force soldier stands guard alongside a poster bearing the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi near the venue of a scheduled rally for the leader, in a state where separatists planned a massive protest to greet him.

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Mariana, Brazil
November 6, 2015


Residents observe the Bento Rodrigues district covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton burst. Casualties mounted after rescue teams worked through the night to find the dozens missing in toxic sludge that devastated a nearby village.

Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
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Amritsar, India
November 6, 2015


Indian artisits paint earthen lamps called diyas ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali. Diwali, celebrated this year on Nov. 11, marks the victory of good over evil and commemorates the time when Hindu God Lord Rama achieved victory over Ravana and returned to his Kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years of exile.

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Moscow
November 4, 2015


Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) poses for a selfie with members of the youth military patriotic club Vympel (or The Pennant) during a flower-laying ceremony at a monument of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a liberation struggle against foreign invaders in 1612, on National Unity Day in Red Square. The holiday marks the defeat of Polish invaders in 1612.

Reuters
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Liverpool, England
November 6, 2015


The Weeping Window poppy installation by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper at St. George’s Hall. Liverpool is hosting Cummins and Piper’s work as part of the First World War Centenary Cultural Program.

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Guatemala City, Guatemala
November 5, 2015


Protesters from the online activist group Anonymous wear Guy Fawkes masks as part of the Million Mask March, in which protests were held in more than 600 cities worldwide for Guy Fawkes Day.

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Heihe, China
November 1, 2015


A swimmer moves through in icy water after breaking part of the frozen surface of the Amur river in Heilongjiang province, China.

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Zhangjiakou, China
November 2, 2015


Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pig Big Precious during an interview with the media in Hebei province. The breeder decided to keep the 2-year-old as a pet when its weight reached 600 kg, according to local media. 

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Between Egypt and the Gaza Strip
November 2, 2015

A Palestinian worker is lowered on a rope into a smuggling tunnel that was flooded by Egyptian security forces. A network of Palestinian tunnels running under the frontier town of Rafah is now water-logged, destroyed by Cairo to sever what it says is a weapons smuggling route out of Gaza for Islamist insurgents in Egypt's Sinai Desert.

© Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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