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October 28 – November 1: Photos of the week


A selection of outstanding news photos taken around the world this week.

Nathan Howard/REUTERS US President Joe Biden, wearing a black suit, bent down and playfully bit the baby's leg. The baby was dressed in a chicken costume and was carried by a woman with long brown hair wearing a maroon dress.Nathan Howard/REUTERS

US President Joe Biden playfully bit a baby during the Halloween costume festival at the White House in Washington DC.

David Ramos/Getty Images Aerial image of a building with the word Sedaví painted on the wall. To the right a street was filled with cars and debris as three people were surveying the damage David Ramos/Getty Images

Cars are piled high on the street, in the Sedaví area of ​​Valencia. Torrential rains have devastated communities in eastern Spain as flash floods killed more than 200 people, swept away buildings and destroyed bridges.

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A woman in a masked costume performs a fire dance. She is painted green and holds a metal frame of five flaming torches in each hand.Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Performers take part in a procession as part of the Samhuinn Fire Festival in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. This festival is a modern version of an ancient Celtic festival, marking the transition between summer and winter, with fire dancing, drumming, acrobatics and theatrical performances.

Monirul BHUIYAN/AFP A voter wearing a pink dress and straw hat votes while an election official sits on the left and a Botswana Police officer wearing a yellow jacket uniform sits on the right, take a look. The ballot box is located on a small table in the middle of the tented voting area. October 30, 2024Monirul BHUIYAN/AFP

A voter casts his vote at a polling station in Botswana’s capital Gaborone, during the country’s general election.

BILAWAL ARBAB/EPA Three children wearing red pinafore uniforms line up behind a child wearing a black and purple shawl as she receives an oral vaccine in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 28, 2024. One person An adult wearing a black dress and a yellow-and-white checkered scarf is dripping into the child's mouth.ARBAB BILAWAL/EPA

A child is vaccinated with polio vaccine during a vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. A nationwide anti-polio campaign aims to vaccinate 45 million children under 5 years old, across 71 districts.

Esa Alexander/REUTERS A boy wearing a black T-shirt, white pants and sneakers looks up and smiles. He was standing at the base of a statue. The glass front door of a building can be seen in the backgroundEsa Alexander/REUTERS

A boy plays at the foot of the statue of former President Nelson Mandela in Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg.

ANDY RAIN/EPA Chief Financial Officer Darren Jones, Minister for the Treasury Rachel Reeves, Minister for Economic Affairs Tulip Siddiq, and Minister for Finance Spencer Livermore, pose for a photo as Reeves holds up her budget box outside 11 Downing Street in London, England, October 30, 2024.ANDY RAIN/EPA

Members of the Treasury stand next to UK Finance Secretary Rachel Reeves, as she holds up her budget box in Downing Street. Reeves announced a £40 billion tax increase to fund the NHS and other public services, in Labour’s first Budget since 2010, after the party returned to power in a general election in November. 7.

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Three swans are seen on the lake, one standing, two swimming. Mount Fuji in the background. The sky is clear blue.Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Swans are seen in front of Japan’s Mount Fuji on Lake Yamanakako beach. The mountain has yet to see any snowfall this year, marking the most recent day without snow since records began 130 years ago.

JUSTIN LANE/EPA A person dressed as the Statue of Liberty is paying for a hot dog at a hot dog cart. A man wearing glasses and a white T-shirt, holding a hot dog, stood to her right. JUSTIN LANE/EPA

A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty buys a hot dog near the 51st annual Village Halloween Parade in New York. The annual parade passes through Greenwich Village and is considered the largest Halloween parade in the world.

DIVYAKANT SOLANKI/EPA One night in Ahmedabad, firecrackers exploded like stars, man and child looked upDIVYAKANT SOLANKI/EPA

People light firecrackers during the Diwali Festival in Ahmedabad, India. The Hindu festival of lights symbolizes the victory of good over evil and celebrates the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom after completing his 14-year exile.

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