The northern lights above Norway, autumn colors in New York City’s Central Park, storm-driven flooding in the Philippines, a Halloween-costume contest in Texas, tragedies among crowds in India and South Korea, a cat competition in Belgium, a fire festival in Scotland, the Night of the Dead in Mexico, and much more
Photos of the Week: Bison Roundup, Camel Fair, Lego Lion
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Read moreLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva gives a press conference after presidential-election results were announced, on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 31, 2022. Lula was elected president of the republic for the third time, beating the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the second round. #
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Read moreA dog sleeps on the grave of its owner in a cemetery during the Night of the Dead, part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in the Purepecha Indigenous community of Cucuchucho, on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan state, Mexico, on November 2, 2022. People adorn the tombs of the dead and remain in the pantheon throughout the night waiting for their relatives. #
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Read moreA climate activist with Italy's Ultima Generazione ("Last Generation") blocks a road during a demonstration to highlight the need to combat the climate crisis, in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 2022. #
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Read moreOn November 2, 2022, in Dorchester, England, the director of the Tutankhamun Exhibition in Dorchester examines the only forensically accurate organic replica of Tutankhamun’s mummy in the U.K. before it goes on display in a centenary exhibition commemorating the discovery of the pharaoh's tomb 100 years ago. #
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Read moreA giraffe stands in XII Misyatsiv Zoo in Demydiv, Ukraine, on November 3, 2022. The zoo's animals have been traumatized by shelling in the early days of the conflict, after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Now, as winter looms and business is worse than it was during the COVID pandemic, the zoo is relying on donations and improvised emergency heat generators to keep the animals warm. #
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Read moreA bison is locked in place while receiving vaccinations and health screenings during the bison annual roundup on Antelope Island, Utah, on November 1, 2022. This year, about 750 bison were pushed into corrals during the roundup. After receiving health checkups and vaccinations, the animals are released back on the island, or sold at a public auction to keep the herd at a manageable level of about 500. #
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Read moreA judge evaluates a cat during the annual "most beautiful cats in the world" contest, organized by the National Feline Federation in Machelen, near Brussels, Belgium, on October 30, 2022. #
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Read moreA photo taken on October 28, 2022, shows part of a giant Lego lion statue, a replica of one of the lion statues on the Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary. The 1-to-1 scale replica lion was completed using 850,000 Lego bricks over 560 hours by official Lego master builder and visual artist Balazs Doczy. #
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Read moreAn 11-meter-tall effigy of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss is unveiled ahead of the Edenbridge Bonfire Celebrations in Edenbridge, England, on November 2, 2022. #
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Read moreA pet owner dressed as the Mandalorian takes a picture with her dog in a Grogu "Baby Yoda" costume during a Halloween pet-costume competition in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 30, 2022. #
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Read moreA man wearing a costume of New York's Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower walks down West 86th Street in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Halloween in New York City, October 31, 2022. #
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Read moreA Long March-5B Y4 rocket carrying the lab module Mengtian, bound for China's Tiangong space station, blasts off from the Wencheng Spacecraft Launch Site in China's Hainan province, on October 31, 2022. #
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Read moreRescuers in boats search the Machchu River next to a suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi, in the state of Gujarat, India, on October 31, 2022. The century-old bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging into the water, officials said. At least 135 people are known to have died in the incident. #
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Read moreThe belongings of some of the victims of a deadly Halloween-celebration stampede are shown in a gym on November 1, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. At least 151 people were killed and another 150 were injured on October 29 in Seoul's Itaewon district, after huge crowds of people gathered for Halloween parties, according to authorities. #
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Read moreA girl jumps across tombs in a flooded cemetery following Tropical Storm Nalgae, as Filipinos mark All Saints' Day on November 1, 2022, in Masantol, Pampanga province, Philippines. #
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Read moreTwo girls take pictures in Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2022. Nationwide protests began in Iran in September following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's controversial morality police. Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab properly. Protests continue in Iran even as authorities warn protesters to leave the streets. #
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Read moreYuliia Kasianenko of Team Ukraine competes during the women's qualifications on day two of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, on October 30, 2022. #
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Read moreDevotees offer prayers to the sun god on the banks of the Brahmaputra river on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Chhath Puja in Guwahati, India, on October 30, 2022. #
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Read moreA-Jhay Celis wades through floodwater with his dog, Domeng, following heavy rains brought by tropical storm Nalgae, in Imus, Cavite province, Philippines, on October 30, 2022. #
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Read moreThis photograph taken on November 2, 2022, shows a part of the destroyed Orthodox Svyato-Heorhiyivs'kyy Skyt of the Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery in the village of Dolina in the Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. #
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Read moreA 1,910-meter-long train with 100 cars passes near Bergün, Switzerland, on October 29, 2022, during a record attempt by the Rhaetian Railway for the world's longest passenger train, to mark the Swiss railway operator's 175th anniversary. #
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