Drug rehabilitation in the Philippines, carp fishing in the Czech Republic, protests in Turkey, the continued re-taking of Mosul in Iraq, early presidential voting in the United States, surfing in Ireland, the new World Series champion Chicago Cubs, and much more.
Photos of the Week: 10/29–11/4
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The Chicago Cubs celebrate after winning Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Cleveland Indians on November 3, 2016, in Cleveland. The Cubs won 8-7 in 10 innings to win the series 4-3. The last time the Cubs won the World Series was in 1908. #
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Chicago Cubs fans celebrate outside Wrigley Field after the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in game seven of the 2016 World Series on November 2, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. #
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Migrating cranes fly during sunset near Straussfurt, Germany, on October 31, 2016. The cranes rest in central Germany on their way from breeding places in the north to their wintering grounds in the south. #
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The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen during a media unveiling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland, on November 2, 2016. The telescope is set to be launched into space in October of 2018, and will be positioned nearly a million miles from the Earth. #
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A serviceman of Belarus' Interior Ministry's special forces unit takes part in the qualifying examinations for the "Madder Beret" headdress outside Minsk, on November 1, 2016. #
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The statue of a memorial lies on the ground in the village of San Pellegrino near Norcia, on November 1, 2016, two days after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy. It came four days after quakes of 5.5 and 6.1 magnitude hit the same area and nine weeks after nearly 300 people died in an August 24 quake that devastated the tourist town of Amatrice at the peak of the holiday season. #
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Diane Sternbach kneels to take a "back break" while waiting in line at a weekend early voting polling place at the North Hollywood branch library in Los Angeles on October 30, 2016. Los Angeles County election officials say some voters waited more than two hours to cast a ballot amid strong interest in early voting. #
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Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against ISIS jihadists to retake the city of Mosul, are seen gathering in an area near Qayyarah on October 28, 2016. Jihadists have killed scores of people and taken tens of thousands to use as human shields in the Mosul area, the United Nations said, as Iraqi forces temporarily halted their advance on the city. #
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A woman is "cleansed" at the Temple of San Simon in the municipality of San Andres Iztapa in Chimaltenango, some 40 km west of Guatemala City, on October 28, 2016, during a pagan festival to honor the saint. Thousands of devotees bring cigarettes and spirits offerings to the saint, who is believed to be the protector of the homeless, prostitutes, alcoholics and drug-traffickers. #
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Turkish police use pepper spray as they arrest protesters during an anti-government protest on November 4, 2016 in Ankara, Turkey. Co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish political party Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas were detained, along with at least other nine members of parliament (MPs), as part of a counter-terrorism investigation following a police raid in the HDP party headquarters. The HDP is accused by the Turkish government to have links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group, an accusation the HDP strongly denies. #
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Professional surfer Al Mennie catches a wave under the historic Dunluce Castle ruins on October 31, 2016 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Built in the 1500's by the McQuillan clan the medieval castle changed hands many times as a result of fighting between the McQuillan, MacDonnell and O'Neill clans in north Antrim. The dramatic history of Dunluce is matched by tales of a banshee and the castle kitchens which fell into the sea after a storm in 1639. #
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A Christian Iraqi soldier attends the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from ISIS in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, in Iraq, on October 30, 2016. #
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Armed Yemeni tribesmen loyal to the Shiite Houthi rebels sit in the back of a vehicle during a gathering to mobilize more fighters into several battlefronts on November 1, 2016 on the outskirts of the capital Sanaa. The war in Yemen escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign to push back the Houthi rebels, after they seized the capital in 2014 and then advanced on other parts of Yemen. #
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Migrants pray during the final service at a makeshift church in what remains of the squalid camp near Calais, northern France, on October 30, 2016. French authorities are evacuating the residents of the so-called "jungle" camp and razing its tents and shanties. They housed up to 10,000 people and epitomized Europe's migrant drama. #
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Migrants and refugees panic as they fall in the water during a rescue operation of the Topaz Responder rescue ship run by Maltese NGO Moas and Italian Red Cross, off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea, on November 3, 2016. #
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Photographers and TV camera crews record a former presidential secretary Ahn Jong-beom upon his arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, South Korea, on November 2, 2016. South Korean prosecutors requested an arrest warrant for a longtime friend of President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday over allegations of influence-peddling and other activities that have triggered a huge political scandal that threatens Park's leadership. #
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Friends and family members attend a memorial service for 17-year-old twin brothers Edward and Edwin Bryant who were shot and killed early Sunday morning on October 31, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The two were among 17 people killed and more than 40 wounded by gun violence in the city over the weekend. #
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Police use pepper spray against protesters trying to cross a stream near an oil pipeline construction site near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on November 2, 2016. #
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Sri Lanka player Dilrwuan Perera prompts a flying insect off the pitch during the test cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe, on October 31, 2016. #
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Marie walks next to her house damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in the village of Labeyi, in the commune of Chardonnieres, in southwestern Haiti, on November 3, 2016, while she burns debris left by the hurricane. At least 546 people were killed when Hurricane Matthew roared ashore one month ago, on October 4, packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour. #
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A man looks at a ship on fire in the coastal town of Gadani, Pakistan, on November 1, 2016. An explosion on the ship at a breaking yard in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday killed many laborers and wounded dozens of others. A police official says an oil tank exploded while workers were dismantling a ship, which then caught fire. Initial reports indicate dozens of laborers remain trapped after the blast. #
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Drug addicts face a wall to reflect on their addiction, as others take part in a bible study at a dormitory for newly admitted patients at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province in northern Philippines, on October 7, 2016. #
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Fishermen pull a net during the traditional carp haul at Zablatsky pond near the southern Bohemian town of Trebon, Czech Republic, on October 31, 2016. Carp, the traditional Czech Christmas Eve dinner served with potato salad, is fished primarily from southern Bohemian ponds with fishermen using traditional methods of catching the local carp. #
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