A gull swims through a flooded Venetian piazza, a different bird lands on a head in Zimbabwe, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos celebrations, political rallies in the U.S. and Brazil, mourning in Pittsburgh, the Red Sox bring the World Series trophy home, Central American migrants continue their trip north through Mexico, a giant military exercise in Norway, and much more
Photos of the Week: Giant Minotaur, Spooky Streets, Duck Boats
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Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli air strike hit a five-story building in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets Israel said were fired toward the country, in southern Gaza City on October 26, 2018. #
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Explosives planted by Norwegian Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal are triggered to clear the beaches of obstacles and enemy mines, during an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance demonstration, as part of the NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018, in Byneset near Trondheim, Norway, on October 30, 2018. The exercise was the largest of its kind in Norway since the 1980s. Around 50,000 participants from NATO and partner countries, with some 250 aircraft, 65 ships, and up to 10,000 vehicles, took part. #
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"Asterion," a giant Minotaur, performs in the street of Toulouse as part of the French street-theater company La Machine's show "Le Gardien du Temple" on November 2, 2018. #
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President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2018. #
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A dog belonging to a Central American migrant, part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S., reacts along the highway to Sao Pedro Tapanatepec from Arriaga, Mexico, on October 27, 2018. #
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An aerial view of Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S., as they leave Arriaga on their way to San Pedro Tapanatepec, in southern Mexico on October 27, 2018. #
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A new group of Central American migrants wade across the Suchiate River, which connects Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on October 29, 2018. The first group was able to cross the river on rafts—an option now blocked by Mexican navy river and shore patrols. #
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Migrants cross the Suchiate River from Tecun Uman in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo in Mexico, after a security fence on the international bridge was reinforced to prevent them from passing through, on October 29, 2018. #
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Rosendo Noviega, a 38-year-old migrant from Guatemala, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America en route to the United States, holds his daughter Belinda Izabel as he walks along the highway to Juchitan from Santiago Niltepec, Mexico, on October 30, 2018. #
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The Boston Red Sox, winners of the 2018 World Series, ride in duck boats on Tremont Street past Park Street Church during the Boston Red Sox Victory Parade on October 31, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts. #
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Flowers are placed at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue for the 11 people killed while worshipping on October 27, photographed in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on November 2, 2018. #
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Students of Scuola Normale Superiore and Sant'Anna School photographed in action during the traditional battle of the water balloons in Pisa, Italy, on October 30, 2018. The two schools engage in an annual water-balloon battle in the center of Pisa. The balloons are launched by elaborate machines designed and built by the students themselves. About 300 students took part in the event and more than 32,000 water balloons were used. #
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Supporters listen to the U.S. Senate candidate Representative Beto O'Rourke during a campaign rally at Gilbert Garza Park in San Antonio, Texas, on October 31, 2018. #
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A bird lands on the head of the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa as he addresses the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance's 19th-anniversary celebrations in Harare, Zimbabwe, on October 27, 2018. #
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Peadar Langton, age 7, holds a puppy his father allowed him to buy from Patsy O'Sullivan at the annual Maam Cross fair in the Connemara region of Maam Cross in Galway, Ireland, on October 30, 2018. #
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