A fireworks festival in Burma, a rocket launch in India, political turmoil in Sri Lanka, early Christmas decorations, Central American immigrants trek north through Mexico, observations of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, starlings over Rome, an Allosaurus in Paris, wintry scenes in northern China, and much more
Photos of the Week: Metal Bull, First Snow, Raging Wildfires
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In this aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California, on November 15, 2018. The death toll in the deadliest wildfires in recent California history climbed to 66 as of November 16, and more than 630 people remain unaccounted for. #
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A gargoyle statue stands among smoldering rubble in Paradise, California, north of Sacramento, on November 9, 2018, after the neighborhood was burned by the deadly Camp Fire. #
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A yeoman of the guard, a.k.a. beefeater, stands among torches as they are lit by volunteers in the installation Beyond the Deepening Shadow at the Tower of London on November 9, 2018, in London, England. The installation is a part of a nationwide series of events to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. #
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The 118-year-old Fatma Bingol, who was born in Thessaloniki in 1900 during the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II period, and who migrated to Bursa's Karacabey district in Turkey with her family when she was a child, is photographed here in Bursa's Mustafakemalpasa district on November 12, 2018. Bingol, a mother of six who lives with her 80-year-old daughter, Cemile Baltaci, worked in agricultural fields until she was 113. She has had to bury four of her children over the course of her lifetime. #
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Newly elected Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Jacky Rosen in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2018. #
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French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands after unveiling a plaque during a French-German ceremony in the clearing of Rethondes ("the Glade of the Armistice") in Compiègne, France, on November 10, 2018, part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the November 11, 1918, armistice ending World War I. #
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(From left) Melania Trump, the first lady; President Donald Trump; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; French President Emmanuel Macron; and Brigitte Macron, the French president's wife, react as Russian President Vladimir Putin (front center) arrives at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 2018, part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I. #
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Helen McCrum holds a flag for the 100th anniversary of World War I as volunteers draw depictions of those killed in the war, part of Danny Boyle's "Pages of the Sea" celebrations on Murlough Beach in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, on November 11, 2018. #
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Two Central American immigrants walk along the top of the border structure separating Mexico and the United States on November 14, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico. Immigrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the U.S. border, catching rides on buses and trucks for hundreds of miles on the last leg of their journey on Wednesday, as the first sizable groups began arriving at the border city of Tijuana. #
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A U.S. worker reinforces barbed wire on the U.S.–Mexico border fence as requested by Customs and Border Protection, which was anticipating the arrival of Central American immigrants in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, on November 16, 2018. #
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Immigrants, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America to the United States, try to catch a ride on a truck in Irapuato, Mexico, on November 12, 2018. #
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Central American immigrants, mostly Hondurans heading toward the United States in hopes of a better life, ride on a truck near Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, as they continue their trek north on November 12, 2018. #
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A child holds a candle during a vigil for democracy on November 11, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as the political turmoil in the country deepens. The political crisis started last month, when United National Party Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was suddenly replaced by Mahinda Rajapaksa, a controversial former president. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the country's Parliament on November 10, declaring that a snap election would take place on January 5. #
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Captain Steve Millosovich carries a group of cats while battling the Camp Fire in Big Bend, California, on November 9, 2018. Millosovich said the cage fell from the bed of a pickup truck as an evacuee drove to safety. #
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Men look on as the Indian Space Research Organization's communication satellite GSAT-29, on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, launches in Sriharikota, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, on November 14, 2018. #
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A picture taken on November 14, 2018, shows giant animal-shaped light structures, part of the Light Festival exhibition Espèces en voie d'illumination, displayed at the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden and zoo in Paris. #
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The 2018 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 72-foot-tall, 12-ton Norway spruce from Wallkill, New York, is craned into place in New York City on November 10, 2018. The lighting ceremony will take place on November 28. #
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Revelers run away and shelter from a huge fireworks explosion from a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Burma's northeastern Shan State on November 15, 2018. Brightly colored balloons with hundreds of homemade fireworks woven into their frames are sent soaring into the night sky, showering down cascades of sparks onto adoring crowds in the annual festival. #
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