Giant waves in Portugal, continued wildfires in California, scenes from Fashion Week in Beijing, the final days of presidential campaigning in the U.S., protests in Chile and Poland, thousands of white flags for COVID-19 victims in the U.S., motocross racing in Sweden, and much more
Photos of the Week: Murder Hornets, Giant Hands, China Fashion
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Brett Phillips of the Tampa Bay Rays celebrates after hitting a ninth-inning two-run walk-off single to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 in Game 4 of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 24, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. The Dodgers went on to win the series in Game 6. #
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Models walk the runway during the PINHUI collection show by Chinese designer Zhao Pinhui on day four of China Fashion Week at 751D.Park in Beijing on October 27, 2020. #
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Tonantzin Guerrero is dressed as a "Catrina" to perform in a play promoting the upcoming Day of the Dead holiday, in the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City, on October 23, 2020. #
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French artist Guillaume Legros (aka Saype) lies on his giant biodegradable land-art painting representing two hands clasped together on a floating barge, on the Bosphorus Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 23, 2020. Saype unveiled three massive land-art productions in Istanbul as a part of his "Beyond Walls" project, in which he paints giant intertwined hands to symbolize "the largest human chain" around the world. #
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Hindu devotees submerge a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the Buriganga River during the final day of the Durga Puja festival, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 26, 2020. #
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Trainer Ciaron Maher riding Melbourne Cup favorite Sir Dragonet, is photographed during a beach track-work session at Mordialloc Beach on October 28, 2020, in Melbourne, Australia. #
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Supporters watch a video of President Donald Trump while waiting in a cold rain for his arrival at a campaign rally at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, on October 27, 2020. #
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People look at the art installation "IN AMERICA How Could This Happen..." by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, on the D.C. Armory Parade Ground, in Washington, D.C., on October 23, 2020. The installation is made up of more than 220,000 white flags representing COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. #
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A young man cuts flowers during a walk around a cempasuchil-flower field on October 20, 2020, in Acatzingo, Mexico. Cempasuchil flowers are produced in Mexico mostly for the Día de Muertos celebrations. #
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A distressed deer runs on ground burned by the Blue Ridge Fire in Chino, California, on October 27, 2020. Two wind-driven wildfires in Southern California continued to race toward populated areas, forcing 100,000 residents to evacuate, and choking much of the region with unhealthy air. #
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Washington State Department of Agriculture workers, wearing protective suits and working in predawn darkness illuminated with red lamps, vacuum a nest of Asian giant hornets from a tree on October 24, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. Scientists discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States earlier in the week and worked to wipe it out Saturday morning to protect native honeybees. #
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Demonstrators supporting the reform of the Chilean constitution celebrate while waiting for the referendum's official results at Plaza Italia in Santiago on October 25, 2020. President Sebastián Piñera called on the nation to work together for a "new constitution" after Chileans voted overwhelmingly to replace their dictatorship-era charter. #
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A police officer faces a woman in a mask as she argues against a pro-life counterprotest during the fourth day of protests against a constitutional-court ruling on tightening Poland's abortion law, in front of the Bishop's Palace in Krakow, Poland, on October 25, 2020. Last Friday, the country's constitutional tribunal ruled in favor of a ban on abortions in cases of fetal defects, tightening Poland's restrictive abortion laws even further. The decision means that abortions will be permitted only in cases of rape or incest, or when the mother's health is at risk. #
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Mariana Rojas plays with her dog Sussy in the waves off Los Angeles Beach after it recently reopened following a shutdown in La Guaira, Venezuela, on October 23, 2020. #
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