Members of the Egyptian military approach the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane Sunday, November 1, in Hassana, Egypt. The plane crashed the day before, killing all 224 people on board. International investigators are trying to determine why the plane went down.
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A refugee prepares to hand a toddler to a volunteer lifeguard as a half-sunken catamaran arrives at the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, October 30. There were about 150 refugees on the boat, mostly Syrians. According to the U.N. refugee agency, more than 744,000 refugees and migrants have escaped to Europe this year.
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Bloodhounds wait to be blessed during a ceremony for animals Tuesday, November 3, outside the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Saint-Hubert, Belgium. Hundreds of animals were blessed during the celebration of St. Hubert, the patron saint of hunters who is also invoked for protection of dogs and horses, organizers said.
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A woman cries during Corey Jones' funeral service, which was held Saturday, October 31, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Jones, 31, was fatally shot by a plainclothes police officer as he waited for a tow truck for his broken-down vehicle.
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A new sign at the U.S. Capitol reflects the election of House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday, October 30. Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, replaces Ohio Rep. John Boehner, who is retiring.
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Israeli security forces and paramedics stand next to a wounded Palestinian man who stabbed an Israeli in Netanya, Israel, on Monday, November 2. The Palestinian had been shot by security forces, Israeli police said.
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A woman takes part in a game of limbo while attending the Melbourne Cup horse races in Australia on Tuesday, November 3.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate from Texas, shoots a pheasant with a shotgun Saturday, October 31, while participating in a fundraising event in northwestern Iowa. A few other Republican candidates also took part in the pheasant hunt.
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People at Amsterdam Studio's, a dance club in Amsterdam, Netherlands, celebrate Halloween with a "blood rave" on Saturday, October 31. The fake blood was inspired by a scene from the movie "Blade."
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Beluga whales kiss their trainers during a performance in Harbin, China, on Sunday, November 1.
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Hindus gather for prayers at a temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday, November 3.
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Canada's new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, takes the oath of office as he is sworn into office at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 4. Trudeau, 43, is the second-youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history.
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Responders pick through the wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, November 4, in Juba, South Sudan. Ateny Wek Ateny, a press secretary in the South Sudan President's office, said 18 people were aboard the flight: 12 South Sudanese passengers and six crew members made up of five Armenians and one Russian. Three people survived: two South Sudanese passengers and an infant boy less than a year old, Ateny said.
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Actor William Shatner, flanked by country singers Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, wears a "Star Wars" Stormtrooper costume during the CMA Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, November 4. See the best and worst moments from the show
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People walk through the Rain Room at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Friday, October 30. The installation, created by London-based arts collective Random International, uses 528 gallons of recycled water. The rain pauses wherever a body is detected.
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Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, meet a Tuatara while visiting New Zealand's Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Thursday, November 5.
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Peshmerga fighters play table tennis Wednesday, November 4, in a wedding hall that now serves as a military hospital in Telskuf, Iraq. The Peshmerga frequently come across mortar fire from ISIS militants just 2 miles away.
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Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pet pig, Big Precious, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Monday, November 2. Zhang, a pig breeder, decided to keep the 2-year-old swine when its weight reached 600 kilograms (1,323 pounds).
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A 20-foot boat lies in waters just off the Greek island of Samos on Sunday, November 1. The boat was carrying nearly 30 refugees when it sank, authorities said.
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A Kurdish woman waits outside her house in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Friday, October 30. The house's wall is riddled with bullet holes after clashes between Turkish armed forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
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People listen to former U.S. President Bill Clinton during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, October 31. The rally was held in memory of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 20 years ago.
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A volunteer adjusts the skull of an unclaimed body Tuesday, November 3, after a mass exhumation in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province. Nearly 4,000 unclaimed bodies were dug out of graves at the cemetery of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation. The foundation collects thousands of unclaimed bodies annually -- mostly those belonging to accident victims -- and buries them temporarily while waiting for relatives to claim them. It was digging up the old bodies to make room for newer ones. The old remains will be cleaned and stored before the foundation can hold a mass cremation ceremony.
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Film director Roman Polanski arrives for a news conference at a hotel in Krakow, Poland, on Friday, October 30. A Polish court rejected the extradition of Polanski in a decades-old case. U.S. officials have been seeking Polanski for decades, insisting that he be held to account for illegally having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
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The coffin of police officer Dave Phillips is carried out of a church following a funeral service in Liverpool, England, on Monday, November 2. Phillips, 34, was killed in a hit-and-run last month.
A boy cleans the windshield of a vehicle in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, November 4.
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A woman in St. Petersburg, Russia, cries near a makeshift memorial set up for the Metrojet plane crash victims on Sunday, November 1. Metrojet Flight 9268 went down over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, October 31.
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Models wait backstage before a fashion show in Beijing on Friday, October 30.
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A fisherman throws a fish during the traditional carp haul in Smrzov, Czech Republic, on Monday, November 2.
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A Buddhist monk takes pictures with his smartphone during a daily chanting session in Tibet on Friday, October 30.
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A trick-or-treater takes part in a Halloween parade for homeless children Friday, October 30, in Los Angeles.
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Protesters clash with police during a rally in Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday, November 4. The rally was held in front of the hotel where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation was holding a climate change symposium. The protesters claimed that APEC is missing the point on climate change and its solutions.
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A woman's face is illuminated by candles placed outside the Colectiv nightclub as she looks out from a metal gate leading to the club in Bucharest, Romania, on Monday, November 2. A fire that may have been sparked by pyrotechnics quickly erupted with dark, blinding smoke on Friday, October 30, killing at least 32 people, authorities said.
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A 2-year-old girl plays at an indoor playground in Beijing on Friday, October 30.
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Pelicans eat fish Wednesday, November 4, at the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir in Israel.
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Smoke billows from a building in Douma, Syria, following reported shelling on Friday, October 30.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, walk back to a Habitat for Humanity building site in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, November 2. See last week in 37 photos
