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Pictures of the Week: October 25 – November 1

From the demolition of Sandy Hook Elementary School and surfing a 100-foot wave in Portugal to a sun-starved Norwegian village lit up by giant mirrors and Michelle Obama's new partnership with Elmo, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From the demolition of Sandy Hook Elementary School and surfing a 100-foot wave in Portugal to a sun-starved Norwegian village lit up by giant mirrors and Michelle Obama’s new partnership with Elmo, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

APTOPIX School Shooting Demolition A woman looks out of an abandoned building near polling stations in the town of Abyei The Northeast Coast Marks One Year Anniversary Of Hurricane Sandy Reflexology Spa Uses Pythons To Massage Clients TOPSHOTS-SURF-POR-BRA--BIG WAVE CORRECTION World Series Cardinals Red Sox Baseball Annual Queen Charlotte's Debutante Ball BULGARIA-HEALTH-CANCER-FEATURE BESTPIX Michelle Obama Joins Sesame St Characters At White House Garden Fall Harvest An electronic screen is seen on a building amid heavy smog in Shenyang A woman holds part of cross in church damaged by Sudanese airforce airstrike few years ago in the town of Abyei INDIA-SOCIETY Malagasy Presidential Elections Lady Gaga leaves the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Berlin A Chihuahua dressed as a stuffed deer head costume is seen during the Scaredy Cats and Dogs Halloween costume competition at Eastwood mall in Quezon city, metro Manila Italy Etna Eruption An Egret sits in a canal as morning sun reflects off the mist, on Assateague Island off the Virginia Coast A man runs with a dog at a mass grave in Kuropaty on the outskirts of Minsk Annual Queen Charlotte's Debutante Ball A photographer takes pictures of Fang in a wedding gown next to her husband as they hang from a cliff during a rock climbing exercise in Liuzhou Goergl of Austria clears a gate during the first run of the World Cup Soelden Women's Giant Slalom race on the Rettenbach glacier in Soelden APTOPIX World Series Red Sox Cardinals Baseball APTOPIX Spain Lord of Miracles APTOPIX Afghanistan Daily Life Reflexology Spa Uses Pythons To Massage Clients Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week S/S 2014 - Day 3 PREGNANT LADIES GET BABY BUMP PAINTED IN CHINA Two men row a boat past a partially dried-up riverbed on a section of the Yangtze River in Jiujiang Turkey: Serena Williams wins WTA Championships title in Istanbul Rubber Duck To Leave Beijing Participants descend a hill on a homemade roller cart during the 25th Roller Cart Festival in Medellin Street Monkey Performance in Solo A man helps a woman to cross a square during strong winds in central Brussels Strong Winds And Heavy Rain Hit England and Wales Donkeys plough grain during the harvest season in a farm on the outskirts of Sanaa CHINA-UNREST-ACCIDENT-TIANANMEN APTOPIX Breeders Cup Horse Racing U.S. President Obama speaks during the installation ceremony for new FBI Director Comey in Washington APTOPIX Cuba 3D Theaters Mohammad, a 13 year-old fighter from the Free Syrian Army, aims his weapon as he takes cover inside a room in Aleppo Halloween in the animal garden Protesters help a handicapped protester, who fell from her wheelchair after tear gas was shot towards them, in Ankara Portugal Big Wave TOPSHOTS-EGYPT-UNREST-POLITICS Texas Slayings TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-PEACE-PRISONERS Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week S/S 2014 - Day 5 60 hours strike turns violent in Bangladesh BESTPIX Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Stand Your Ground Laws Barack Obama, John Boehner Visitor looks at the Mitre of San Gennaro during an exhibition in Rome Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa in Moscow Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week S/S 2014 - Day 5 Eye attendant examines the eye of a patient at a temporary clinic by International Centre for Eye Health at Olenguruone in the Mau Summit A paramilitary policeman detains a woman who threw papers believed to be her petition papers near the main entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing A color guard and bagpipe player during commemoration event of Hurricane Sandy, in Staten Island, New York TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-PEACE-PRISONERS APTOPIX China Fashion Week TOPSHOTS-NORWAY-GEOGRAPHY-LIFESTYLE- OFFBEAT APTOPIX Breeders Cup Horse Racing APTOPIX Germany New Government Palestinians wait for the release of prisoners from Israeli jails, near Erez crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip APTOPIX Afghanistan Eid Gah Mosque PHILIPPINES-RELIGION-ALL SOULS DAY Diwali festival in Calcutta TOPSHOTS-KENYA-ACCIDENT-BUS APTOPIX Brazil Protest APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life Millions of Filipinos will soon flock to cemeteries around the country to visit departed relatives and loved ones to mark All Saints Day Wrestlers fight during an amateur wrestling match inside a makeshift ring built on a road junction in Kolkata A woman holds South Sudan's national flag during referendum results celebrations in Abyei TOPSHOTS-DRCONGO-UNREST-UGANDA Relatives of Ahmed Imad Yusef mourn during his funeral near Jenin Autumnal vineyards Infrared handout photo of the Witch Head nebula Halloween in Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA Pakistan Daily Life WGC - HSBC Champions: Day One

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