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Pictures of the Week: November 1 – November 8

From the election of New York's new mayor and typhoon Haiyan hitting the Philippines to Prince Charles' visit to India and a gorilla massage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From the election of New York’s new mayor and typhoon Haiyan hitting the Philippines to Prince Charles’ visit to India and a gorilla massage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

INDIA-CALCUTTA-DIWALI-ANNAKUT-RICE TOPSHOTS-US-POLITICS-OBAMA-WOUNDED WARRIORS Students Celebrate Raisin Monday At St Andrew's University RUSSIA-POLITICS-HISTORY-WWII-PARADE Andrea Justine Aliman The Nueva Esperanza cemetery is seen during Day of the Dead celebrations in Villa Maria BULGARIA-POLITICS-CORRUPTION-UNIVERSITY-DEMONSTRATION Pakistan Daily Life APTOPIX Brazil Fashion Samuel Cirnansck Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, drops from a helicopter to fly near Mount Fuji TOPSHOTS-EL SALVADOR-RELIGION-SAINTS-DEAD The Week That Was in Latin America Photo Gallery A woman stands during the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Ltd. bodyguard training camp in Beijing Dog worship day during Tihar festival Giron and her daughter Walters pose in a picture frame on an altar during the 14th annual Dia de los Muertos festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles BNP Paribas 2013 Masters Tennis Tournament A Free Syrian Army fighter rests in Old Aleppo KOSOVO-VOTE-SERBIA-EU Pope Francis leads his Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican Alberta: Field Of Crosses honours 3.000 soldiers killed in action People decorate their houses with lanterns and lights as they celebrate Diwali in Mumbai Pope francis Celebrates Mass For Cardianls And Bishops Died - No. 4 2013 Afghanistan Daily Life IRAN-POLITICS-US-HOSTAGE-ANNIVERSARY TOPSHOTS-BANGLADESH-UNREST-CRIME-JUSTICE Bill de Blasio, the Democratic candidate for New York mayor, waves to supporters at his election night event at the Park Slope Armory YMCA in New York. PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-UNREST-FUNERAL PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-UNREST-FUNERAL A woman holds a portrait of her husband as she threatens to jump off a scaffolding at a construction site in Wenzhou Dyeing factories, an example of a micro finance in Bangladesh APTOPIX India Pakistan Border Attacks Devotees celebrate 'Rakher Upabash' at Shoamibag in Dhaka Very old lion at zoo in Hungary GREECE-FINANCE-ECONOMY-EU-IMF Film Set Transforms Block On Manhattan's Lower East Side To Bygone Era POPPIES INSTALLATION Vatican Pope BESTPIX Gorilla Baby Draws Visitors To Chicago-Area Brookfield Zoo Gorilla Massage in Spa in Jakarta Former U.S. President Bill Clinton greets Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on stage at the Annual Freedom Award Benefit Event hosted by the International Rescue Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York A Christian pilgrim from Mexico faints after she was baptized in the water of the Jordan River during a ceremony at the Yardenit baptismal site near the northern Israeli city of Tiberias Horse riders perform with guns to celebrate the 38th anniversary of the now famous Green March on Wednesday near city of Fes Tower Bridge during fog APTOPIX Afghanistan Daily Life DEER APTOPIX National Zoo Tiger Cubs APTOPIX Indonesia Volcano APTOPIX Indonesia Volcano TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT TOPSHOTS-BANGLADESH-BUILDING-DISASTER-TEXTILE Super Typhoon Haiyan is seen approaching the Philippines in this Japan Meteorological Agency handout image Philippines Typhoon Middle East News - Nov. 7, 2013 TOPSHOTS-CHINA-TOURISM-DISNEYLAND Yumi Kim, Constanza Baez A man carries a white folding lounge chair through a leaf-covered park enclosed by trees in Autumn colors at Battery Park City, in New York City Pedro Taverna takes part in a protest for better wages at which 54 people were arrested outside Wal-mart in Los Angeles Antonio Acuna plays dress up with a wig and high heel shoes at the factory where he lives with his family after the postponement of the demolition of their homes in Madrid Spain Finacial Crisis Evictions Demolitions U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard his aircraft in Tel Aviv Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall in Delhi, India - 08 Nov 2013 India Britain APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians A protester against an amnesty bill wears a plastic bag over her head in front of police barricades on the main road near the government and parliament buildings in central Bangkok Madrid Zoo presents its fourth giant panda Students walks between chilli trees covered by ash from Sinabung Mount as they return home at Kuta Rakyat village in Karo district SPAIN-RUSSIA-ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY-DIPLOMACY-PROTEST One-year-old Qiqi holds a ballon on a street outside Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in central Beijing APTOPIX Germany Berlin Wall TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT

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