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Pictures of the Week: November 15 – November 22

From the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination and recovery efforts in the Philippines and Illinois to Batkid saving San Francisco and an 11-week-old lion cub playing in the fall foliage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination and recovery efforts in the Philippines and Illinois to Batkid saving San Francisco and an 11-week-old lion cub playing in the fall foliage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

timephotographers APTOPIX Boys Batman Wish People play by a fire in a neighbourhood destroyed by Haiyan Typhoon in Tacloban, The Philippines on November 16, 2013. BRITAIN-US-KENNEDY-50YEARS-ANNIVERSARY US-KENNEDY-50YEARS A woman looks on as Mount Sinabung spews ash, as pictured from Sibintun village in Karo district TOPSHOTS-ITALY-FRANCE-TRANSPORT-RAIL-DEMO Sochi 2014 Olympic Flame Arrives in Blagoveshchensk Newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy is seen through a window of a horse-drawn carriage as she arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo APTOPIX Washington Monument President Obama Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom Christmas tree season BESTPIX John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush Attend Symposium On Advancing Afghan Women Fire in Mumbai A survivor looks out from his home, which was damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan, in Palo Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon APTOPIX Philippines Typhoon TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-TYPHOON Muharram celebrations in Myanmar APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians APTOPIX Italy Etna Volcano Eruption Jolie kisses her partner Pitt as she is announced recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards in Hollywood *** BESTPIX *** Cincinnati v Rutgers Action in support of detained Greenpeace activists in St. Petersburg TOPSHOTS-GREECE-HISTORY-UPRISING Bodies of a woman and a child, victims of Typhoon Haiyan float in a see in Tacloban Illinois Daily Life Severe Weather Tornado in Illinois APTOPIX Chile Elections APTOPIX Thailand Festival KCNA photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un providing field guidance at Foodstuff Factory No. 354 of the Korean People's Army Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel Palestinian girl holds her brother inside their family's dwelling in the northern Gaza Strip TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-TYPHOON Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon Daily power outages in Jabaliya TOPSHOTS-MYANMAR-LIFESTYLE-CULTURE-BALLOONS BESTPIX South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Speaks At National Assembly A visitor walks between electric barbed-wired fences at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and former concentration camp APTOPIX Mideast Lebanon Explosion Russian PM Medvedev inspects ORSIS wapons Hibiscus flower is seen on ash-covered plant at Mardingding village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-TYPHOON APTOPIX Brazil Rio 2016 Dirty Olympics Migratory birds fly above a man rowing a boat in the waters of river Yamuna during early morning in old Delhi JORDAN-AMMAN-DEAD SEA Protesting students wearing gas masks and carrying fake guns made of cardboard participate in a demonstration in front of the parliament in Sofia George Zimmerman Appears Before Judge On Recent Aggravated Assault Charges TOPSHOTS-EGYPT-POLITICS-DEMO-UNREST U.S. President Obama holds baby, part of the Kennedy extended family, during a wreath laying in honor of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington US-KENNEDY-50 YEARS-ARLINGTON-OBAMA Pope Francis - General Audience - Nov. 20 2013 A pair of harbour seals wearing satellite linked transmitters face each after being released into the waters of Howe Sound in Porteau Cove Smoke from an erupting undersea volcano forms a new island off the coast of Nishinoshima in the southern Ogasawara chain of islands General Views of Arena Amazonia - FIFA World Cup Venues Brazil 2013 Carmelo Anthony, Paul George Demonstrator on wheelchair shouts in front of riot police during a protest against the construction of high-speed train line TAV, in downtown Rome PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-TYPHOON TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-TYPHOON India Folk Art Paragliders fly in front of Lima's Miraflores district LION CUB PLAYS IN AUTUMN LEAVES A West Highland Terrier walks through the sand dunes on Portstewart Strand as strong winds continue to hit the coastline in Northern Ireland Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a slum area in Mumbai A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he peeks out from a damaged shop in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district APTOPIX Cambodia Daily Life A damaged statue of Jesus Christ that was recovered from rubbles is placed in a church in an area wrecked by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban APTOPIX Philippines Typhoon APTOPIX Philippines Typhoon HORSE RACING - THE PAUL'S PLACE RACEDAY - CHEPSTOW RACECOURSE Female students of Al-Azhar University shout slogans against the military and interior ministry while gesturing with four fingers after last night's clashes as they block Moustafa Al Nahas street in front of Al-Azhar University Campus John Kerry Snow in Switzerland Arlington Nat'l Cemetery Holds Wreath Laying Ceremony Commemorating 50th Anniversary Of JFK's Death Obama JFK Anniversary

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