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Pictures of the Week: November 22 – November 29

From the Pope meeting Putin and the Central African Republic nearing the brink of civil war to Cyber Monday preparations and passing the Olympic Flame under water, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From the Pope meeting Putin and the Central African Republic nearing the brink of civil war to Cyber Monday preparations and passing the Olympic Flame under water, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Worker gathers items for delivery at Amazon's distribution center in Phoenix TOPSHOTS-UAE-CAMEL-DESERT-NATURE-TOURISM Supporters of ASWJ raise their hands during a protest in Karachi APTOPIX Chicago Daily Life Putin visits Pope Francis TOPSHOTS-CHILE-PRIMATE CENTER APTOPIX Indonesia Volcano PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-HAIYAN LIBYA-UNREST-BENGHAZI Musician Lady Gaga arrives atop a horse puppet at the 41st American Music Awards in Los Angeles The 50th: Honoring the Memory of President John F. Kennedy Remembering JFK 50 Years Later Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon Supporters of ASWJ attend a protest in Islamabad Shi'ite fighters, fighting along forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, take up position on the front line near the Sayyede Zinab area in Damascus Children peek through a curtain into a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in New York Gaza: Schoolboys Play on Rubbles of Bombed Plant APTOPIX Spain Financial Crisis SRI-LANKA-WILDLIFE-ELEPHANT Australia's Warner celebrates his century next to England's Root during the third day's play of the first Ashes cricket test match in Brisbane TOPSHOTS-UKRAINE-POLITICS-EU-OPPOSITION-POLICE A torchbearer dives with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games torch in Lake Baikal US Secretary of State Kerry hugs European Union foreign policy chief Ashton after she delivered a statement during a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva A boy stands between supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party, as they perform evening prayers during a protest in Karachi An anti-deportation protester shouts against Obama during event on immigration reform in San Francsico Florida News - Nov. 25, 2013 The BIrds In The Scottish Borders A Philippine Air Forces helicopter drops relief supplies for Typhoon Haiyan survivors in Barangay San Antonio Hlaing river Workers clean up leaked oil after an oil pipeline explosion last week in Qingdao Militia fighters known as anti-balaka stand guard in Mbakate village A car drives past as a woman standing amidst thick steam after hot water leaked from a heating pipeline onto a street in Taiyuan Actress Fernanda Montenegro poses for photographers backstage with her Best Actress award during the 41st International Emmy Awards in New York APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life Over 18,000 Displaced By Mount Sinabung Eruptions Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan rush to grab relief supplies as they are dropped by Philippine Air Forces helicopter at Barangay San Antonio CORRECTION Turkey Pardon BESTPIX Sedgemoor Winter Fair Of Livestock Coalition talks in Berlin London 2012 Athletes Village Transformed To Welcome Its First Residents Late Autumn Sun Rises Over The Somerset Levels Afghanistan A mourner wears a poster of late Yemeni parliament member Jedban during his funeral in Sanaa Bangladesh Elections News - Nov. 26, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Cheviot Hills baseball park in Los Angeles Mideast Israel Tree Climbing Lion BESTPIX Nicky Henderson Stable Visit Two-year-old giant panda twins play inside a zoo in Hangzhou Anti-narcotics police officers guard on top of a hill near an oven during a drug incineration in Lima India Body Building Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi delivers a speech from the stage in downtown Rome Oleh Tyahnybok, Vitali Klitschko ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT APTOPIX Vatican Cold Pope A dismantled Airbus A300 is seen through a window of a Boeing 747 in the recycling yard of Air Salvage International (ASI) in Kemble The chains around the ankle of eleven-year-old He Zili is seen in his home in Zhejiang province The Elf on the Shelf balloon floats down Sixth Avenue during the 87th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Workers clean and maintain the glass canopy of the Ocean Financial Center office building at the central business district of Singapore Pakistan Daily Life Anti-government protesters give roses, through razor wire, to the security personnel guarding the Defense Ministry in Bangkok Smoke rises after what activists said was a government jet dropping barrel bombs at Qadi Askar district, in Aleppo

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