The World This Week in Photos
Shiites mark Ashura; Russian soldiers prepare for a parade; and a debutante ball in London.
A child takes a dip with his father at the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, a Sikh house of worship, in New Delhi, India, Nov. 6.
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Russian soldiers rehearse for a march dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of a major 1941 military parade in Moscow, Nov. 1.
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A mural shows a kiss between former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and former East German leader Erich Honecker at an original section of the Berlin Wall, Nov. 7.
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Pakistani Shiites flagellate themselves during a mourning procession on Ashura, Nov. 4.
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Workers fill jars with rice wine in Shaoxing, China, Nov. 6.
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Shiite girls at a ceremony marking Ashura, in Sanabis, Bahrain, Nov. 4.
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Sheep are herded past Madrid’s Plaza Cibeles during an annual livestock migration festival, Nov. 2.
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Indian Sikh pilgrims wave from a train bound for Pakistan at the Attari International Railway Station, about 20 miles from Amritsar, Nov. 4.
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Debutantes make their first performance before an audience in Old Billingsgate Hall, London, Nov. 2.
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Hindu widows gather at a rest house Bhubaneswar, India, ahead of the festival of Kartik Purnima, Nov. 2.
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Men lead a cow past the site of landslide in Koslanda, Sri Lanka, Oct. 31.
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Protesters and police clash in Nantes, France, Nov. 1. Demonstrators gathered to protest police violence following the death of an environmental activist during an earlier confrontation with police.
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Shiite women prepare food for participants in a ceremony marking Ashura in al-Malikiyah, Bahrain, Oct. 31.
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An installation of 3,000 candle-lit pumpkins set up along the canal-side steps at Granary Square in London, Oct. 31.
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Palestinian youth clash with police at East Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp, Nov. 5.
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Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinian Muslims perform Friday prayers on a street in East Jerusalem, Oct. 31.
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Pro-Russian separatists at a checkpoint near the village of Frunze, Ukraine, Nov. 4.
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A huntsman from the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt leads the hounds during the opening meet of the season at Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England, Nov. 1.
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A boy jumps off a mound of dirt in San Antonio, Samar, Philippines, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the landfall of Typhoon Haiyan, Nov. 6
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