Pictures Of The Week: These Are The Best Images From Around The World

The Week's Most Powerful Pictures From Around The World
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Pictures of the week brings you the best images over the past seven days from around the world, chosen by our very own photo editors, Elliot Wagland and Tahira Mirza.

Whilst some people enjoyed bonfire night festivities around the UK parts of central London came to a standstill after protestors took to the streets during the ‘Million Mask March’ during which police and demonstrators clashed causing chaotic scenes.

Frustrated British tourists were left stranded in Egypt after flights were suspended from Sharm el-Sheikh over safety concerns.

And hundreds of small crosses bearing a poppy are being planted in the Field of Remembrance to pay tribute to British servicemen and women who lost their lives in conflict ahead of Remembrance day.

Pictures of the week
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An anti-capitalist protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a placard as he stands alongside a burning police car during the 'Million Masks March', organised by the group Anonymous, in London on November 5, 2015. The protest was held on the night of Britain's Guy Fawkes Night, and many of the marchers wore the white masks of the man who plotted to blow up parliament in 1605, now associated with Anonymous. AFP PHOTO / JACK TAYLOR (Photo credit should read JACK TAYLOR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK TAYLOR via Getty Images)
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Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen gestures as she shows a copy of her book 'Gisele' at a bookstore in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 6, 2015. The book commemorates the 20th anniversary of her career. AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NELSON ALMEIDA via Getty Images)
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Almost the entire country awoke on Monday to an eerie but beautiful blanketing of fog.Unless you were in an airport that is, in which case it was just a nuisance as flights around the UK were grounded.For the rest of us though, it was an opportunity for some fairly breathtaking pictures. (credit:Ed Thomas)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Prince Harry meets members of the armed forces and veterans during a Service in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on November 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Spectators use smartphones to photograph an effigy depicting Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron as it is paraded through the streets of Lewes in Sussex, southern England on November 5, 2015, during the traditional Bonfire Night celebrations. Bonfire Night is related to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. Processions held across the South of England culminate in Lewes on November 5, commemorating the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs. Thousands of people attend the parade through the narrow streets until the evening comes to an end with the burning of an effigy, or 'guy,' usually representing Guy Fawkes, who died in 1605 after an unsuccessful attempt to blow up The Houses of Parliament. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a selfie with cadets during a street rally for National Unity Day in Red Square on November 4, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Thousands gathered in Central Moscow for a traditional Soviet-style rally. A national holiday marks the 402nd anniversary of the 1612 expulsion of Polish occupiers from the Kremlin. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) (credit:Sasha Mordovets via Getty Images)
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Jennifer Lawrence attending the UK premiere of The UK Premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 2 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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A surfer rides a big wave during a tow-in surfing session at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. US surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record for the largest wave surfed when he rode a 23.7 metre wave (78-foot) in Nazare in 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) (credit:Armando Franca/AP)
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Mikhail, the grandson of one of the plane crash victims Nina Lushchenko, sits at her grave, during her funeral at a cemetery in the village of Sitnya, 80 km (about 50 miles) of Veliky Novgorod, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. The first victim of Saturday's plane crash in Egypt was laid to rest on Thursday following a funeral service in a medieval church in the north Russian city of Veliky Novgorod. Russia's Airbus 321-200 broke up over the Sinai Peninsula en route from the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, killing all 224 on board. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: (L to R) Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham and Victoria Beckham attend the Burberry Festive film premiere at 121 Regent Street on November 3, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Burberry) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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Actor Daniel Craig takes a selfie for a fan as he walks the red carpet at the regional premiere of the latest James Bond film, "Spectre," at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (credit:Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Two woman bends backwards between two racegoers who have their ties tied together as racegoers play a game of Limbo following 2015 Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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An employee of EasyJet talks to stranded tourists waiting at the airport to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheik, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. The budget carrier had been due to operate 10 flights from the Red Sea resort on Friday, but said eight would not be able to operate because Egypt had suspended British flights from flying into the airport. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A picture shows the Weeping Window poppy installation by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper at St George's Hall in Liverpool, north west England, on November 6, 2015. Liverpool is hosting Cummins and Piper's Weeping Window installation in 2015 presented by 14-18 NOW, the national organisers of the First World War Centenary Cultural Programme, giving people the chance to see up-close a section of the iconic 2014 installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red which was created to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS -- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
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People queue in order to board a ferry at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Thousands of migrants and refugees were allowed to board vessels in Mytilene on Friday, as Greek ferries ended a strike that had left them trapped on eastern Aegean islands. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters stand at the site where a regional train collided with a truck near Freihung, east of Nuremberg, southern Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Several people were killed or injured in the crash. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People opposing Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi gather outside Downing Street in London ahead of his meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, London, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. The Egyptian President is on a three day visit to the country. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Katy Perry performs at the David Lynch Foundation Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Robert Altman /Invision/AP) (credit:Robert Altman/Invision/AP)
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The sun streaks through the fall foliage at sunrise along the Potomac River in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2016 on a warm fall day in the nation's Capitol area. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (credit:J. David Ake/AP)
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Red clouds are seen over the ancient Acropolis hill as the sun sets in the city of Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (credit:Petros Giannakouris/AP)
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Nepalese policemen attend to a colleague whose eye was injured by a stone thrown by protestors at Maisthan Chowk in Birgunj, a town on the border with India, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Birgunj after police shot at ethnic protesters Monday who attacked a police station with gasoline bomb and stones on Nepal's southern border, killing an Indian man who was among the attackers, Nepalese officials said. (AP Photo/Jiyalal Sah) (credit:Jiyalal Sah/AP)
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SKINNINGROVE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Hundreds of people stand on nearby cliffs as fireworks expode in the night sky as they attend the annual bonfire and fireworks display on November 5, 2015 in Skinningrove, England. The theme this year for this popular display is the fishing heritage of Skinningrove. A huge wooden fishing boat was built by the local community over the days leading up to the bonfire using donated wood and it formed the main focus of the display. Skinningrove is a small village situated on the northeast coast of England between Whitby and Saltburn. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Forsyth via Getty Images)
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A child with a Hallowen Pumpkin carved among the decorates graves with flowers and candles at a cemetery in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan State, Mexico on November 1, 2015 during the commemoration of Mexico's All-Saints' Day. The traditional Mexican holiday honors the dead and is celebrated annually. AFP PHOTO / Enrique Castro (Photo credit should read ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ENRIQUE CASTRO via Getty Images)
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GLEN ETIVE, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 04: Scottish red deer graze following the end of the rutting season on November 4, 2015 in Glen Etive, Scotland. The rutting season sees the large red deer stags compete against each other for mating rights and can be heard roaring and bellowing in an attempt to attract the hinds. The rut draws to a close in early November when the males will spend the winter feeding to regain strength for the following year's season. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - NOVEMBER 1: Tracy Stevens poses for photos during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration, November 1, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A 'Catrina parade' was featured, which officials said would break a world record for people dressed as 'La Calavera Catrinas' and 'Catrins'. The world record for the most in one place is 509 by Mexico City. (Photo by J Pat Carter/Getty Images) (credit:J Pat Carter via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Remembrance crosses stand in the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey ahead of it's official opening, on November 3, 2015 in London, England. Hundreds of small crosses bearing a poppy are being planted in the Field of Remembrance to pay tribute to British servicemen and women who have lost their lives in conflict. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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A deer stands on a field covered in spiders' silk as sun sets on November 2, 2015 in Sieversdorf, northeastern Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PATRICK PLEUL +++ GERMANY OUT +++ (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 02: Participants balance on slacklines set up between rocks in the Cantagalo favela community during the Highgirls Brasil festival on November 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was femaled-focused and allowed men to participate in female attire. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0358 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Jimmy Fallon and actor Bryan Cranston during the 'Suspended Suspense' sketch on November 2, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) (credit:NBC via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 02: A view of the Eiffel Tower and the city surrounded by high levels of air pollution on November 02, 2015 in Paris, France. The COP21 climate conference will run from the 30 November to the 11 December 2015 in Paris. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) (credit:Chesnot via Getty Images)
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Firefighters and animal rescuers inspect the carcasses of long-finned pilot whales stranded on a beach in the northern French city of Calais on November 2, 2015. Ten beached whales, including a dominant male of 4,5m in length, were discovered in the early morning. Six of the whales had already died by the time firefighters and members of the local Animal Protection League (LPA) got to the scene, but they were able to revive four of the mammals, including two calves, and helped them return to the sea. AFP PHOTO / DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DENIS CHARLET via Getty Images)
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A man looks at candles and flowers in Simferopol on November 1, 2015 in memory of the victims of a jetliner crash. Russia mourned its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt broke up 'in the air', an investigator said on November 1, as the bodies of many of the 224 people killed on board were flown home. AFP PHOTO / MAX VETROV (Photo credit should read MAX VETROV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAX VETROV via Getty Images)
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A cat plays with leaves in autumnal colors on November 1, 2015 in Sieversdorf, northeastern Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PATRICK PLEUL +++ GERMANY OUT +++ (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
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SUEZ, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 01: A plane part is seen as the Egyptian officials inspect the crash site of Russian Airliner in Suez, Egypt on November 01, 2015. A Russian Airbus-321 airliner with 224 people aboard crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on yesterday. According to Egypts Civil Aviation Authority, the plane had been lost contact with air-traffic controllers shortly after taking off from the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh en route to St Petersburg. (Photo by Alaa El Kassas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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LEWES, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Members of local Bonfire societies parade through the streets of Lewes carrying lit crosses to celebrate Bonfire night on November 5, 2015 in Lewes, England. The Bonfire Night celebrations usually attracts thousands of people and is one of the largest gatherings in the UK. Celebrity effigies are burned as 'Guys' and this year they include David Cameron holding a pig's head and Fifa boss Sepp Blatter. (Photo by Stephen Bardens/Getty Images) (credit:Stephen Bardens via Getty Images)
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A man is detained by police on Regent Street in London during the Million Mask March bonfire night protest organised by activist group Anonymous. (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
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Bryce Roberts, from the Devonshire village of Ottery St Mary as his jumper caught fire whilst he carried the traditional Tar Barrel through the streets of the village on Bonfire night. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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An employee of EasyJet talks to stranded tourists waiting at the airport to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh, south Sinai, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. The budget carrier had been due to operate 10 flights from the Red Sea resort on Friday, but said eight would not be able to operate because Egypt had suspended British flights from flying into the airport. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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British Airways planes on the ground at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, as dozens of flights have been cancelled at the airport due to thick fog. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)

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