Photos Of The Week #46
Iranian protesters gather around a burning motorcycle during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan on November 16. (AFP)
A man with a mask walks in a flooded street during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, on November 17. (Reuters/Manuel Silvestri)
A Belarusian farmer tastes honey made by wild bees in the trunk of a tree in a forest near the village of Sakaloyka. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
Around 250,000 people attended a protest on November 16 against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague. (AFP/Michal Cizek)
A woman sits in a chair in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice. The high-water mark hit 187 centimeters, meaning more than 85 percent of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 194 centimeters during infamous flooding in 1966. (AP/Luca Bruno)
Fidan Aliti (left) of Kosovo shows his dejection after losing 2-1 in a UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier soccer match against the Czech Republic in Plzen on November 14. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)
An Iraqi demonstrator runs as he carries a tear-gas canister during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad on November 14. (Reuters/Alaa al-Marjani)
Afghan children stand at a brick-making factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (Reuters/Parwiz)
A firefighter sprays water after a car bomb in the city of Qamishli in northern Syria. (AP/Baderkhan Ahmad)
An anti-government protester holds a Lebanese flag while standing in front of burning tires blocking a road in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
A woman is silhouetted as she walks toward a flooded St. Mark's Square during an exceptionally high tide in Venice, Italy. (AP/Luca Bruno)
People take part in a rally in Chisinau to support Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu whose government was brought down by a no-confidence vote on November 12. (epa-EFE/Dumitru Doru)
Afghan men make sweets at a traditional factory in Nangarhar Province. (Reuters/Parwiz)
Sikh devotees light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in Amritsar, India, on November 12. (AP/Prabhjot Gill)
A demonstrator dives to the ground after being hit by spray from a water cannon during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)
People burn flares during a march marking Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw on November 11. (Reuters/Dawid Zuchowicz)
A Muslim dervish sings a traditional Sufi song in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP/K.M. Chaudary)
A girl practices yoga on the banks of Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. (Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski)
A Romanian boy peeks out of a voting booth while waiting for his mother to mark her ballot at a polling station in Bucharest during the first round of a presidential election on November 10. (epa-EFE/Robert Ghement)
A riot officer tries to subdue a protester during an anti-government demonstration in Hong Kong. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in central Baghdad. At least 320 protesters have been killed by security forces since the protests and unrest over corruption and worsening living conditions began last month. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
Workers from the Afghan Independent Election Commission count ballot papers in Herat from the country's September 28 presidential election. The commission plans to recount and audit the votes from more than 8,000 of 26,000 polling stations. The release of the results has been hampered by widespread accusations of misconduct during voting and technical problems with transferring ballot papers and data from the biometric voter-verification system. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)