The World This Week

Images from around the world, showing the current and interesting events of the week that went by. (Pics- AFP)


UNITED STATES: The image obtained from the US Coast Guard, shows areas of Long Island, New York, damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Many of the storm victims were killed by falling trees uprooted by the torrential wind and rains unleashed by the massive storm.


UNITED STATES: Young children pose next to their pumpkins after carving them for Halloween celebrations.


UNITED KINGDOM: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for campaigning for the right to education, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham sitting on her bed and holding hands with her father and brothers.


ITALY: Tourists sit at a cafe terrace on a flooded St Mark's square during a "acqua alta" in Venice. The "acqua alta", a convergence of high tides and a strong sirocco, had reached 127 centimeters.


UNITED STATES: US President Barack Obama holds a baby as he greets supporters during an election campaign rally at the Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 1.


CHINA: A young girl plays at Shanghai's first Angry Birds Activity Park at Tongji University in Shanghai. The creators of the popular game "Angry Birds", Rovio Entertainment, plans to open its first theme park in Asia by early next year in Haining city, Zhejiang province, which neighbours China's commercial hub of Shanghai.

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