The Week in Pictures: Nov. 1 - 8 2018, NBC News

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Midterm enthusiasm

Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally on Nov. 4, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

— Evan Vucci / AP

Poolside voting

Sarah Salem, 34, swims as voters cast their ballots at Echo Deep Pool on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles.

— Jae C. Hong / AP

Training the next generation

Kristen Leach votes with her six-month-old daughter, Nora, on election day in Atlanta on Nov. 6.

— David Goldman / AP

California shooting

People comfort each other after a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California on Nov. 8.

A Marine veteran clad in black and armed with a .45-caliber Glock handgun shot his way into a Southern California bar crowded with college students and unleashed hell before turning the gun on himself, officials said Thursday.

When it was over, 12 others, including a sheriff's sergeant who tried to stop the carnage, were also dead and many more were wounded.

— Ringo Chiu / Reuters

Festival of lights

Sikh devotees light diyas, or earthen lamps, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on Nov. 7.

Sikhs celebrate "Bandi Chhor Divas" on the same day as Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, to mark the historic return of the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind.

— Narinder Nanu / AFP - Getty Images

Pelicans from above

Pelicans stand in Lake Marmara in Manisa, Turkey on Nov. 8.

— Tolga Bozoglu / EPA

Contentious news conference

A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions President Donald Trump during a news conference at the White House on Nov. 7.

President Trump's ongoing feud with Acosta, CNN's chief White House correspondent, boiled over on Wednesday, with Trump verbally berating the journalist before the White House ultimately suspended his press access.

— Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Village and city

The rising sun lights up a foggy sky over Frankfurt, Germany, on Nov. 7.

— Boris Roessler / dpa via AFP - Getty Images

Remembering 1941

Russian honor guards march in Moscow's Red Square on Nov. 7.

Russia marked the 77th anniversary of the 1941 march of Red Army soldiers past the Kremlin walls towards the front line to fight Nazi troops during World War II.

— Mladen Antonov / AFP - Getty Images

Fire in Paradise

A home burns as the Camp Fire moves through the area on Nov. 8 in Paradise, California.

A wildfire fueled by strong winds raced across communities in the Sierra foothills in Northern California on Thursday, devastating the city of Paradise and sending thousands of residents fleeing for their lives, authorities said.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Marathon blur

Runners head across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon in Staten Island on Nov. 4.

— Alba Vigaray / EPA

Election night

Democratic supporters cheer results during a midterm election night party on Nov. 6 in Washington.

— Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images

Future voters

Tallahassee mayor and Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum casts his ballot with his four-year-old twins Caroline, left, and Jackson on Election Day on Nov. 6 in Tallahassee.

— Mark Wallheiser / Getty Images

Fallen hero

A motorcade procession transports the body of Sheriff's Sergeant Ron Helus, the first victim named in the mass shooting at a country bar in Thousand Oaks, California, on Nov. 8.

Hundreds of people lined the streets to pay their respects as his body was taken by motorcade from the hospital to the coroner's office.

— Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images