Week in pictures: 28 November - 4 December 2020 - BBC News

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Lightning bolts are seen in a dark sky above an empty football stadium
SILVIO AVILA / AFP

Lightning bolts streak the sky above the empty Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil, before the start of the Copa Libertadores football match between Brazil's Internacional and Argentina's Boca Juniors.

An artist uses a crane to paint a large mural of Maradona on the side of a building
JUAN MABROMATA / AFP

Street artist Alfredo Segatori paints a mural of the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires. Argentina held three days of mourning after Maradona died on 25 November at the age of 60.

People watch a volcano spewing a huge column of ash
JOY CHRISTIAN / AFP

Residents watch Mount Ili Lewotolok spew ash during a volcanic eruption in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Thousands fled as the eruption sent a column of ash and smoke 4km (2.5 miles) into the sky.

Soldiers wearing face masks kneel around a decorated coffin
HAMED MALEKPOUR / AFP

Members of the Iranian armed forces pray around the coffin of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during a burial ceremony at Imamzadeh Saleh shrine in northern Tehran. The scientist was killed in a mysterious attack on a road outside the capital and was given a state funeral with full military honours.

A man waves a whip at an animal with a sunset in the background
BAZ RATNER / REUTERS

A man waves a whip as he rides a camel near the village of Wad al Hulaywah, Sudan.

Five gymnasts perform gymnastic movements with red balls
SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP

The Azerbaijan gymnastic team competes in the final five balls event during the 36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.

People standing on a large building platform are silhouetted by the moon
GARY HERSHORN / GETTY IMAGES

The moon rises behind people standing on the Edge Observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards in New York City.

French riot police and protesters violently clash in a street
THOMAS COEX / AFP

French riot police clash with protesters in Paris during a demonstration against Article 24 of a new security bill. The article makes it a criminal offence to publish images of on-duty police officers with the intent to harm their "physical or psychological integrity". There are fears the new law could stop people exposing police brutality.

Pigeons are silhouetted against the sky around a large archway
PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP

Pigeons fly over the Gateway of India at sunrise in Mumbai.

A robin sits on a holly tree
KEN JACK / GETTY IMAGES

A robin sits on a holly branch at the RSPB's Loch Leven nature reserve in Kinross, Scotland.