TIMES's Best Pictures of the Week: November 15 – November 22, 2013

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Nathan Weber for TIME
Nov. 18, 2013. An aerial image shows the devastation caused by a tornado which struck the town of Washington, Ill., over the weekend.





Jeff Chiu—AP
Nov. 15, 2013. Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, runs with Batman after saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco.





Adam Dean—Panos for TIME
Nov. 16, 2013. People play by a fire in a neighborhood destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, the Philippines.





Ben Stansall—AFP/Getty Images
Nov.22, 2013. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy attends a memorial service in Runnymede, Surrey to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination.\\\





Jacquelyn Martin—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 22, 2013. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder pays his respects at the grave of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death.





Roni Bintang—Reuters
Nov. 18, 2013. A woman looks on as Mount Sinabung spews ash, as pictured from Sibintun village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province.





Marco Bertorello—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 16, 2013. A demonstrator kisses a riot police officer during a protest in Susa, Italy against the high-speed train (TAV in Italian) line between Lyon and Turin.





Ivan Belozyorov—Zuma Press
Nov. 19, 2013. Athletes swim with the Olympic flame in the Amur River on Day 44 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay in Blagoveshchensk, Russia.





Issei Kato—Reuters
Nov. 19, 2013. Newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) is seen through a window of a horse-drawn carriage as she arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to present her credentials to Japan's Emperor Akihito.





Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP
Nov. 18, 2013. Work crews continue removing the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument in Washington.

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Alex Wong—Getty Images
Nov. 20, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former U.S. President Bill Clinton in the East Room at the White House in Washington.





Axel Heimken—DPA/Corbis
Nov. 15, 2013. Wrapped up Christmas trees are piled up in Germany.





Mark Wilson—Getty Images
Nov. 15, 2013. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stands back stage as she listens to her introduction before speaking about the women of Afghanistan, at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.





Divyakant Solanki—EPA
Nov. 21, 2013. An Indian woman cries while her baby is missing after a fire in Ambedkar Nagar slum in Mumbai, India, No casualties have been reported.





Damir Sagolj—Reuters
Nov. 15, 2013. A survivor looks out from his home, which was damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan, in Palo, south of Tacloban.





Dan Kitwood—Getty Images
Nov. 15, 2013. Francisco Quiza is treated in Tacloban Hospital in Leyte, Philippines.





David Guttenfelder—AP
Nov. 15, 2013. A boy runs through the smoke of a cooking fire in the typhoon-shattered town of Guiuan, Philippines.





Nicolas Asfouri—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 15, 2013 Marelom Cassanares, 37, with five children and no home cries at the grave of her husband in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Palo, the outskirts of Tacloban, the Philippines.





Lynn Bo Bo—EPA
Nov. 15, 2013. A young Shiite Muslim boy hits his chest himself as Muslim men also hit themselves during a Muharram procession ahead Ashura, Yangon, Myanmar.





Nasser Nasser—AP
Nov. 16, 2013. A Palestinian youth covers his ears while gunmen pass by shooting in the air, during a military parade commemorating the ninth anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died Nov. 11, 2004, at the Qalandia refugee camp, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Carmelo Imbesi—AP
Nov. 16, 2013. Mt. Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava as smoke billows during an eruption as seen from Acireale, near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy.





Mario Anzuoni—Reuters
Nov. 16, 2013. Actress Angelina Jolie kisses her partner, actor Brad Pitt, as she is announced recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 5th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, Calif.





Rich Schultz—Getty Images
Nov. 16, 2013. Johnathan Aiken #26 of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights carries the American flag out as he leads his team onto the field before the start of their game against the Cincinnati Bearcats at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J.





Ruslan Shamukov—ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis
Nov. 16, 2013. A Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear seen during an action in support of the Arctic Sunrise crew members who were detained after trying to board Prirazlomnaya offshore oil platform in the Sea of Pechora to protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, in St. Petersberg, Russia.





Aris Messinisaris—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 17, 2013. A protester holds a banner in the center of Athens during a march commemorating the 1973 students uprising against the military junta, in Greece.





John Javellana—Reuters
Nov. 16, 2013. Bodies of a woman and a child, victims of Typhoon Haiyan, float at sea near Tacloban.





John Dixon—AP
Nov. 17, 2013. A tornado, two miles west of Flatville, Ill., moves northeast at 12:51pm.





David Zalaznik—AP
Nov. 17, 2013. A Washington firefighter peers into the home of a fellow firefighter whose home was destroyed when a tornado swept through Washington, Ill.





Zbigniew Bzdak—Zuma Press
Nov. 17, 2013. The remains of the home belonging to Lindsay and Ben Dubois on North Main Street in Washington, Ill., are seen after a tornado swept through the area.





Victor R. Caivano—AP
Nov. 17, 2013. A child looks from underneath a voting booth during Chile's general elections at a polling station at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile.

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Vincent Thian—AP
Nov. 17, 2013. Buddhist monks prepare to release sky lantern after a blessing ceremony during the Loy Krathong Festival at a temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.





KCNA/Reuters
Nov. 17, 2013. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a biscuit as he provides field guidance at Foodstuff Factory No. 354 of the Korean People's Army in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.





Dmitry Lovetsky—AP
Nov. 18, 2013. Greenpeace International activist Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel of Brazil sits behind bars during a court hearing to consider the request to extend the detention of 30 members of the Arctic Sunrise Greenpeace International ship in St. Petersburg, Russia.





Mohammed Salem—Reuters
Nov. 18, 2013. A Palestinian girl holds her brother inside their family's dwelling in the northern Gaza Strip.





Nicolas Asfouri—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 18, 2013. A typhoon victim crosses a damaged bridge bridge in Palo, the Philippines.





Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 18, 2013. Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte over one week after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the area.





Dan Kitwood—Getty Images
Nov. 18, 2013. A family gather around a grave of a relative that was killed when Typhoon Haiyan struck their home in Leyte, Philippines.





Dan Kitwood—Getty Images
Nov. 18, 2013. Children play on swings next to the sea wall in Basey on in Samar, the Philippines.





Ali Ali—EPA
Nov. 18, 2013. A Palestinian girl holds a candle inside her family's house during a power cut in Jabaliya refugee camp, in northern Gaza Strip.





Ye Aung Thu—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 18, 2013. Participants celebrate after releasing a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State.

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Chung Sung-Jun—Getty Images
November 18, 2013. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye bows her head as speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. President Park Geun-Hye today announced that she would "respect and accept" her rival parties agreement after the allegations that state agencies attempted to tamper with last year's presidential race.





Kacper Pempel—Reuters
Nov. 18, 2013. A visitor walks between electric barbed-wired fences at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and former concentration camp in Poland.





Bilal Hussein—AP
Nov. 19, 2013. Lebanese Red Cross workers, carry a dead body at the scene where two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy killing many, in Beirut, Lebanon.





Dmitry Astakhov—Ria Novosti/Government Press/EPA
Nov. 19, 2013. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) inspects an unspecified model of Russian weapons manufacturer ORSIS as Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin (L) looks on during his visit to the Promtechnologies Group in Moscow.





Roni Bintang—Reuters
Nov. 19, 2013. A hibiscus flower is seen on an volcanic ash-covered plant at Mardingding village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province.





Dan Kitwood—Getty Images
Nov. 19, 2013. A man fans the flames of a fire in Leyte, Philippines.





Odd Andersen—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 19, 2013. A young girl plays with a balloon in the rubble where her family's house was flattened by an uprooted coconut tree during typhoon Haiyan on the outskirts of Tacloban, the Philippines.





Felipe Dana—AP
Nov. 19, 2013. Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay in the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.





Mansi Thapliyal—Reuters
Nov. 19, 2013. Migratory birds fly above a man rowing a boat in the waters of river Yamuna during early morning in old Delhi, India.





Mohammad Abu Ghosh—Xinhua/Landov
Nov. 19, 2013. Bathers swim in the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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Stoyan Nenov—Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. Protesting students wearing gas masks and carrying fake guns made of cardboard participate in a demonstration in front of the parliament in Sofia, Bulgaria.





Ilya Naymushin—Reuters
Nov. 19, 2013. A member of the "Ranetka" private family club takes a medical-cosmetic massage using the Achatina fulica snail, also known as the Giant African land snail, at the club in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.





Getty Images
Nov. 19, 2013. George Zimmerman, the acquitted shooter in the death of Trayvon Martin, leaves Courtroom J2 with his defense counsel Daniel Megaro (left) and Jeff Dowdy after a first-appearance hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend in Sanford, Fla.





Mahmoud Khaled—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 19, 2013. A masked Egyptian man aims his gun as he stands among fellow anti-military demonstrators marking the anniversary of protests against the military in 2011, which ignited deadly clashes with security forces, in Cairo.





Jason Reed—Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama holds a baby, part of the Kennedy extended family, during a wreath laying in honor of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.





Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 20, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama read an inscription after taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.





Evandro Inetti—Zuma Press
Nov. 20, 2013. Pope Francis blesses a sick man with deformed facial features after his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.





Andy Clark—Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. A pair of harbour seals wearing satellite linked transmitters on their heads face each after being released into the waters of Howe Sound in Porteau Cove, British Columbia.





Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. Smoke from an erupting undersea volcano forms a new island off the coast of Nishinoshima (top L), a small uninhabited island, in the southern Ogasawara chain of islands in this picture provided by the Japan Coast Guard.





Mario Tama—Getty Images,
Nov. 20, 2013. People play football and basketball in Manaus, Brazil.

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Kathy Willens—AP
Nov. 20, 2013. New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony (7) sends Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) to the floor in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York.





Alessandro Bianchi—Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. A demonstrator on a wheelchair shouts in front of riot police during a protest against the construction of high-speed train line TAV, which will link Turin in northern Italy to Lyon in France, in downtown Rome.





Odd Andersen—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 20, 2013. The mother of premature baby Vothuan rests sitting by her cot in the children's and maternity ward at the Eastern Visayas Medical Centre in Tacloban, Philippines.





Odd Andersen—AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 20, 2013. A child sleeps on a camping bed outside the overcrowded children's and maternity ward at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban, Philippines.





Rajesh Kumar Singh—AP
Nov. 20, 2013. A folk artist from India's northern Uttar Pradesh state performs during a procession held as part of the ongoing all India multilingual short play, folk dance competition and theater seminar in Allahabad, India.





Mariana Bazo—Reuters
Nov. 20, 2013. Paragliders fly in front of Lima's Miraflores district, Peru.





Andrew Milligan—PA Photos /Landov
Nov. 20, 2013. Karis, an eleven week old lion cub, plays in fallen leaves brushed up by keepers in her enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, central Scotland.





Cathal McNaughton—Reuters
Nov. 21, 2013. A West Highland Terrier walks through the sand dunes on Portstewart Strand as strong winds continue to hit the coastline in Northern Ireland.





Danish Siddiqui—Reuters
Nov. 21, 2013. Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a slum area in Mumbai.





Molhem Barakat—Reuters
Nov. 21, 2013, A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he peeks out from a damaged shop in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district, Syria.

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Heng Sinith—AP
Nov. 21, 2013. A Cambodian boy jumps from a tree into a pond at a rice paddy farm on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia,





Damir Sagolj—Reuters
Nov. 21, 2013. A damaged statue of Jesus Christ that was recovered from rubble is placed in a church in an area wrecked by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines.





Dita Alangkara—AP
Nov. 21, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan survivors rush towards a Philippine Air Force helicopter delivering relief goods in Tolosa, Philippines.





Dita Alangkara—AP
Nov. 21, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan survivors wait for their evacuation flights at the airport in Tacloban, Philippines.





David Davies—PA Photos/Landov
Nov. 21, 2013. Andy Smith on his way to victory in the second heat during The William Hill Camel Derby at Chepstow Racecourse, England.





Amr Dalsh—Reuters
Nov. 21, 2013. Female students of Al-Azhar University, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, shout slogans against the military and interior ministry while gesturing with four fingers after last night's clashes as they block Moustafa Al Nahas street in front of Al-Azhar University Campus at Cairo's Nasr City district.





Jacquelyn Martin—AP
Nov. 21, 2013, With a sign language interpreter in the foreground, Secretary of State John Kerry, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.





Aline Staub—EPA
Nov. 21, 2013, Footprints in fresh snow are seen in Lausanne, Switzerland.





Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images
Nov. 22, 2013, Members of the armed forces color guard perform a walk-through ahead of a wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesite of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.





Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP
Nov. 22, 2013. A flag flies at half-staff above the White House in Washington, early Friday morning, President Barack Obama ordered that flags be lowered at government buildings to mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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