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Nov 28, 2016The Photos Of 2016 Week 48

Here's our selection of images from around the world from the last seven days.

People stand in line to pay tribute to Cuba's late President Fidel Castro in Revolution Square in Havana CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and volcano observations division director Koji Nakamura points at a map showing earthquake information during a news conference in Tokyo TORU HANAI/REUTERS

Rescue offials at the scene of a school bus crash involving several fatalities in Chattanooga HANDOUT/REUTERS

A tidal surge is seen in Sunaoshi River after tsunami advisories were issued following an earthquake in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture KYODO/REUTERS

A fireman tries to extinguish a fully developed fire at a plastic factory in Istanbul OSMAN ORSAL/REUTERS

A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis testing in a high-tech tuberculosis lab in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru May 19, 2016. MARIANA BAZO/REUTERS

Britain's Prime Minister May greets Belgian Prime Minister Michel at Downing Street in London STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS

Staff unload the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft from a cargo aircraft in Duebendorf ARND WIEGMANN/REUTERS

A British Royal navy sailor works on deck ahead of a visit by Israeli Defence Minister Lieberman onboard the British Royal Navy's HMS Bulwark docked in Haifa port BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

Frozen turkey is dropped into deep fryer and creates a large fireball at a food safety demonstration in Rockville GARY CAMERON/REUTERS

A light installation is seen on the Palm House at Kew Gardens in west London EDDIE KEOGH/REUTERS

An indigenous man from the Pataxo tribe occupies the entrance of the Planalto Palace during a protest of indigenous people from various tribes against agribusinesses and in demand of the demarcation of their ancestral lands, in Brasilia UESLEI MARCELINO/REUTERS

Models pose for a photograph in a tunnel of lights at Kew Gardens in west London EDDIE KEOGH/REUTERS

Dortmund's Nuri Sahin scores against Warszawa. WOLFGANG RATTAY/REUTERS

Singer Ross is hugged by U.S. President Obama before he awards her a Presidential Medal of Freedom during White House ceremony in Washington YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS

A man swims in Yangtze River among water spray, on a cold weather day in Wuhan DARLEY SHEN/REUTERS

A woman paints the floor of a pond as her child pulls at her saree in Delhi CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/REUTERS

Displaced Iraqi man, who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, rests at Khazer camp MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS

MP Jo Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater and her mother and father Jean Leadbeater and Gordon Leadbeater embrace outside the Old Bailey courthouse after the conviction and sentencing of Thomas Mair for their daughter's murder, in London NEIL HALL/REUTERS

Oilfields burned by Islamic State fighters are seen in Qayyara, south of Mosul GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

The light installation "Run Beyond" by Angelo Bonello is pictured ahead of the opening of the Lausanne Lumieres light festival in Lausanne DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS

Electricity pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Montmartre Sacre Coeur Basilica from Roissy at sunset CHARLES PLATIAU/REUTERS

U.S. President Barack Obama reacts after pardoning the National Thanksgiving turkey during the 69th annual presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama serve Thanksgiving dinner to residents of AFRH in Washington CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A tourist is seen during the first November snowfall in 54 years in Tokyo TORU HANAI/REUTERS

People queue as they wait for their turn to exchange or deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Jammu MUKESH GUPTA/REUTERS

A combination picture shows a Buddha head entwined within the roots of a tree (C) and the remains of Buddha statues in the ruins of the ancient city of Ayutthaya JORGE SILVA/REUTERS

Rapper and poet Jitsvinger walks across a pedestrian overpass in the Woodstock area of Cape Town, South Africa, September 28, 2016. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS

A combination photo shows various scrap collectors delivering recyclables on tricycles to a recycling yard at the edge of Beijing, China, August 30, 2016. THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Cars burnt during a wildfire are seen in the northern city of Haifa, Israel BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

A Hello Kitty float makes its way down 6th Avenue during the 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York SAUL MARTINEZ/REUTERS

A man reacts at the site of a suicide truck bomb attack, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla south of Baghdad ALAA AL-MARJANI/REUTERS

A bird flies above a paddock that has been ploughed on a farm located on the outskirts of the Tasmanian capital city of Launceston DAVID GRAY/REUTERS

Shoppers reach out for television sets as they compete to purchase retail items on Black Friday at a store in Sao Paulo NACHO DOCE/REUTERS

A living room burnt in Thursday's fire is pictured in the northern city of Haifa AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

People look at the Po river in Turin GIORGIO PEROTTINO/REUTERS

French climber Alain Robert, also known as "The French Spiderman", scales the 38-story skyscraper Torre Agbar in Barcelona ALBERT GEA/REUTERS

A firefighter sprays water around a house in Nataf as wildfire burns on the hills and mountains around it, outside Jerusalem AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

A boy carries his sister’s pram after his house was burnt in a fire that broke out in a slum area in Jammu MUKESH GUPTA/REUTERS

Cuba's President Raul Castro announces the death of his brother, revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, on government television in Havana HANDOUT/REUTERS

Buddhist monks and nuns hold lanterns at a protest calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS

People attend a protest calling for Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS

A participant has her make-up done during a traditional Chinese opera competition at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Guests enjoy dinner at the table "Santa in the sky", lifted by a crane and decorated to match the appearance of a "Santa Sleigh" as part as the Christmas festivities, in Brussels YVES HERMAN/REUTERS

People celebrate the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in Little Havana, Miami GASTON DE CARDENAS/REUTERS

Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government push into the last area held by Islamic State militants in Ghiza Bahriya district in Sirte HANI AMARA/REUTERS

People walk under trees decorated with Christmas lights as the traditional Christmas market opens at the Old Town Square in Prague DAVID W CERNY/REUTERS

A collection of punk memorabilia belonging to Joe Corre is burnt on a boat on the River Thames, in London NEIL HALL/REUTERS

Visitors watch as members of local winter swimmers club pour buckets of cold water over their daughters during celebration of Polar Bear Day at Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk ILYA NAYMUSHIN/REUTERS

A picture of Fidel Castro is seen at a house in downtown Havana CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A girl slides down a ramp into the lake in Wadi el-Rayan Fayoum MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS

Mercedes' Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One world championship. AHMED JADALLAH/REUTERS

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is hugged by children during his visit to Samjiyon County KCNA/REUTERS

An Iraqi soldier searches a house during clashes with Islamic State fighters in Al-Qasar, South-East of Mosul GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Snowmakers of the Verbier ski resort check the artificial snow making machine in Verbier DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS
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