The Best Pictures of the Week: Nov. 14 – Nov. 21

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From a dramatic snowstorm in Buffalo, N.Y. and the slaying of worshipers in a Jerusalem synagogue to Obama’s immigration plan and the murder of Honduras’ beauty queen, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Nov. 18, 2014. This picture was taken by Jeffrey Suhr on his way from Buffalo, N.Y. to Minneapolis and was posted on his Twitter. "I live 3 miles from the airport, and I was surprised how much snow was at my house and how little was at the airport. So when I saw the well-defined snow band after take off, I thought I would take a photo," Suhr tells TIME. Jeffrey Suhr
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Nov. 18, 2014. Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of Mosheh Twersky in Jerusalem. Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers, killing Twersky and three others in the city's bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout. Oded Balilty—AP
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A cemetery at the Kenama Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone run by the Red Cross Society on Nov. 15, 2014 Francisco Leong—AFP/Getty Images
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Nov. 19, 2014. Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Andrew Medichini—AP
U.S. Capitol Dome Restoration in Washington, DC.
Nov. 19, 2014. A donut shaped canopy hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. to catch debris during work to repair the interior of the dome. The U.S. Capitol dome restoration project is part of an on-going multi-phased program that is a critical step for stopping the current level of deterioration in the dome's cast iron as well as ensuring the protection of the interior of the dome and rotunda. JIM LO SCALZO—EPA
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Nov. 17, 2014. A man grooms his mini poodle after competition at the 2014 China International Pet Show in Beijing. WANG ZHAO—AFP/Getty Images
Indonesia Plane Crash Drill
Nov. 18, 2014. Passengers flee from a mock plane fuselage, during a rescue exercise at Bali's International Ngurah Rai Airport in Indonesia. Firdia Lisnawati—AP
Alster Swans moved to winter home
Nov. 18, 2014. Swans are gathered on the Alster Lake at City Hall in Hamburg before being transported to Eppendorf Muehlenteich pond where they will spend the Winter.CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS—EPA
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Nov. 18, 2014. Indian soldiers take part in a demonstration of fire breathing at the start of Operation Hand in Hand, a joint training exercise between Indian and Chinese troops, at Aundh Military Camp in Pune, India. The ten day exercise with the Asian neighbors in the western Indian state of Maharashtra is set to focus on sharing strategic know-how in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations. STRDEL—AFP/Getty Images
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Nov. 18, 2014. A Bengal tiger yawns in its enclosure in a Shanghai zoo. JOHANNES EISELE—AFP/Getty Images
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Nov. 18, 2014. Ducks are loaded onto a lorry following a cull at a farm in Nafferton, East Yorkshire, after a bird flu outbreak. Government veterinarians are investigating if the case of the highly pathogenic H5 avian flu found on the farm near Driffield is linked to a similar case in the Netherlands. Cameron Lynne—PA Photos/ABACA
APTOPIX Turkey Syria
Nov. 17, 2014. Smoke rises from the Syrian city of Kobani, following airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, seen from a hilltop outside Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border. Vadim Ghirda—AP
President Obama Delivers Remarks On Executive Action Immigration Reform
Nov. 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama departs after announcing executive actions on U.S. immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House, in Washington, D.C. Obama outlined a plan a week before to ease the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants. Jim Bourg—Pool/Getty Images
Sinkhole found at Uralkali mine in Russia's Solikamsk
Nov. 20, 2014. A view of a sinkhole stretching 65 by 98 ft. at the Solikamsk-2 mine in the Perm region, Russia. Uralkali press center/TASS/ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis
A Russian paratrooper descends to the ground during a training exercise in the village of Nikinci
Nov. 14, 2014. A Russian paratrooper descends to the ground during a training exercise in the village of Nikinci, west from Belgrade, Serbia. Russian soldiers parachuted into open fields in western Serbia as part of an unprecedented joint military drill that has stirred controversy. MARKO DJURICA—REUTERS
Aerial view of the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir, during a drought in Braganca Paulista, Sao Paulo state
Nov. 18, 2014. An aerial view of the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir, during a drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo state. Brazil's worst drought in 80 years has left the Cantareira system that provides greater Sao Paulo with most of its water with the lowest water level on record. NACHO DOCE—REUTERS
Doctors perform a surgery at the Vietnam Cuba hospital in Hanoi
Nov. 18, 2014. Doctors perform a facial deformity repair surgery, provided by Operation Smile, for a patient at the Vietnam Cuba Hospital in Hanoi. KHAM—REUTERS
Ferguson waits for a Grand Jury verdict
Nov. 16, 2014. A snow-covered stuffed Spider-Man lays on top of a memorial pile at the site of Michael Brown's killing. The northern St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. anxiously awaits a grand jury verdict to be released three months after the fatal shooting of the local teenager by a Ferguson police officer. Andrew Lichtenstein—Corbis
APTOPIX Honduras Beauty Queen
Nov. 20, 2014. Keyling Enamorado, a friend of slain beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, cries on Maria's coffin in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Grieving family members laid to rest the Honduran beauty queen and her sister, Sofia, after the women were shot to death in what police say was a jealous rage by the sister's boyfriend. Esteban Felix—AP
APTOPIX Wintry Weather
Nov. 19, 2014. Snow covers a street at daybreak in south Buffalo, N.Y. The snowstorm has buried sections of western New York in more than 5 ft. of snow, killing 12 people.Carolyn Thompson—AP

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