--- description: From President Obama's reelection and Superstorm Sandy's aftermath to a deadly earthquake in Guatemala and a train cemetery in Bolivia, TIME presents the best photographs of the week. title: The Best Pictures of the Week: November 2 - November 9 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt397aaa665eb84386/69868a2ad0b6f21fbb303bdf/24_mideast-syria.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pictures of the Week: November 2 - November 9 by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2012 3:19 PM CUT  Nov. 3, 2012\. A rebel fighter takes cover as he looks up at a warplane attacking rebel positions during heavy clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. Nov. 3, 2012\. A rebel fighter takes cover as he looks up at a warplane attacking rebel positions during heavy clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army.Narciso Contreras—AP by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2012 3:19 PM CUT From President Obama’s reelection and Superstorm Sandy’s aftermath to a deadly earthquake in Guatemala and a train cemetery in Bolivia, TIME presents the best photographs of the week.  Nov. 3, 2012\. Susan Aman searches through the remains of her father’s home, which had been located on Kissam Avenue, but was carried by the flood water into the marsh along Mill Road. She believes that she is crouching on top of what had been her father’s bedroom. Eugene Richards for TIME  Nov. 3, 2012\. An American flag in a burned out area of Breezy Point, Queens, N.Y. More than 80 homes were destroyed by wind-fed fire during Superstorm Sandy. Jonathan Atkin—Sipa USA  Nov. 5, 2012\. A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, rests at a displacement camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. Khalil Hamra—AP  Nov. 4, 2012\. Water is discharged at the Shirakawa-go World Heritage site in Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan. This annual drill is held to prevent fire. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images  Nov. 1, 2012\. A pile of shoes covered by blood from wounded or dead residents lies at the entrance of the emergency ward at a hospital in the Tarik Al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras—AP  Nov. 4, 2012\. Indian Muslim brides chat as they wait for the start of a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 5, 2012\. Revelers walk with burning crosses during the Bonfire Night celebrations in Lewes, Sussex in England. Bonfire Night is related to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. Dan Kitwood—Getty Images  Nov. 2, 2012\. A Palestinian girl tries to punch an Israeli soldier during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. Majdi Mohammed—AP  Nov. 5, 2012\. Old locomotives are seen in a train cemetery in Uyuni, near a salt flat some 290 miles (466 km) south of La Paz, Bolivia. David Mercado—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. Afghan border policemen patrol during an operation near Walli Was in Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan. Goran Tomasevic—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. A sniper line-of-fire is seen through the scope of a rebel fighter's gun in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Narciso Contreras—AP  Nov. 2, 2012\. Breezy Point, N.Y. after Superstorm Sandy. Elijah Hurwitz—ZUMAPRESS.com  Nov. 2, 2012\. Paintings are seen inside a storm damaged home in Long Beach, N.Y. Four days after Superstorm Sandy smashed into the U.S. Northeast, rescuers were still discovering the extent of the death and devastation in New York and the New Jersey shore, and anger mounted over gasoline shortages, power outages and waits for relief supplies. Shannon Stapleton—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. A car lies buried in sand left by Superstorm Sandy's storm surge in Long Beach, N.Y. John Francis Peters  Nov. 2, 2012\. Boys play with a balloon at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. Faisal Mahmood—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. An Afghan boy stands next to his donkey cart outside a timber market in Kabul. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. U.S. and Afghan soldiers rest during an operation on a cold morning near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province. Goran Tomasevic—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. A mannequin used by the Free Syrian Army as a decoy is seen in an area where clashes continue with pro-government forces in the Old Town of Aleppo. Asmaa Waguih—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. Russian servicemen hold flags during a military parade rehearsal in Red Square in Moscow. The parade will be held on Nov. 7 to mark the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941 when Soviet soldiers marched through Red Square towards the front lines during World War II. Maxim Shemetov—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. A cadet lies on the grass after collapsing during an annual ceremony for graduating cadets at the police school in Bogota. Jose Miguel Gomez—Reuters  Nov. 2, 2012\. A rider concentrates prior to competing in the "Red Bull Skylines," an international BMX competition at the Grand Palais in Paris. Franck Fife—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 3, 2012\. An Aerial view of a parking lot in Staten Island, N.Y. with sand after Superstorm Sandy. Jonathan Atkin—Sipa USA  Nov. 3, 2012\. Palestinian children peer through a wooden door at the Shati Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 3, 2012\. An Afghan local police trainee practices individual search training with a U.S. Marine of Police Advisor Team, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Regiment at the Afghan Police camp in Musa Qal-Ah district in Helmand province, southwestern Afghanistan. Erik De Castro—Reuters  Nov. 3, 2012\. A rebel fighter takes cover as he looks up at a warplane attacking rebel positions during heavy clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. Narciso Contreras—AP  Nov. 3, 2012\. A fisherman takes a nap on his boat after deep sea fishing all night in El Callao, Peru. Small scale fishermen in this area work 24-hour shifts, catching mostly anchovy, mackerel and silverside. Rodrigo Abd—AP  Nov. 4, 2012\. U.S soldiers blows up a roadside bomb set up by Taliban fighters near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan. Goran Tomasevic—Reuters  Nov. 4, 2012\. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton greets President Barack Obama after introducing him at a campaign rally in Concord, N.H. Brooks Kraft—Corbis for TIME  Nov. 4, 2012\. A member of the congregation prays for President Obama to be successful in his bid for re-election, during a service at the St. Richard Catholic Church in Kogelo, western Kenya. Kogelo village is the home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President. Ben Curtis—AP  Nov. 4, 2012\. Kathy Lahey sifts through her damaged home for items to save in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, N.Y. With the death toll currently over 100 and millions of homes and businesses without power, the U.S. east coast is attempting to recover from the effects of floods, fires and power outages brought on by Superstorm Sandy. Allison Joyce—Getty Images  Nov. 5, 2012\. Students practice during a ballet class at Lizt Alfonso school in Old Havana. Ramon Espinosa—AP  Nov. 5, 2012\. An Indian man tries to move his buffalo that were jamming traffic on a busy bridge in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer—AP  Nov. 5, 2012\. Kashmiri village women walk over marshland wearing wooden boards on their feet, to collect water chestnuts from Wular Lake at Bandipora, India. Danish Ismail—Reuters  Nov. 5, 2012\. A woman walks past a wall decorated with a giant painting in Moscow. Andrey Smirnov—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 5, 2012\. President Obama speaks, as a tear streams down his face, at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 presidential election in Des Moines, Iowa. Carolyn Kaster—AP  Nov. 5, 2012\. Bruce Springsteen is greeted by President Obama after performing at a campaign rally in Madison, Wis. Brooks Kraft—Corbis for TIME  Nov. 5, 2012\. President Barack Obama hugs first lady Michelle Obama at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Brooks Kraft—Corbis for TIME  Nov. 5, 2012\. Supporters behind a flag at a campaign event for Republican vice presidential candidate at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio. Josh Haner—The New York Times/Redux  Nov. 5, 2012\. Ventilation pipes pile into a building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan as cleanup from damages caused by Superstorm Sandy continued. John Minchillo—AP  Nov. 6, 2012\. The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen surrounded by cranes during a rescue operation in front of Giglio harbour, Italy. Stefano Rellandini—Reuters  Nov. 6, 2012\. An Indian man dries laundry on the polluted Yamuna River on a hazy morning in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer—AP  Nov. 6, 2012\. The Obama campaign headquarters already beginning to be cleared out as campaign staffers made their Election Day push in Reno, Nev. Max Whittaker—Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney leave a campaign plane during the U.S. presidential election in Cleveland. Eric Thayer—Reuters  Nov. 6, 2012\. Kenady Pettingill, 12, and friends urge drivers to vote for Mitt Romney in Spanish Springs, Nev. Max Whittaker—Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan exit an airport in Cleveland on Election Day. Josh Haner—The New York Times/Redux  Nov. 6, 2012\. Voters cast ballots at the Fellowship of Christ church in Cary, N.C. on Election Day. Travis Dove—The New York Times/Redux  Nov. 6, 2012\. The Sea Bright Beach Club stands in ruins in Sea Bright, N.J. Sea Bright was devestated by Superstorm Sandy and officials allowed residents to come home only for one day to salvage valuables from the debris. John Moore—Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy seamen offer assistance to local residents removing damaged household items caused by Superstorm Sandy in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood in the Staten Island borough of New York. Robert Nickelsberg—Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. The stage is set for President Obama's election night event in Chicago. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. Mitt Romney and his supporters on Election Night at the Boston Convention Center. Christopher Morris—VII for TIME  Nov. 6, 2012\. Supporters cheer during President Obama's election night event at the McCormick Place Lakeside Center in Chicago. Damon Winter—The New York Times/Redux  Nov. 7, 2012\. President Obama celebrates with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha at their election night victory rally in Chicago. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  Nov. 6, 2012\. President Obama walks off the stage following his victory speech in Chicago. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 6, 2012\. Obama supporters celebrate victory outside the White House. Riccardo Savi—Polaris  Nov. 7, 2012\. Indian students next to a cardboard cutout of President Obama after he was projected as the winner during an event organized by the U.S embassy at the landmark Imperial Hotel in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer—AP  Nov. 7, 2012\. Newly graduated Afghan police officers demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Laghman province, east of Kabul. Rahmat Gul—AP  Nov. 7, 2012\. Paramilitary policemen guard a road between Tiananmen Square and Great Hall of the People, where Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress will be held in Beijing. Alexander F. Yuan—AP  Nov. 5, 2012\. A general view of crosses at the opening of a Garden of Remembrance in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. PA Photos/Landov  Nov. 7, 2012\. A fisherman casts his net in the Mekong river in Phnom Penh. Samrang Pring—Reuters  Nov. 7, 2012\. A Syrian family who fled from the violence in their village sit next to their belongings at a displacement camp in the Syrian village of Atma. Khalil Hamra—AP  Nov. 7, 2012\. Dead foxes are seen placed on a dry stone wall near Fair Head in the Glens of Antrim, Northern Ireland. Foxes that have been culled during the night are left on display for the landowner to view. Cathal McNaughton—Reuters  Nov. 7, 2012\. A gaggle of geese stand in a pasture near the village of Edlitz, Austria. Austrian farmers Johann and Maria Reisenbauer have been raising geese organically for the traditional 'Martin Goose' (Martini Gansl) dinner in celebration of St. Martin for the past eight years. Leonhard Foeger—Reuters  Nov. 7, 2012\. Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican. Pope Benedict called on the international community to urgently address a bloody civil war in Syria. Tony Gentile—Reuters  Nov 7, 2012\. A firefighter stands beside the body of one of four people who died in the earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala. At least 48 people died in southwestern Guatemala after a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the country's Pacific coast. Johan Ordonezi—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 7, 2012\. Indian child Rajesh, 8, reads from a black board painted on a building wall at a free school run under a metro bridge in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri—AP  Nov. 7, 2012\. A young Palestinian girl plays with sand on a littered road in the Al-Shabora refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza. Oliver Weiken—EPA  Nov. 7, 2012\. A riot police officer is engulfed by petrol bomb flames thrown by protesters in front of the parliament during clashes in Athens. Dimitri Messinis—AP  Nov. 8, 2012\. Indian baby Priya hangs in a makeshift bed as her sister stands next to her at a shanty where their family lives in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer—AP  Nov. 8, 2012\. Damon Rasinya carts debris from his family home past the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point, Queens, N.Y. after a Nor'easter snow. 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