Nov. 26, 2012. Police officers are sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels.Geert Vanden Wijngaert—AP
From protests in Egypt and life in the aftermath of the Gaza conflict to Myanmar’s refugee camps and volcanic lava spilling into the ocean in Hawaii, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Nov. 26, 2012. Police officers are sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels.Geert Vanden Wijngaert—APNov. 25, 2012. Blood is seen on the floor of a mosque as Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession marking Ashura, in New Delhi, India.Kevin Frayer—APNov. 24, 2012. A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian cadets performing military exercises during their graduation ceremony in Damascus.SANA/AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 25, 2012. A Kashmiri Muslim woman looks at the debris after a fire in Fraslan Village in Indian-controlled Kashmir. A total of 46 structures, including residential houses and cow sheds, were gutted in a fire.Javed Dar—Xinhua/LandovNov. 27, 2012. A cross with a crucifix is seen in the deserted Ukrainian town of Pripyat. The town's population was evacuated following the disaster at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986.Anatolii Stepanov—ReutersNov. 28, 2012. Two elephants reach out to each other at the Sonepur cattle fair in Saran district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The fair, which is held annually, was originally a cattle and animal market where traders bought and sold livestock on the holy river Ganges.Aftab Alam Siddiqui—APNov. 23, 2012. A group of displaced Congolese gather around fish being smoked in Mugunga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Phil Moore—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 27, 2012. A hunter walks a snowy trail through Michaux State Forest during the second day of firearms deer season near South Mountain, Penn.Markell DeLoatch—Public Opinion via APNov. 26, 2012. Fans cheer during the FIA Formula One World Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Hoch Zwei—DPA/ZUMAPRESS.comNov. 23, 2012. A French riot gendarme wipes his visor after being covered with lime during clashes with demonstrators during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France.Stephane Mahe—ReutersNov. 23, 2012. French riot gendarmes fire tear gas canisters towards demonstrators during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France.Stephane Mahe—ReutersNov. 23, 2012. A Bahraini man rides a horse in Manama, Bahrain while commemorating the holy month of Muharram.Hasan Jamali—APNov. 23, 2012. A Bahraini Shiite Muslim boy holds his father's hand during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis.Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 23, 2012. Egyptian Anti-riot security forces use water cannons against supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi during clashes following a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo.Khaled Elfiqi—EPANov. 23, 2012. Indian boys feed migratory birds on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India.Tsering Topgyal—APNov. 24, 2012. Family members and Palestinian militants of Hamas' armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, carry the body of one of their leaders, Judah Shamallah, during his funeral procession in Gaza City.Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 24, 2012. The body of Moushumi, a garment worker, lays on the floor of a hospital after a devastating fire at a garment factory in Savar. At least seven people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions Limited.Andrew Biraj—ReutersNov. 24, 2012. A French riot gendarme secures the area while a demonstrator hangs from the trees, as evacuation operations continue on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France.Stephane Mahe—ReutersNov. 24, 2012. Believers wait to pray in the Grotto, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, in the Church of the Nativity at the beginning of the Christmas season in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Marko Djurica—ReutersNov. 24, 2012. Dancers Maylin Daza, right, Barbara Paula, center and Rubi Amaro get dressed and apply makeup before dancing with their group Danza Voluminosa in Havana, Cuba. Voluminous Dance is a theater company with overweight dancers founded by dancer, choreographer and director Juan Miguel Mas.Franklin Reyes—APNov. 25, 2012. Young Indian Shiite Muslim boys flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession marking Ashura, in New Delhi, India.Kevin Frayer—APNov. 25, 2012. A Shiite Muslim man bleeds as he flagellates himself during a Muharram procession in Amritsar, India.Sanjeev Syal—Demotix/CorbisNov. 25, 2012. Iranian Shiite Muslims beat their chests after rubbing mud on their body early in the morning during the 'Kharrah Mali' (Mud Rubbing) ritual to mark the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Khorramabad, Iran.Behrouz Mehri—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 25, 2012. A displaced Congolese child stands in the sports hall of a religious organization on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Phil Moore—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 25, 2012. Mumtaz is held by family members at a government run medical clinic on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar.Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesNov. 23, 2012. A Rohingya man takes a bucket shower at a IDP camp after sunset on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar.Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesNov. 25, 2012. Amina Khatu, 22, holds her son Ahmed, 2, inside a thatched hut at a crowded IDP camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar. An estimated 111,000 people were displaced by sectarian violence in June and October. Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesNov. 25, 2012. A Palestinian woman walks past Hamas policemen sitting atop their destroyed headquarters in Gaza City.Mohammed Salem—ReutersNov. 26, 2012. A Palestinian school girl stands at her classroom in a damaged school in Rafah, southern Gaza strip.Eyad Al Baba/APA Images/ZUMAPRESS.comNov. 26, 2012. A Palestinian schoolgirl appears through a hole in a wall in damaged school in Gaza City.Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 26, 2012. A Palestinian school girl stands at her classroom in a damaged school in Rafah, southern Gaza strip.Eyad Al Baba—APA Images/ZUMAPRESS.comNov. 26, 2012. A Palestinian worker shovels sand as he repairs a damaged smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Mohammed Salem—ReutersNov. 26, 2012. A cat waits while Nicaraguan Arturo Garcia cleans the fish given to him by fishermen at Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua, one of the biggest and most polluted in Nicaragua.Hector Retamal—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 26, 2012. A worker visits a burnt garment factory after a fire which killed more than a hundred people, in Savar, Bangladesh.Andrew Biraj—ReutersNov. 26, 2012. Internally displaced Congolese gather at the Mugunga 3 camp west of Goma, eastern Congo, Monday Nov. 26, 2012. Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled in fear of continued fighting.Jerome Delay—APNov. 26, 2012. A Syrian boy picks up parts of explosive devices that landed in his front yard in the village of Atme, near the Turkish border in Syria's Idlib province. Francisco Leong—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 27, 2012. A Syrian refugee waits at a hairdresser, where refugees can also receive training inside the Oncupinar camp in Kilis, southern Turkey. More than 120,000 Syrians have crossed into Turkey to flee the deadly violence that has engulfed their home country for 20 months.Adem Altan—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 27, 2012. Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square in Cairo.Khalil Hamra—APNov. 27, 2012. An Egyptian protester recovers from tear gas inhalation during clashes with the Egyptian Riot Police in Cairo.Gianluigi Guercia—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 27, 2012. Waves crash over lava as it flows into the ocean near Volcanoes National Park in Kalapana, Hawaii.Hugh Gentry—ReutersNov. 27, 2012. An employee places a newly painted glass Christmas and New Year decoration in a drying rack at the Biryusinka toy factory in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The factory, founded in 1942, produces decorative glass spheres, which can be found on Christmas trees all over the country and in Moscow's Kremlin during the festive season.Ilya Naymushin—ReutersNov. 28, 2012. A model showcases a wedding dress that lights up by Japanese designer Yumi Katsura during the Japan Couture 2012 fashion show in Singapore.Wong Maye-E—APNov. 28, 2012. Syrian rebels celebrate next to the remains of a Syrian government fighter jet which was shot down at Daret Ezza, on the border between the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, in Syria. Francisco Leong—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 28, 2012. A picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian citizens inspecting the scene of a car bomb attack in Rural Damascus, Syria.SANA/EPANov. 28, 2012. Riot police stand near one of their vehicles set on fire by protesters during clashes along a road which leads to the U.S. embassy in Cairo.Amr Abdallah Dalsh—ReutersNov. 28, 2012. Iraqi children inspect a building in the aftermath of a car bomb in Baghdad. A wave of attacks including six car bombs, nine roadside bombs and a shooting killed 19 people and wounded 71 others in Iraq.Ahmad Al-Rubaye—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 28, 2012. An aerial view shows houses pushed into marshland almost a month after the Oakwood neighborhood in the Staten Island borough of New York was left devastated by Hurricane Sandy, Adrees Latif—ReutersNov. 28, 2012. A Hindu devotee offers prayers after a dip in the Yamuna River, surrounded by industrial effluent, during Karthik Purnima in New Delhi. Karthik Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu calendar month of Karthik and considered very auspicious by Hindus.Manish Swarup—APNov. 28, 2012. A Hindu devotee grooms herself on the banks of the River Yamuna after taking a holy dip during Karthik Purnima in New Delhi.Kevin Frayer—APNov. 28, 2012. Protesters hit a riot policeman after surrounding him during clashes in front of the U.S Embassy near Tahrir Square in Cairo.Amr Abdallah Dalsh—ReutersNov. 28, 2012. Journalists interview a wounded FDLR rebel fighter at a military base in Muti village, 150 km (93 miles) west of the capital Kigali. James Akena—ReutersNov. 29, 2012. Razak Lawal of Akwa state, left, fights with Bahago Musa of Edo state, in their 65 Kg bout in the traditional Nigerian boxing ''Dambe'' contest, during the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos, Nigeria.Sunday Alamba—APNov. 29, 2012. Runners are reflected in the water as they clear the water jump in The Burges Salmon Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase at Newbury racecourse in Newbury, England.Alan Crowhurst—Getty ImagesNov. 29, 2012. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talk in the Oval Office following their lunch.Official White House Photo by Pete SouzaNov. 30, 2012. Sabita Rani, 35, who survived a devastating fire at a garment factory, sits in her kitchen in Savar, Bangladesh.Andrew Biraj—ReutersNov. 30, 2012. M23 rebel fighters walk as they withdraw near the town of Sake, some 35 km (22 miles) west of Goma. Goran Tomasevic—ReutersNov. 30, 2012. Syrian children look through their car window as they cross into Lebanon with their families at the border crossing in Masnaa.Hassan Ammar—APNov. 30, 2012. A view of the world's biggest Santa Claus decoration in the mountain village of Saint Niklaus near Zermatt, Western Switzerland.Fabrice Coffrini—AFP/Getty ImagesNov. 30, 2012. Karla Hernandez, an HIV-positive patient, rests on a bed at the Hospital Manolo Morales in Managua, Nicaragua. Oswaldo Rivas—ReutersNov. 30, 2012. An Indian volunteer of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) clips postcards, written mostly by HIV positive people and addressed to the Indian Health Ministry, on the eve of World AIDS Day in New Delhi, India.
