--- description: From the devastating aftermath of the typhoon in the Philippines and Armistice Day across the world to Sachin Tendulkar's record-breaking final cricket test match in India and role playing genies in Iran, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. title: Pictures of the Week: November 8 – November 15 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a5a8b0d76afcb4/6987e42e5f570f80acb18631/x187989372.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 8 - November 15 by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2013 3:32 PM CUT  Nov. 14, 2013\. Bahraini Shiite girls take part in a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of the capital Manama. Nov. 14, 2013\. Bahraini Shiite girls take part in a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of the capital Manama.Mohammed Al-Shaikh —AFP/Getty Images by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2013 3:32 PM CUT From the devastating aftermath of the typhoon in the Philippines and Armistice Day across the world to Sachin Tendulkar’s record-breaking final cricket test match in India and role playing genies in Iran, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.  Nov. 13, 2013\. A woman rests on a roadside with her family's belongings near the Typhoon Haiyan ravaged town of Tacloban, central Philippines. David Guttenfelder—AP  Nov. 11, 2013\. A survivor walks among the debris of houses destroyed by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban in the eastern Philippine island of Leyte. Noel Celis—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. An aerial view of a coastal town, devastated by super Typhoon Haiyan, in Samar province in central Philippines. Erik De Castro—Reuters  Nov. 10, 2013\. Indian camel herders sit near their camels during the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. Ajit Solanki—AP  Nov. 10, 2013\. A Balinese woman in a state of trance during a sacred ritual of Ngerebong at Petilan Temple in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Agung Parameswara—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. Serbian army soldiers take part in a ceremony marking Armistice Day at the French military cemetery in Belgrade, Serbia. Darko Vojinovic—AP  Nov. 11, 2013\. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard his aircraft at the end of this trip to Abu Dhabi. Jason Reed—Reuters  Nov. 11, 2013\. A hot air balloon participates in the 17th International Balloon BP Gas Festival at Fronteira, Portugal. Nuno Veiga—EPA  Nov. 10, 2013\. Celebrities attend the MTV EMA's 2013 at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. Brock Miller—Splash News/Corbis  Nov. 11, 2013\. Afghan Shiite Muslims participate in ritual self-flagellation to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at a mosque in Kabul. Farshad Usyan—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 8, 2013\. A Palestinian youth wearing a gas mask to protect himself from tear gas, lobs a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers close to the Israeli Ofer military prison, near the West Bank village of Betunia. Abbas Momani—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 8, 2013\. Jorien Ter Mors of the Netherlands leads the way during the Women's 3000m relay heats on day two of the Samsung ISU Short Track World Cup at the Palatazzoli in Turin, Italy. Harry Engels—Getty Images  Nov. 9, 2013\. Residents return to their houses after leaving an evacuation site in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte. Noel Celis—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 9, 2013\. Crew members help prepare the world's oldest active sailing ship, the "Star of India," before it heads out on a morning sail to celebrate its 150th birthday in San Diego, Calif. Mike Blake—Reuters  Nov. 9, 2013\. A child looks at a jigsaw lamp for sale along the street in Ampang, in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mohd Rasfan—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 9, 2013\. An activists for the independence of the Western Sahara places a sticker on a dog during an annual protest organized by the state coordinator of associations of solidarity with the Sahara in Madrid marking the 38th anniversary of the tripartite Madrid agreements demonstrators deem illegal. Dani Pozo—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 13, 2013\. Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement parade with guns in the streets of Gaza City during an anti-Israel march as part of the celebrations marking the first anniversary of Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense. Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. Iranian Muslim Shiite boys impersonating the role of genies, the spiritual creatures mentioned in the Koran, take part in the annual religious performance of "Taazieh" in the Iranian town of Noosh Abad near the central city of Kashan marking the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. Behrouz Mehri—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 9, 2013\. Bahraini Shiite Muslim women stand in front of a portraits of detained political activists during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 10, 2013\. Children hold flags bearing the likeness of Imam Hussein during a rally organized by the Shiite Amal group of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, ahead of Ashura, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari—AP  Nov. 10, 2013\. Runners participate in the"Color Run," throughout the streets of Santiago, Chile. Hector Retamal—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 10, 2013\. Lady Gaga demonstrates Volantis, the worlds first flying dress, at a press conference at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. John Angelillo—UPI /Landov  Nov. 10, 2013\. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II listens during the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Kirsty Wigglesworth—AP  Nov. 10, 2013\. Rev Dr Adrian Varwell takes the Commando Memorial Service, commandos gather to commemorate and pay respect to the sacrifice of service men and women who fought in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Jeff J. Mitchell—Getty Images  Nov. 10, 2013\. Mirai Nagasu of the United States performs during the gala exhibition at the NHK Trophy figure skating in Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi—AP  Nov. 10, 2013\. Fans of Egypt's Al-Ahli, known as "Ultras" (middle row), hold portraits with names of supporters who were killed in Port Said, during the team's African Champions League final soccer match against South Africa's Orlando Pirates at the Arab Contractors Stadium in Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh—Reuters  Nov. 11, 2013\. A Palestinian man ignites a fire at his makeshift shelter during a power cut in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Salem—Reuters  Nov. 10, 2013\. A Japanese national wearing traditional Rajasthani costume performs during an inauguration of the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. Ajit Solanki—AP  Nov. 10, 2013\. Two young boys look at the devastation in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. Dondi Tawatao—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. This aerial photo shows uprooted coconut trees on a hill near the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province in the central Philippines. Ted Aljibe—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. People walk amongst debris next to a ship washed ashore in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan at Anibong in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte, Philippines. Noel Celis—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. Veterans of the Vietnam War make rubbings of names of friends and loved ones on "The Wall," during a Veterans Day event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. Members of the military stand at attention before a ceremony where U.S. President Barack Obama will lay a commemorative wreath for Veterans Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. Sarah Stanczyk lays covered up at the gravesite of her husband, SFC David Metzger, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, at Section 60 in Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to deliver his speech in the Guildhall during The Lord Mayor's Banquet in London. Oli Scarff—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin holds the torch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov—Reuters  Nov. 11, 2013\. A slum dweller carries her child while standing next to her burnt belongings after a fire that broke out at a slum area in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Nov. 11, 2013\. Bahraini Shiite Muslims prepare to take part in a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Al Daih, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. A Syrian child shares a tent with her extended family in a makeshift camp in the Bekaa Valley, close to the border with Syria in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Nov. 11, 2013\. A refugee boy sits on a chair in a field outside a refugee camp in Sofia, Bulgaria. Stoyan Nenov—Reuters  Nov. 12, 2013\. A Syrian woman holds her child while sitting on bags of firewood in a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees only miles from the border with Syria in the Bekaa Valley in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon. Spencer Platt—Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. Quebec rower Mylene Paquette celebrates as she arrives in Lorient, western France after a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean. David Vincent—AP  Nov. 12, 2013\. An Iranian Muslim Shiite girl is dressed as an angel to take part in the annual religious performance of "Taazieh," in the Iranian town of Noosh Abad near the central city of Kashan marking the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. Behrouz Mahri—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang (back L) stand watching soldiers marching from a covered podium during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi. Kham/AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. An Indian Air force official waits for helicopters to perform a display as signal smoke raises behind during raising day celebrations of the Sainik School in Goalpara, Assam state, India. Anupam Nath—AP  Nov. 12, 2013\. A mannequin hangs on a tree amidst debris brought by super typhoon Haiyan in Palo, Leyte province in central Philippines. Erik de Castro—Reuters  Nov. 12, 2013\. Typhoon victims wait outside the airport in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. A resident inspects one of the statues at the U.S. General Douglas MacArthur shrine that fell at the height of super typhoon Haiyan last Friday in Palo, Leyte province in central Philippines. Erik de Castro—Reuters  Nov. 12, 2013\. A Filipino military personnel stands in the damaged control tower of the airport in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. Injured Transportation Security Administration officer James Speer, right, walks with his wife Lynn after a public memorial service for TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez, who was killed by a rampaging gunman at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Jae C. Hong—AP  Nov. 12, 2013\. An Iranian Muslim Shiite men, acting as the prophet Jesus (C) and his apostles before the battle of Karbala, take part in the annual religious performance of "Taazieh," in the Iranian town of Noosh Abad near the central city of Kashan marking the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. Behrouz Mehri—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 12, 2013\. LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat looks on during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla. Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images  Nov. 13, 2013\. Turkish Shi'ite girls watch a re-enactment of the battle of Kerbala on a huge screen during an Ashura procession in Istanbul. Murad Sezer—Reuters  Nov. 13, 2013\. Rosie Cruz, an immigrant from the Philippines, prays during a Mass held to honor the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in Carson, Calif. Jae C. Hong—AP  Nov. 12, 2013\. A Bahraini Shiite Muslim boy poses in front of a painting depicting the story of Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during a ceremony to mark the event in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 13, 2013\. Soccer goal posts are seen in the autumn mist at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick, west London. Toby Melville—Reuters  Nov. 13, 2013\. Indian Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession on the eighth day before Ashura in Amroha, east of New Delhi. Manan Vatsyayana—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 13, 2013\. An Iraqi Shiite girl, whose face is covered with a veil, takes part in the reenactment of the Battle of Karbala, during a parade in preparation for the peak of the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhimiya. Ahmad Al-Rubaya—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 13, 2013.A neighbourhood destroyed by Haiyan Typhoon in Tacloban, The Philippines. Adam Dean—Panos for TIME  Nov. 13, 2013\. A survivor eats a banana atop a garbage heap in typhoon ravaged Tacloban city, central Philippines. Vincent Yu—AP  Nov. 13, 2013\. Mother (C) of Israeli soldier Eden Atias, 19, mourns over his coffin during his funeral at the military cemetery in the northern Israeli town of Nazareth Ilit. Nir Elias—Reuters  November 13, 2013\. A victim, with her eyes wide open, lies on a hospital bed after an attack on a passenger microbus by an unidentified group in Kathmandu. Navesh Chitrakar—Reuters  Nov. 13, 2013\. The bare feet of a student are pictured below a table in a flooded classroom in Lopang Domba Elementary School in Serang, Indonesia's Banten province. Beawiharta—Reuters  Nov. 13, 2013\. Model figures of US president Barack Obama and his wife Michele wave from a balcony of the miniature Elbe Philharmonic Hall in a diorama at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. Philipp Guelland—Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. A staff member stands on top of a parked school buses after taping posters of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as students gather to honor him in Chennai, India. Arun Sankar K.—AP  Nov. 13, 2013\. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seated in a Russian tank during military practices in Cojedes State. Francisco Batista—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. People walk past the hanging carcass of an elephant on a railway bridge in Khunia range in Jalpaiguri district in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Reuters  Nov. 14, 2013\. A statue is seen standing among the debris of the city's university in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. Corpses of victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan are lined up in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke as seen from Tigapancur village in Karo district in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia. Ulet Ifansasti—;Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. Iranian Shiites cover themselves with mud, during Ashoura, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Noroozi—AP  Nov. 14, 2013\. Bahraini Shiite girls take part in a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of the capital Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh —AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 14, 2013\. A worker points from a balcony in the atrium of 1 Angel Square, the new headquarters of the Co-operative group in Manchester, northern England. Phil Noble—Reuters  Nov. 14, 2013\. Vice Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Janet Yellen (C) testifies during her nomination hearing to chair the Federal Reserve before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States. Zhang Jun—Xinhua Press/Corbis  Nov. 14, 2013\. A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa is displayed during a presentation at an undisclosed location in Switzerland. Martial Trezzini—EPA  Nov. 14, 2013\. Palestinians look at Hamas militants as they rappel down a building during a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem—Reuters  Nov. 15, 2013\. A typhoon victim checks on her husband as she keeps him alive by manualy pumping air into his lungs following his leg amputation that led to an infection, at the Divine Word hospital which still operates without electrical power on the 7th day of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte, Philippines. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Nov. 15, 2013\. A Filipino girl rests on top of a pedicab parked in front of toppled trees and poles left from Typhoon Haiyan, Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. 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