The past week has featured a number of festivals and events in various countries, such as the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, "Miss Fashion 2019 – Goddess of the Universe", a pageant, and Pope Francis' Holy Mass in Nagasaki, Japan – as well as incidents such as an earthquake in Albania and heavy floods in Venice, Italy.
Check out this gallery to catch up on the most important news that you might have missed!
Models prior to a garment demonstration during the Crimean Fashion Week in Yalta
Protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia. The demonstrations have been ongoing since 14 November, when lawmakers decided not to pass legislative amendments that would have changed the voting system to a proportional one. The rallies have grown violent, with law enforcement resorting to water cannons to disperse a crowd that blocked the entrance to the parliament building.
People stand in front of a collapsed building in the town of Durres, western Albania on 27 November, 2019, after an earthquake hit Albania. Albania was in national mourning on 27 November as emergency workers continued to pull bodies from the ruins of buildings gutted by a violent earthquake. Tirana declared a state of emergency in the areas hardest-hit by the pre-dawn earthquake on 26 November: the coastal city of Durres and the town of Thumane, where victims were trapped under collapsed buildings.
Ana Turazashvili, a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre, performs her part in the ballet "Like a breath".
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the United Russia political party conference.
Women practising Nordic walking during free classes in Novosibirsk, Russia.
An Iraqi demonstrator runs as others burn tyres to cut off roads in the southern city of Basra on 25 November 2019.
Bolivian wrestler Ana Luisa Yujra (L), aka "Jhenifer Two Faces" and Lidia Flores, aka "Dina, The Queen of the Ring", both members of the Fighting Cholitas, fight at the Sharks of the Ring wrestling club in El Alto, Bolivia, on 24 November 2019. After a fortnight hiatus due to anti-government protests and blockades, the Fighting Cholitas are back in the ring. The unrest was triggered by the disputed 20 October election, which Evo Morales claimed to have won and opposition groups have said was rigged.
A person carries another across a flooded arcade on 24 November 2019 in Venice during the high tide "Acqua Alta" meteorological phenomenon. Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another, though smaller, high tide on 24 November after Italy declared on 15 November a state of emergency for the UNESCO, city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros’ worth of damage.
This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 25 November 2019 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (C) inspecting a women's company in Unit 5492 of the Korean People's Army.
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A model of Azerbaijani designer Scandar during the anniversary Azerbaijan Fashion Week
Labourers push wooden boards before carrying them to construct a temporary pontoon bridge over the Ganges River for the upcoming Hindu festival of Magh Mela in Allahabad on 24 November 2019. Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Triveni Sangam - the confluence of the three great rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the mystical Saraswati - in Allahabad during the Hindu month of Magh, which corresponds to mid-January – mid-February.
Taylor Swift performs a medley during the 2019 American Music Awards.
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A man rushes to move his van as flames approach from a wildfire dubbed the Cave Fire, burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, US, 26 November 2019.
Members of cold training club "Polar Bear" pour freezing water over themselves during the celebration of International Polar Bear Day near Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
A shepherd leads a flock of sheep over a pontoon bridge in Allahabad on 26 November 2019.
Demonstrators stand in front of a riot police vehicle during a protest against the Chilean government in front of the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago on 26 November 2019. Furious Chileans have since 18 October been protesting social and economic inequality and against an entrenched political elite that comes from a small number of the wealthiest families in the country, among other issues.
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Two Icelandic stallions play in the paddock of a stud in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, 22 November 2019.
Finalists of the international "Miss Fashion 2019 – Goddess of the Universe" pageant in Vegas City Hall in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking to people after unveiling a monument to the late Russian and Soviet writer and public figure Daniil Granin.
Christmas lights on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street in Moscow.
A Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) rests on the face of a visitor at a giant spider and insect exhibition in Hanover, northern Germany, on 23 November 2019.
Men steer boats in Nigeen Lake during a cold day in Srinagar on 26 November 2019.
A protester holds an Iraqi flag amid a cloud of smoke from burning tyres during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq on 26 November 2019.
Members of the Detroit Pistons Dance Team perform during a game against Orlando Magic at Little Caesars Arena on 25 November 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.
Pope Francis greets well-wishers during a Holy Mass at the Nagasaki Baseball Stadium in Nagasaki, Japan on 24 November 2019.
Hooded vultures are chased away by a dog as they look for scraps after a family slaughtered a cow at a funeral celebration in Bissau on 26 November 2019. Tens of thousands of hooded vultures flock to the city of Bissau in search of food left behind in heaps of garbage or around market areas.
This picture, taken on 24 November 2019, shows the Bank of Lisbon building imploding in Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg CBD's iconic Bank of Lisbon building has been demolished after being deemed structurally unfit following a 2018 fire that lasted for three days and claimed the lives of three firefighters.
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Welsh County Show in Llanelwedd, Wales, on Monday, 25 November 2019. Boris Johnson’s party is campaigning on a promise to “get Brexit done” by taking Britain out of the European Union on the scheduled date of 31 January if it wins the election.
A boat navigates along the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
