The Week in Pictures

Beijing’s first snow of the winter leaves a bicycle icy.  (Ng Han Guan / Los Angeles Times)

Rescue workers carry away a body on the beach in Los Gigantes on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain. The Spanish government said a landslide killed two people and may have buried two more.  (Carlos Moreno / Associated Press)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice dives for a touchdown past Denver Broncos linebacker Wesley Woodyard in the fourth quarter at Baltimore. The Ravens handed the Broncos their first loss of the season, 30-7.  (Nick Wass / Associated Press)

Former President Clinton greets people in Pristina, Kosovo, where he attended the unveiling of a statue of himself. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO‘s bombing campaign in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serbian crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.  (Visar Kryeziu / Associated Press)

A man performs a voodoo ritual during Day of the Dead celebrations at the national cemetery in Port-au-Prince.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

U.S. runner and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, 34, kisses the ground after winning the 2009 New York City Marathon. Born in the African country of Eritrea, Keflezighi became an American citizen in 1998.  (Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)

A visitor’s silhouette appears before hundreds of glowing candles at the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb for All Saints Day.  (Hrvoje Polan / AFP / Getty Images)

Former teammates Brett Favre, now playing for the Minnesota Vikings, and Donald Driver, of the Green Bay Packers, embrace after the Vikings 38-26 victory against the Packers in Green Bay. The game was Favre’s first in Green Bay since he left the Packers in 2007.  (Jeffrey Phelps / Associated Press)

Masked newlyweds leave city hall in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. President Viktor Yushchenko gave far higher figures for overall flu infections Saturday, saying that 48 people had died and more than 150,000 people have been infected, the Interfax news agency reported.  (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fire mortars from their base Saturday in the Pech Valley in Afghanistan’s Kunar province.  (David Guttenfelder / Associated Press)

Russian opposition supporters fire flares as they rally in downtown Moscow to demand a constitutional right of assembly.  (Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press)

Papier-mache arms reach skyward atop a float during the 13th annual Halloween parade in Kawasaki, near Tokyo.  (Koji Sasahara / Associated Press)

Federica Faiella holds up Massimo Scali during an ice dance performance at the ISU Grand Prix of Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Beijing.Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the U.S. won the gold medal in the event.  (Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images)

Police officer Katja Loichen-Kurth inspects marijuana plants discovered in Atzendorf. The site has about 5,000 plants worth several million dollars on the black market, Saxony-Anhalt North police said. Three suspects have been arrested, and the plantation is said to be the largest discovered in Saxony-Anhalt with rooms equipped with a professional heating and ventilation system.  (Jens Wolf / EPA)

Jonathan Seed, joint master and huntsman with the Avon Vale Hunt, exercises the hounds ahead of their first meet of the new hunting season in Bromham, in England’s Wiltshire region. Many hunt supporters hoping that the Conservative Party, if it wins the next national election, will repeal the Hunting Act, which put a ban on hunting, with little effect.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

Snowboarder Ben Kilner practices a jump before the Battle of Britain during the freestyle snowboard and ski festival at Battersea Power Station in London on Friday. Snowboarders will compete for the International Ski Federation World Cup big air competition on Saturday.  (Sang Tan / Associated Press)

The mummified remains of a 6-month-old child from 1637 are seen at the Museum for Sepulcral Culture in Kassel. The coffin is from Riesa, Germany, part of an exhibition “Mummies - Bodies for Eternity” opening Nov. 17  (Uwe Zucchi / EPA)

Israeli fans of Michael Jackson perform a dance before the Tel Aviv premier of “This Is It,” a concert documentary. Jackson died June 25 after suffering a cardiac arrest.  (Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images)

A hunting bird catches its prey, a hare, about 240 miles from Bishkek in Bokonbayevo during Kyrgyzstan’s annual Salburun (“hunting”) festival on the shores of Issyk-Kul.  (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP / Getty Images)

People light oil lamps to honor the victims of last year’s bomb blasts in Gauhati, the capital of Assam state in northeast India. The coordinated attacks killed 86 people and injured more than 300 others.  (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)

Early morning fog surrounds the Marchlins castle in Igis, in the Rhine valley, Switzerland.  (Arno Balzarini / Associated Press)

Flames and smoke engulf an oil depot that caught fire Thursday in Jaipur, India. At least five people have been killed and 25 are feared trapped, a local official said.  (Mustafa Quraishi / Associated Press)

Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett celebrates after striking out Phillies first baseman and clean-up hitter Ryan Howard in the third inning of Game 2 of the World Series. New York’s 3-1 victory evened the Series at 1-1. Burnett pitched seven innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks, and striking out nine. Howard struck out in all four of his at-bats. Game 3 will be Saturday in Philadelphia.  (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)

Fans enter Yankee Stadium for Game 2 of the World Series between Philadelphia and New York.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reacts during her match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia at the WTA Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar.  (Kirsty Wigglesworth / Associated Press)

Eileen Hargrave walks her dogs in Denver. A slow-moving storm has dumped more than 2 feet of snow on parts of Colorado. A big snowstorm is forecast for the coming days.  (Ed Andrieski / Associated Press)

A man attends an exhibition of works by photographer Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 60 images were taken during a bike journey by Verger and include “Andalucia, 1935.” Verger was born in Paris and settled in Salvador, Brazil.  (Sebastiao Moreira / EPA)

Workers prepare the Rio Grande lithium pilot plant in the Salar de Uyuni salt desert before a visit by Bolivia President Evo Morales. The 4,085-square-mile Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, holds around half the world’s reserves of lithium.  (Juan Karita / Associated Press)

A camel herder stands for a portrait in the cattle market at the famous Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan. The festival attracts thousands of livestock dealers and tens of thousands of camels, horses, and cattle and has been an annual event for hundreds of years, according to locals.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

The Mexican Navy launches a boat to be used in the scientific research and development of shrimp fishing, in the naval port of Guaymas, Sonora state.  (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/Getty Images)

A burka-clad woman walks through an old section of Herat, in western Afghanistan, which is gearing up for a nationwide presidential runoff vote on Nov. 7. FULL STORY  (Jalil Rezayee / EPA)

An Indian man dressed as the Hindu god Lord Shiva takes part in a parade at the Pushkar Mela festival. The long-running event attracts thousands of livestock dealers and tens of thousands of camels, horses and cattle.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

President Obama salutes as a white-gloved military team carries the coffin of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., at Dover Air Force Base. Obama traveled to the base hours before sunrise to meet the caskets of 18 American service members being returned to the U.S.  (Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images)

Pakistani soldiers stand on a hill in the Sherwangi region of South Waziristan, where government security forces are waging an offensive to eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda.  (Nicolas Asfouri / EPA)

Rescue workers search for bodies amid debris of the buildings that collapsed in Wednesday’s powerful bomb blast in Peshawar.  (Arshad Arbab / EPA)

Plastic containers and bottles collected for recycling overflow the sides of a truck. Workers said the bottles will be used to transport water.  (Wissam Nasser / EPA)

At a Barcelona exhibit, a man looks at a photo from a series titled “Gender Violence in Pakistan.” The photos were taken by Spanish photographer Emilio Morenatti, and this particular picture won first prize in the FotoPres contest.  (Xavier Bertral / EPA)

An Indian camel herder lights a cigarette as he waits for buyers at the Pushkar Mela festival.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

President Obama leaves the White House aboard Marine One shortly before midnight Wednesday on his way to Dover Air Force Base, Del., where he took part in a ceremony marking the return to U.S. soil of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan. Full story  (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Fans of the late U.S. performer Michael Jackson, seen before the screening of the film “This Is It” in Paris.  (Christophe Ena / Associated Press)

New York Yankees’ outfielder Nick Swisher climbs the right field wall to try and catch a solo home run by Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies’ during the third inning of Game 1 of the World Series.  (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)

Hudson, a 2-year-old polar bear, devours a pumpkin at the Chicago Zoological Society’s zoo in Brookfield.  (M. Spencer Green / Associated Press)

Flames billow from shattered buildings after a car bomb tore through a marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 80 people and injuring 200.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

Pakistani volunteers rush a child injured in the explosion to the hospital.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a vital Bay Area traffic artery, is deserted after it was closed indefinitely because a supporting rod installed during emergency repairs last month snapped. The closure caused a commuting nightmare for the 280,000 motorists who depend on the landmark span on a typical day.  (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

Yes, that’s frost on the pumpkin -- or, more precisely, snow -- at an outdoor sales lot in Denver. Forecasters said the Denver area could get as much as 20 inches of snow by Thursday.  (Ed Andrieski / Associated Press)

Odie Peterson sweeps up after a large branch from a pine tree broke and fell across her yard in South Los Angeles as strong winds struck the Southland over night. The same branch crushed the Pilgrim Community Church, housed in an old wood-frame structure next door.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

NASA‘s Ares I-X rocket lifts off from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in a test firing of a prototype of the rocket that will replace the aging space shuttle fleet.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

A cone of moisture surrounds the nose of the Ares I-X rocket as it soars into the sky after liftoff on a sub-orbital test flight.  (Chris O’Meara / Associated Press)

Sylvia Mackey, left, wife of former National Football Player John Mackey, greets Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Wood before a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee about football brain injuries at the Capitol. A recent study of retired players suggested that NFL retirees ages 60-89 are experiencing moderate to severe dementia at several times the national rate. According to Wood’s guardian, fellow former NFL player Robert Schmidt, Wood is a “living, breathing example of the issues of concussions and their correlation with dementia.”  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Men walk across hot coals at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. The annual festival traces its origin to the early 1800s when a group of people in Phuket who had been stricken with disease recovered after adhering to a strict vegetarian diet.  (David Longstreath / Associated Press)

A model wears an outfit by Greek designer Nikos Takis during Athens fashion week.  (Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Images)

An Iraqi weeps as he walks away from the Justice Ministry after a bombing. Twin suicide attacks a block apart in the Iraqi capital killed about 150 people and injured about 700.  (Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP / Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back William Gay breaks up a long pass intended to Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field. The Steelers handed the Vikings their first loss of the year, 27-17.  (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)

Kevin Gray, center, 40, of Rancho Cucamonga shows off his car license plates while waiting in line Sunday to attend the U2 concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Gray said he is a die-hard fan who has attended 172 U2 concerts in last 25 years.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Ancestors’ graves at a cemetery in Hong Kong receive a sprucing-up during the Chung Yeung Festival, a holiday dedicated to remembering departed family members. The cemetery is terraced like a grandstand.  (Mike Clarke / AFP/Getty Images)

An animal rights activist outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok is barely clad but fully painted in the colors of the Canadian flag while protesting seal hunting in Canada.  (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP / Getty Images)

A rescue crew searches for survivors after a building collapsed, killing at least five people and injuring two others, in Palma, the capital of the Spanish resort island of Majorca. The cause of the collapse was not known, but witnesses told Spanish National Radio they heard an explosion moments before.  (Jaime Reina / AFP/Getty Images)