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Photos of the Week: Dinosaur Sweater, Miniature Park, Hippo Calf

The aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines, Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, a penny-farthing race in Prague, a mayoral election in New York City, and much more

By Alan Taylor
President Donald Trump stands by as attendees help a guest after he collapsed during during an event in the Oval Office.
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President Donald Trump stands by as attendees help a guest after he collapsed during an event on lowering drug prices in the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 2025.
A woman reacts as a low-flying aircraft passes over, during a celebration in a cemetery.
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A woman reacts as a low-flying aircraft passes over, during Fet Gede, the traditional Haitian Day of the Dead celebration, at a cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on November 1, 2025.
A huge balloon shaped like the character Shrek, being inflated, under netting.
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Shrek’s inflatable Onion Carriage from Universal Pictures’ Dreamworks Animation is prepared during the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloonfest at MetLife Stadium on November 1, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
A large Tyrannosaurus Rex statue, wearing a Christmas sweater, in a holiday display.
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An animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex models the latest knitwear at the unveiling of the 2025 Christmas-jumper design at the Natural History Museum, on November 4, 2025, in London, England.
Participants holding cross-shaped torches parade through a town.
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Participants holding torches parade through town during the annual Bonfire Night festivities in Lewes, England, on November 5, 2025.
Members of the Los Angeles Dodgers crowd together and celebrate winning the World Series.
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The pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates at Rogers Center after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, on November 2, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario.
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stands at a podium, hand on his chest, smiling.
Yuki Iwamura / AP
Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the New York City mayoral election on November 4, 2025.
A young hippo calf explores its enclosure in a zoo.
Markus Schreiber / AP
A hippo calf, born in September, explores the large water basin for the first time in public, together with its mother, Nala, at Zoo Berlin, in Germany, on November 6, 2025.
Two workers carry a scale model of a city building, beside other models.
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A model of the buildings on the Brocken is dismantled and stored in the “Kleiner Harz” miniature park for the winter break in Wernigerode, Germany, on November 3, 2025.
Flames erupt from engines on a rocket as it launches.
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A Long March 2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou 21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi Desert, China, on October 31, 2025.
Dust rises around a historic building that is partially collapsing.
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Dust rises due to a second collapse of part of the medieval tower Torre dei Conti near the Roman Forum, in the historic center of Rome, on November 3, 2025.
A drone view of severe damage to houses caused by a hurricane
Raquel Cunha / Reuters
A drone view of damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, in Belmont, Jamaica, seen on November 2, 2025
People wade through knee-deep floodwater.
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People wade through flooded streets to buy food as heavy rain continues on November 3, 2025, in Hue, Vietnam.
A meandering river runs through a grassy, snow-covered valley.
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An aerial view of Tolehaite Grassland after snowfall in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China, on November 4, 2025
A man rides his bike past autumn-colored trees.
Michael Probst / AP
A man rides his bike through a forest in the Taunus region, near Frankfurt, Germany, on November 5, 2025.
A woman in a long red dress poses for photographs on a giant swing above a lush valley.
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A woman poses for photographs on a giant swing at the Tegallalang Rice Terrace, near Ubud, Bali, on November 5, 2025.
People ride on tall penny-farthing bicycles in a park—one towing a small trailer with a dog.
Michal Cizek / AFP / Getty
Bike enthusiasts on their penny-farthing bicycles take part in the traditional “One-Mile Race” competition at Letna Park, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 1, 2025.
A football player dives for the end zone, holding the ball out and hitting a small soft pylon on the boundary line.
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Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots dives for the pylon and scores a touchdown during a football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Gillette Stadium on November 2, 2025, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
A squirrel jumps among autumn leaves.
Kin Cheung / AP
A squirrel jumps among autumn leaves in a London park on November 4, 2025.
A man dressed and made up as a skeleton stands beside a horse.
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A man dressed as El Catrin poses with a horse in the street during the Day of the Dead celebration in Naolinco de Victoria, Veracruz, Mexico, on November 2, 2025.
Fireworks erupt as a drone light show creates the shape of a human skull above a crowd.
Leon Neal / Getty
Hundreds of drones create a Halloween-themed display in the night sky above Muswell Hill during the annual Fireworks and Drone Festival at Alexandra Palace, on October 31, 2025, in London, England.
An aerial view of the mountains, harbors, and buildings of Rio de Janeiro
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This aerial view shows Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 3, 2025.
Several people navigate a plant-choked reservoir in a small boat.
Jose Cabezas / Reuters
A family travels by boat to join cleanup efforts against water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), an invasive plant species that impedes navigation and fishing, in El Cerron Grande reservoir, in El Paraíso, El Salvador.
A woman walks on a suspension bridge during a foggy morning.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A woman walks on a suspension bridge during a foggy morning in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 6, 2025.
A plume of smoke rises over airport property after a plane crash.
Jon Cherry / AP
A plume of smoke rises over airport property after a plane crashed at Louisville International Airport on November 4, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Vehicles lie piled up in a street after flooding caused by a typhoon.
Jacqueline Hernandez / AP
Vehicles are piled up in a street after flooding caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Cebu City, Philippines, on November 4, 2025.
An aerial view of dozens of cars lined up, waiting for supplies from a food bank.
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Houston residents line up in their cars for a special free-food distribution by the Houston Food Bank at NRG Stadium, in Houston, Texas, on November 1, 2025.
Volunteers load boxes of food into cars during a food bank event.
Mike Segar / Reuters
Volunteers load boxes of food into cars during an event held by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in partnership with Bergen County to deliver emergency food relief to federal workers and SNAP recipients amid the U.S. government shutdown, in Leonia, New Jersey, on November 6, 2025.

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
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