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The Week in Pictures: Election suspense and earthquake in Turkey
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A nation anxiously awaits election results, an unusual Halloween and an attack in Vienna.
Havana
A mask-wearing student puts on plastic gloves as a coronavirus precaution in Havana on Nov. 2.
Tens of thousands of school children returned to class Monday in Havana for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic prompted authorities to shut the island down in April.
Turkey
A crane lifts the wreckage of a car as rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building on Nov. 1 in the Bayrakli district of Izmir, Turkey.
The earthquake jolted the Turkish coastline and parts of Greece. The official death toll was more than 100 with more than 1,000 people injured, according to Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency.
Turkey
Rescue workers carry 3-year-old Ayda Gezgin out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Izmir on Nov. 3.
Cries of joy greeted the girl as she was pulled out of the rubble alive, some 91 hours after an earthquake flattened parts of this coastal city.
Houston
People react during an election watch party at Axlerad Beer Garden in Houston.
Vienna
Women run away from the area near the state opera in central Vienna on Nov. 2 following a shooting near a synagogue.
A gunman killed four in a rampage.
Officials said there was no indication that more than one attacker was involved in the shootings after previously saying they believed there could be up to four attackers.
Pennsylvania
Protesters calling for stopping the vote count in Pennsylvania gather on the steps of the State Capitol on Nov. 5 in Harrisburg. The activists, many with flags and signs for Trump, made allegations that votes are being stolen from the president as the race in Pennsylvania continued to tighten in Joe Biden's favor.
Paris
Children wear Halloween costumes on Rue de Seine in Paris on the first day of a nationwide lockdown on Oct. 30 in Paris.
France has imposed another national lockdown for a minimum of four weeks as the number of coronavirus cases soar during a second wave.
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