Participants parade through Lewes, England, during the annual Bonfire Night festivities. The East Sussex town is famous for its lively 5 November celebration, which involves seven bonfire societies, many of which date back to the 19th Century.
A voter casts their ballot in the US midterm election, at the Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado. An expected “red wave” of resounding Republican victories failed to materialise, despite high inflation and relatively low approval ratings for the Biden administration.
King Charles III unveils a statue of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at York Minster during his visit to the city.
Military personnel and city workers observe a two-minute silence during an Armistice Commemoration Service at Lloyd’s of London. The silence is held every year at 11:00 GMT on 11 November to mark the end of World War One in 1918.
People protest over climate justice and human rights at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Egypt. About 200 countries are negotiating next steps on cutting the emissions that cause global warming.
A pink salt evaporation pond at Las Coloradas, in the Rio Lagartos Municipality on the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The water gets its pink tint from red-coloured algae, plankton and brine shrimp.
A mother holds her child while waiting at the Danwadaag Mother and Child Health Center, Somalia. A fourth season of failed rains is causing one of the worst droughts East Africa has seen in decades. Drought in Somalia threatens to cause deaths of children on a scale not seen in half a century, the UN children’s agency, Unicef, warned in October.
Graffiti of a child throwing a man on the floor in judo clothing is seen on a wall amid damaged buildings in Borodyanka in Kyiv Region, Ukraine. According to Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s defence ministry, Ukraine is “almost in full control” of Kherson following the recapturing of the city from Russian forces.
An engineer carries out final testing of Big Ben and the quarter bells after the renovation of the Great Clock in Elizabeth Tower, London. On Friday, Big Ben struck 11 times as part of the Armistice commemorations to remember the war dead.
Sarum Lights Renaissance light and sound installation is seen at Salisbury Cathedral, England. Created by artistic team Luxmuralis, the artwork celebrates the work of great masters of the Renaissance period, such as Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci.
