This Week In Pictures *Oct 31th edition*

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

This week in pictures:

People tidy the graves of their relatives ahead of All Saints Day on 1 November, in Navotas, north of Manila, in the Philippines.

A Sikh man arranges his hair on the banks of Godhavari river in Nanded, India.

Steel workers stage a protest in Sofia, Bulgaria, against the planned closure of their plant.

Scientists studying the preserved 5,300-year-old remains of Oetzi the Iceman say that he is unlikely to have any modern-day relatives.

A man hugs a relative before leaving Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir for a pilgrimage to holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

An Indonesian man removes rubbish from the water around Greenpeace's ship Esperanza, docked in Jakarta.

A fan displays a tattoo of Diego Maradona during a gathering in Buenos Aires on the footballer's 48th birthday.

Japan's Princess Takamado pours tea for Britain's Prince Charles during the prince's visit to Nagano.

The largest inner city retail outlet in Europe opened its doors in west London.

Huge crowds had gathered to watch the many live events that marked the occasion.

Over 7000 jobs have also been created although the complex still awaits completion - a cinema, gym and spa are planned for 2009.

A child performs Peking Opera during a music course at a primary school in Gaochun of Jiangsu Province, China.

Pilgrims from Germany wait for Pope Benedict XVI to arrive at St Peter's square at the Vatican.

Taiwan's military fires a Howitzer cannon during a military exercise.

Supporters cheer as Mohamed 'Anni' Nasheed unseats Asia's longest-serving leader in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election.

Many of China's recycling mills are due to close down, as prices of oil, metal and other commodities plunge worldwide.

Poppy Man, the symbol of the 2008 poppy appeal enthrals children in London's Hyde Park. The Royal British Legion hopes to top last year's record of £30m raised.

Sheep in North Antrim felt the chill after heavy snow fell across Northern Ireland.

Nasa's Mars Orbiter has sent back pictures of rocks similar to opal, seen in this enhanced-colour image, that indicate the presence of water.

A powerful earthquake has struck Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province, leaving scores dead.

The quake hit in the early hours of the morning, when many people were in bed.

Some homes were buried by a landslide, triggered by the quake, north of Quetta.

A Pakistani woman celebrates Diwali - the Hindu festival of lights - in Lahore.

In Nepal, meanwhile, a young boy plays bat and ball with a flower and a piece of cardboard at a Kathmandu orphanage.

A US Army sergeant leads his platoon on a mission in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, site of some of the heaviest fighting of the war.

A man in eastern Yemen points towards the historical city of Shibam, devastated by floods

Fruit sellers in Xian, northern China, relax before the market opens.

A South Korean AH-1S Cobra helicopter fires a missile during training at an army firing range north of Seoul.

A giant poster on London's IMAX cinema promotes the new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace".

A surfer braves waves whipped up by strong winds off Baleal Beach, north of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.

Two ducklings seem unconcerned with politics as voters in Miami pass by on their way to cast early votes in the US presidential election.

A congregation gathers in the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica, for a mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of the election of Pope John XXIII.

The sun sets over fishing boats belonging to Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of people in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been fleeing a new outburst of fighting between government troops and rebel forces.

And an archive photo from this week, but in the year 1950, France.

Trails in the snow leading up to farm buildings in the Alps, France, circa 1950. Photo: Archive