This Week in Pictures: 9-15 November

Tourists dealing with a huge flood in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy.

People visit the East Side Gallery in the German capital, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Russian ballet dancer Yekaterina Shipulina performs at the Bolshoi Theatre for the 90th birthday of Soviet and Russian composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova.

A dog walks on the rubble of fallen masonry in the Rouviere quarter of Le Teil, southeastern France, after a powerful earthquake hit the area.

President Vladimir Putin congratulates Soviet and Russian composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova on her ninetieth birthday.

The staff of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service perform during drills, to mark the 29th anniversary of the special forces' founding.

Police block supporters of former President Evo Morales from entering the Congress area of La Paz, Bolivia, as mass protests continue in the country.

A demonstrator dives to the ground to avoid a water cannon during protests against the Chilean government in Santiago.

Young women in costumes pose in front of the Cologne Cathedral as they celebrate the start of the carnival season in Germany.

A coffin with a dead pig inside is displayed at a rally where people are protesting against land reform in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine.

Ice needles cover red and yellow leaves still hanging on a branch in Marktoberdorf, southern Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accompanied by his wife, and Chinese President Xi Jinping visit a concert during the 11th BRICS summit in Brasilia.

Russian anchor Regina Todorenko, who won Glamour magazine's 2019 Woman of the Year, during an awards ceremony in Moscow.

Afghan children play at a brick-making factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

Greg Hardy from the US and Alexander Volkov from Russia brawling during an MMA match at UFC Fight Night in Moscow.

People celebrate Polish Independence Day in the capital city of Warsaw.

Revellers arrive in the city centre where tens of thousands celebrate the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany.

People run as riot police fire tear gas in Hong Kong, China, amid ongoing protests in the special administrative region.

Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam - Fazal (JUI-F), watch speeches by their leaders on a large video screen during the so-called Azadi March (Freedom March), called by the opposition to protest against the government of PM Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Two giraffes training at the "Roev Stream" flora and fauna park in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Sharnie Moren and her 18-month-old daughter Charlotte look on as thick smoke rises from bushfires near Nana Glen, close to Coffs Harbour, Australia.

Congolese altar boys from the Greek Orthodox Church attend a Sunday mass at the Saint Andrew Cathedral in Kananga.

Director and actress Elizabeth Banks, and actress Laverne Cox arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Charlie's Angels" at the Regency Theater Westwood.

A man sleeps in a car next to burning tyres barricading the highway during ongoing anti-government protests in Lebanon.

Dancers from the Moulin Rouge cabaret perform before a French Top 14 rugby union match between Stade Francais and Racing 92 at Jean-Bouin Stadium in Paris.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg depicted on a new four-storey mural in San Francisco, California.

A deer is seen covered in bracken undergrowth as it prepares to clash with a rival during the rutting season in Richmond Park, west London.

Models display their tattoos during the 2019 International Brussels Tattoo Convention in Belgium.

Indigenous Bolivian women are seen on the road from El Alto to La Paz as the country plunges into crisis amid mass protests, leading to the resignation of President Evo Morales.

A passenger is seen silhouetted by the Moon while riding on an Emirates Air Line cable car over the River Thames in London.