The Week in Pictures: Biden's boot and pushy pelicans
Christmas comes to the White House, Trump on the links, an ocean rescue and more.
Updated Dec. 4, 2020 10:44 AM CST
New York City
The Boss Baby balloon is deflated as it ends its appearance during the modified Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Nov. 26, 2020.
While the the annual holiday parade usually draws thousands of onlookers, much of the celebration was prerecorded and scaled back due to the continuing pandemic.
— Craig Ruttle / AP
White House
The Red Room of the White House is adorned with Christmas decorations during a press preview on Nov. 30.
The Cross Hall, Blue Room, Red Room Green Room and East Colonnade are elegantly decorated with 62 Christmas trees, 106 Christmas wreaths, more than 1,200 feet of garland, more than 3,200 strands of lights and 17,000 bows.
— Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
Trump National Golf Club
President Donald Trump, center, plays at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., on Nov. 27.
Trump has said that it’s going to be difficult for him to concede the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden even when the Electoral College is expected to soon formally certify Biden’s victory.
— Alex Brandon / AP
Argentina
Mourners embrace as they wait to see Diego Maradona lying in state outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 26.
The Argentine soccer great who led his country to the 1986 World Cup died Nov. 25 at the age of 60.
— Rodrigo Abd / AP
New York
People watch from a window at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital as nurses strike in front of the hospital on Dec. 1 in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Healthcare workers were demanding the hospital provide adequate protective equipment, ventilation, testing and other safety protocols to ensure the safety of staff and patients as Covid-19 cases continue to rise, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
— Mark Lennihan / AP
Paris
A protester stands outside a burning BMW showroom during a a demonstration against police violence near Place de la Bastille on Nov. 28 in Paris.
The protests follow the publication of footage showing music producer Michel Zecler, a Black man, being beaten by three police officers in Paris on Nov. 21.
The incident has also fanned anger about a draft law that is seen as curbing the right of journalists to report on police brutality.
— Kiran Ridley / Getty Images
Iran
Servants of the holy shrine of Imam Reza carry the coffin of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Mashhad, Iran on Nov. 29.
In the West, Fakhrizadeh was commonly referred to as Iran's Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who helped father the atomic bomb in 1945, and was considered among the most important nuclear scientists in Iran.
Iran denies it ever had a nuclear weapons program and it has accused Israel of orchestrating the assassination.
— Massoud Nozari / West Asia News Agencyvia Reuters
France
A demonstrator wears a mask like handcuffs as owners of restaurants, bars and night clubs protest pandemic restrictions in Marseille, southern France, on Nov. 26.
The government laid out details Thursday of a gradual easing of France's monthlong virus lockdown, including hundreds of millions of euros in new aid for struggling workers and students and businesses forced to close.
— Daniel Cole / AP
Delaware
President-elect Joe Biden shows off his medical boot as he enters The Queen theater on Dec. 1, in Wilmington, Del.
Biden suffered hairline fractures in his right foot on Nov. 28 while playing with Major, one of the Bidens' two German shepherds.
— Andrew Harnik / AP
Jerusalem
Thousands attend the funeral of Rabbi Aharon David Hadash, the spiritual leader of the Mir Yeshiva, in Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Beit Yisrael on Dec. 3.
Rabbi Hadash died early in the morning, two months after being rushed to hospital for experiencing difficulty breathing and testing positive for the coronavirus.
— Menahem Kahna / AFP - Getty Images |