Week in pictures: 26 November - 2 December 2016 - BBC News

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MAXIM MALINOVSKY / AFP
An honour guard braved the weather during a ceremony to mark the delivery of six Mi-8MTV-5 helicopters to a military base near Minsk, Belarus.





ERIK SCHELZIG / AP
The death toll from the wildfires raging in several southern US states rose as search-and-rescue operations continued. Here, smoke surrounds a home near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.





JANE BARLOW / PA
Joseph Marshall, head of special collections at the University of Edinburgh, presented a petri dish that holds a sample of mould that enabled Alexander Fleming to discover the antibiotic power of penicillin. The item is featured in the Directory of Collections, a newly published guide to the University of Edinburgh's historical collections.





RICARDO MORAES / REUTERS
A passenger plane carrying 77 people, including Brazil's Chapecoense football squad, crashed in Colombia. The plane broke apart on impact but did not explode, raising suspicions that it had lost power due to a lack of fuel. Fans of Chapecoense paid tribute to the players, at the Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, Brazil.





GORAN TOMASEVIC / REUTERS
More than 70,000 civilians have been displaced since Iraq's government launched an offensive to recapture Mosul from the so-called Islamic State group six weeks ago. Here, a woman holds up a white flag as she greets a relative in part of the city.





CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
Cuba's former president, Fidel Castro - one of the world's longest-serving and most iconic leaders - died aged 90. Castro toppled the government in 1959, introducing a Communist revolution. He defied the US for decades, surviving many assassination plots.





THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS
Spectators ducked as a plane passed overhead during Nairobi's Vintage Air Rally.





TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS
Paul Nuttall (left) was elected leader of the UK Independence Party, replacing Nigel Farage. The 39-year-old member of the European parliament, who served as UKIP's deputy leader for six years, won 62.6% of support among party members. Mr Nuttall defeated former deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans and ex-soldier John Rees-Evans.





ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP
Nico Rosberg said his drive to win his first Formula 1 world championship, in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, was the toughest race of his life.





DAVID W CERNY / REUTERS
The festive season got under way in Prague as the traditional Christmas market opened its doors.