A look at the best news photos from around the world.
November 1, 2021

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Oxfam activists with 'Big Heads' of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, France's President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping perform in a Scottish pipe band, as the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) is held in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Runners and riders compete in the "Melbourne 10 Sorry We Can't Be There This Year Handicap" at Laytown racecourse, County Meath, Ireland.

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An international traveller is hugged as she arrives at Sydney Airport in the wake of COVID-19 border restrictions easing, with fully vaccinated Australians being permitted into Sydney from overseas without quarantine for the first time since March 2020.

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A man lies down on a standup paddle board in the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel.