GALLERY: This Week in Pictures

Oxfam activists dressed as a Scottish pipe band and representing (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their “Big Heads” protest stunt at the Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow on November 1, 2021 on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Summit. Photo: Oli SCARFF / AFP

GALLERY: This Week in Pictures 30 October – 5 November

We look back on the pictures that have drawn our attention to the biggest news stories from SA and around the world over the past week.

GALLERY: This Week in Pictures

Oxfam activists dressed as a Scottish pipe band and representing (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their “Big Heads” protest stunt at the Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow on November 1, 2021 on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Summit. Photo: Oli SCARFF / AFP

The past week offered some interesting imagery from around the world and included visuals of Novak Djokovic at the ATP in Paris, celebrations on the eve of Diwali, an oil head climate activist and a highlight from South Africa’s recently passed municipal elections.

CHECK OUT THE WEEK’S TOP PICTURES

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic arrives to play against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics (not pictured) during their men’s singles tennis match on day two of the ATP Paris Masters at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on 2 November 2021. Photo: Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
The Statue of Liberty is seen during sunset on 3 November 2021 in New York City. Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
An Oil Head, a climate activist from the Ocean Rebellion group, vomits mock oil as they demonstrate outside the INEOS integrated refinery and petrochemicals centre plant in Grangemouth, Scotland, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, on 2 November 2021. Photo: Ben STANSALL / AFP
Migrants and members of the Coalicion Pro Defensa del Migrante (Pro Migrants Coalition) take part in a performance to raise awareness on the numbers of migrants dead on the border during a performance to raise awareness on the numbers of migrants dead on the border on Day of the Dead at the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on 2 November 2021. Photo: Guillermo Arias / AFP
A voter has her finger marked with special ink after casting her ballot at the polling station at Northwood Boys High School in Durban on 1 November 2021, during South Africa’s local elections. Photo: RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
A picture taken on October 30, 2021 shows tourists enjoying Phra Nang Beach in Krabi on 30 October 2021 as the country prepares to welcome visitors fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus without quarantine from 1 November. Photo: Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
Ocean Rebellion activists stage a protest against bottom trawling fishing near the Scottish Event Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland on 30 October 2021, the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference to be held in the city from 31 October. Photo: Andy Buchanan / AFP
TOPSHOT – People light earthen lamps on the banks of the river Sarayu during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Ayodhya on 3 November 2021. Photo: SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP
Shopkeepers roast peanuts inside their shop in Lahore on 31 October 2021. Photo: Arif ALI / AFP