Week in pictures 30 Oct 2021
Here is the top news photograpy from the past week:
CATANIA: Flash flooding has turned roads into rivers in the port city of Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily, on Tuesday, October 26. Over two feet of rain fell in Italy in only half a day, something not seen in Europe before (Ansa)
SANTA FE: This aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a Western movie set outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Saturday, October 23. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed last week during a shooting on the set of the movie “Rust”Officials are investigating the shooting, which happened as actor Alec Baldwin was practicing with a prop gun during rehearsals (Jae C. Hong/AP)
LONDON: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen leaves the Houses of Parliament after testifying to lawmakers in London on Monday, October 25. Haugen recently released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents, causing a firestorm for the social media company (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK: Municipal workers hold placards and shout slogans as they march across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday, October 25, to protest. New York City’s vaccine mandateThe mandate covers all municipal workers (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
CAIRO: The sculpture "Together," created by Lorenzo Quinn, is seen in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, on Saturday, October 23. Quinn, an Italian sculptor, is the son of late actor Anthony Quinn (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)