The week in pictures: Trump-Xi talks, Hurricane Melissa and Mexico's Day of the Dead

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US President Donald Trump hails an "amazing" meeting with China's Xi Jinping, Hurricane Melissa leaves a trail of destruction in the Caribbean, and Mexicans don colourful skeleton costumes as they celebrate El Dia de los Muertos – the Day of the Dead. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the week's most striking images.

Issued on: 02/11/2025 - 11:26Modified: 02/11/2025 - 11:27

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Revellers participate in the annual Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City on November 1, 2025.

Residents gather amid debris on a street in Black River, Jamaica, on October 30, 2025, after Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction and death in the Caribbean.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan, South

A person draped in a Brazilian flag marked with fake blood stains attends a protest in Rio de Janeiro a day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, on October

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend a rally against plans to force them to serve in the Israeli military, in Jerusalem, on October 30, 2025.

A giant skeleton figure called "Jimador", built by local artisans to represent a man dedicated to agave farming, is exhibited in a marigold field during Day of the Dead celebrations in Atlixco, Mexico

A view of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, which became the world's tallest church this week after a section of its central tower was lifted into place.

An aerial view shows the partly flooded village of Blatten in Switzerland after recent snowfalls, five months after a landslide destroyed the village.

A drone display depicting King Tut's mask lights up the sky above the Grand Egyptian Museum during its official opening in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025.

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