Week in pictures: 28 October - 3 November

LAST UPDATED AT 15:00 ON Fri 2 Nov 2012
US President Barack Obama comforts Hurricane Sandy victim Dana Vanzant
Credits: 
Jewel Samad

NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY: US President Barack Obama comforts Hurricane Sandy victim Dana Vanzant during a visit to a neighbourhood in Brigantine. The superstorm's American death toll has passed 90, on top of the 71 killed in the Caribbean. 

US President Barack Obama comforts Hurricane Sandy victim Dana Vanzant
Taxis sit in a flooded lot in Hoboken after Hurricane Sandy
Andy Murray at the Paris Masters
A man in Syria cries after his daughter was killed in an airstrike
Country Music Awards hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood perform their version of Gangnam Style
Koshik the talking elephant
Theo Walcott celebrates after scoring Arsenal’s sixth goal against Reading
A shopkeeper models one of his Halloween masks at his downtown stall.
Queen Elizabeth II greets members of the cast and crew following a Gala Jubilee celebration at the Royal Opera House
The Midtown skyline glitters as Lower Manhattan remains mostly without power