Week in pictures: 11 - 17 November

LAST UPDATED AT 16:15 ON Fri 16 Nov 2012
Dancer Vimi Solanki waits to perform on stage as Lord Krishna during the Hindu festival of Diwali
Credits: 
Christopher Furlong

LEICESTER, TUESDAY: Dancer Vimi Solanki waits to perform on stage as Lord Krishna during the Hindu festival of Diwali. Around 35,000 people attended the city’s festival of light - one of the biggest celebrations in the world outside India. 

A Palestinian boy cries against the wall of his home which was damaged following an Israeli air strike
Palestinians extinguish fire from the car of Ahmed al-Jabari, Hamas’s military mastermind
Dancer Vimi Solanki waits to perform on stage as Lord Krishna during the Hindu festival of Diwali
Demonstrators protect themselves with shields bearing the titles of classic books on a day of anti-austerity protests across
Prince Charles shows off his ballroom dancing skills during a visit to Christchurch
Twilight stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner arrive at the world premiere of Breaking Dawn
Three four-week-old Sumatran tiger cubs sit inside a cage at a zoo in north Sumatra
Sweden's captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates his fourth goal in a World Cup 2014 friendly with England
A total solar eclipse plunges northern Australia into darkness for just over two minutes
The new leader of China’s Communist Party Xi Jinping delivers a speech