Pictures of the Week: Oct. 31 - Nov. 06

• Russian soldiers clad in replica World War II uniforms and weapons participate in a military parade rehearsal on Moscow's Red Square on Nov. 5. The parade is a reenactment of the Nov. 7, 1941 events, when troops marched directly to the front from Red Square to fight the invading fascist troops.
  
  
  

  Dmitry Kostyukov, AFP / Getty Images

• Performers in Halloween costumes play musical instruments on the north lawn of the White House during a Halloween celebration Oct. 31. To see a photo gallery of the event, please go to: White House Halloween.
  
  
  

  Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

• Flowers decorate the entrance of a house during Day of the Dead observances in San Miguel Canoa, central Mexico, Nov. 1.
  
  
  

  Miguel Tovar, AP

• Pakistani model Mehreen Syed, wearing clothes from designer Kash Hussain, prepares backstage during the first day of Fashion Pakistan Week on Nov. 4, in Karachi, Pakistan. Fashion Pakistan Week began amidst security threats. The organizers already postponed the event twice due to security fears and the threat of ongoing militant violence. The four-day-long event will feature over 30 Pakistani designers and will showcase the best of fashion in Pakistan.
  
  
  

  Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images

• Sgt. Anthony Sills comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas, Nov. 5. The Sills' 3-year-old son was still in daycare on the base, which was in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day that left 13 people dead and 30 injured.
  
  
  

  Jack Plunkett, AP

• Laurie A. Lewkowski, center, the mother of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Baker, is overcome with emotion during the playing of "Taps" at his burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 3. According to military officials, Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio, died Oct. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
  
  
  

  Charles Dharapak, AP

• The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with seven and a half tons of steel reclaimed from the fallen World Trade Center towers, passes lower Manhattan as it arrives Nov. 2 in New York. The World Trade Center construction site can be seen at middle left, behind the small marina and an aqua-domed tower.
  
  
  

  Mark Lennihan, AP

• Hajra Catic, 64, a Bosnian Muslim woman from Srebrenica, watches a TV broadcast Nov. 3 of the Radovan Karadzic trial in front of walls covered with photos of victims of the Srebrenica massacre. She was watching the coverage inside the Union of Srebrenica women location in the Bosnian town of Tuzla, 45 miles north of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Karadzic appeared at his U.N. war crimes trial on Tuesday for the first time since it began last week, claiming his "fundamental rights have been violated" by judges who started without him. The former Bosnian Serb leader is accused of masterminding Serb atrocities throughout the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.
  
  
  

  Amel Emric, AP

• Ryan Newman flies upside down after crashing with Kevin Harvick (29) during the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Nov. 1, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.
  
  
  

  Mark Young, AP

• Flames blaze more than 400 feet high above a natural gas line explosion that rocked Bushland, Texas, about 1 a.m., Nov. 5, in the Texas Panhandle. The roaring sound of the leaking gas could be heard and seen from Amarillo more than 10 miles away. The gas line explosion was located about 2 miles north of Interstate 40 and 1 mile east of Bushland Road. A nearby structure is seen burning on the right of the photo and a high-power utility pole is seen smoldering to the left of the blaze. A nearby rural neighborhood was evacuated by Potter County Sheriffs.
  
  
  

  Michael Schumacher, Amarillo Globe News / AP