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The Week in Pictures: Oct. 30 - Nov. 6

Egypt faces militant threat, tightrope tension in the Windy City, picking politicians and produce on Election Day, Germans fall off the wagon & more.
Image: Smoke rises as Egyptian forces demolish homes as part of a military operation
Smoke rises as Egyptian forces demolish homes as part of a military operation near the border with the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Egypt, on Nov. 4. Egyptian authorities evacuated 802 houses belonging to 1,165 families to seal off smugglers' tunnels and tried to crush a militant insurgency in northern Sinai.MOHAMMED SABER / EPA