From the Democratic Party's big wins in the US midterm elections to France's ongoing student-led protests and the first Olympic sports event held on African soil, FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.

Athletes enter the sea during the Triathlon Women's Individual race at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal on November 6, 2026. © Kieran Cleeves, OIS/IOC via AP Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed celebrates with his wife after winning a closely watched Senate race in Michigan to become the United States' first Muslim senator on November 4, 2026. © Brian Snyder, Reuters Supporters of James Talarico celebrate in Austin after his historic win in the Senate race in Texas, the first by a Democrat in more than 30 years. © Brandon Bell, Getty Images via AFP US President Donald Trump reacted to his party's crushing midterms defeat by placing a MAGA-style cap with the word "VETO" on his desk at the Oval Office on November 5, 2026. © Alex Brandon, AP A billboard in Tehran depicts US special envoy Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance with apparent injuries and torn clothing on November 3, 2026. © Vahid Salemi, AP Musicians from the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde (New World Orchestra) play at the place de la République in central Paris before the start of mass strikes called by unions on November 5, 2026. © Ludovic Marin, AFP A protester dressed as the superhero Deadpool rides a toy unicorn during a rally in Lyon, France's third-largest city, on November 5, 2026. © Laurent Cipriani, AP Family members mourn beside the coffins of police officers killed in Russian strikes on Khortytsia Island in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia province, November 7, 2026. © Evgeniy Maloletka, AP Garbage dumped in a floodway piles up in Yemen's Taiz, a government-held southern city encircled by the Houthis, on November 2, 2026. © Anees Mahyoub, Reuters A man casts his vote during local elections in Alexandra township on the outskirts of Johannesburg on November 4, 2026. © Themba Hadebe, AP US First Lady Melania Trump hands letters to Davyd Arakhamia, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's ruling party, and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House on November 5, 2026. © Alex Brandon, AP A mural depicting Leo XIV in Florida, Uruguay, the first leg of the pope's 12-day tour of Latin America, November 8, 2026. © Martin Varela Umpierrez, Reuters A Gussadi dancer performs during a procession ahead of the Diwali festival in Ayodhya, India on November 7, 2026. © Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP Spain's Blanca Lopez Valera runs to the buzzer during the rowing coastal beach sprints event at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal on November 3, 2026. © Jonathan Nackstrand, AP