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Last week in pictures – 02 November 2019

By Maverick Life Editors• 2 November 2019

A man wearing a costume rides a subway on Halloween, October 31, 2019 in New York City. Halloween, which is named from "All Hallows' Eve", falls a day before All Saints' Day on November 1. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

Cultures from around the world celebrated the annual holiday of Halloween while in Mexico, Hanal Pixan, also known as Day of the Dead, was honoured. Also in the news, President Donald Trump announces that he will be changing his primary residence from Manhattan, New York, to Palm Beach, Florida, where Mar-a-Lago golf club will become his permanent home.

Inhabitants of the town of Lerona Vicario celebrate the Hanal Pixan, an ancestral celebration dedicated to the faithful departed according to the belief of the Hanal Pixan Maya and that is a reunion between living beings and their loved ones who have advanced on their journey in the afterlife, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, 31 October 2019. EPA-EFE/Alberto Flores
An English Bulldog in a Halloween costume parades around Eisenhower Park during Barkfest on October 26, 2019 in East Meadow, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out candy to trick-or-treaters during a Halloween at the White House event at the South Portico of the White House October 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is seen on November 1, 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida. President Trump announced that he will be moving from New York and making Palm Beach, Florida his permanent residence. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A gold inlaid canopic coffinette of Tutankhamum, dated 1336-1326 BC, is displayed at a press preview for the exhibition ‘Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh’ at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea in London, Britain, 01 November 2019. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
Painted sections of the Berlin Wall stand in a yard in Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany, 30 October 2019 (issued 31 October 2019). The painted wall segments were an element of the ‘wall painting schemes’ project, organised by KW Lagerhaus GmbH, in which the parts were mostly donated and shipped around the world to serve as a reminder and monument to the historic dividing barrier, separating east and west Berlin. EPA-EFE/OMER MESSINGER
The Sydney Opera House sails are seen illuminated with First Nations artwork by Badu Gili in support of the UN Global Goals on October 29, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney Opera House is the first major Australian arts institution to announce its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. World leaders came together in 2015 and agreed to 17 goals, known as the Global Goals, to address the world’s most pressing challenges by 2030, including poverty, inequality, climate, education and justice. The Global Goals a clear roadmap to achieve a more sustainable and prosperous future for all. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)
The World War II oil tank at Art Gallery Of NSW on October 27, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The former World War II oil tank was built in the early 1940s, surrounded by secrecy, to store oil for the naval fleet at Garden Island. It was decommissioned in the 1980s and has remained hidden until now. The tank will be transformed into a contemporary art space, opening to the public in 2022 as part of the Gallery’s expansion. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
Participants prepare their hot air balloons at the Flutuar – III Coruche Ballooning Festival, in Coruche, Portugal, 29 October 2019. Today the balloons were not able to take off due to weather conditions. More than 20 ballooning teams from various countries with conventional and special shape balloons are taking part in the festival that runs from 29 October to 03 November. EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES
Tomoki Hiwatashi of US competes in the Men Short Program at the Internationaux de France ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix in Grenoble, France, 01 November 2019. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 28:  Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Galactic, rings a ceremonial bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to promote the first day of trading of Virgin Galactic Holdings shares on October 28, 2019 in New York City. Virgin Galactic Holdings became the first space-tourism company to go public as it began trading on Monday with a market value of about $1 billion. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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