SpaceX, La Palma and Poland-Belarus border: Weekly top photos

Scientists take measurements as lava flows from a volcano reaching the sea on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Nov. 11, 2021. The Spanish Navy has begun helping farmers on the volcanic island of La Palma as they try to reach by sea their lava-surrounded banana plantations.

A man pushes a bicycle on a flooded street in Chennai, India, Nov. 10, 2021. As the world was discussing the effects of unseasonal rain and distress to coastal communities amongst a host of ecological issues at COP26 in Glasgow, the southern Indian city of Chennai is being battered by rain leading to massive flooding and loss of life and property. The rain and floods are reminiscent of another devastating flood Chennai witnessed in 2015 that killed over 500 people and resulted in property damage of over $3 billion.

People take in the sunset in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 8, 2021.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying three NASA and one ESA astronaut on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., Nov. 10, 2021.

Poppies are projected onto the Sydney Opera House at first light to mark Remembrance Day in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 11, 2021. Remembrance Day 2021 marks 103 years since the armistice that ended the First World War on Nov. 11, 1918.

Hindu devotees take a dip in the waters of the Yamuna river amid toxic foam caused by pollution on the occasion of Chhat puja in Delhi, India, Nov. 10, 2021.

A long exposure shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, as it is launched carrying three NASA and one ESA astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. Nov. 10, 2021.

Seagulls fly around the statue entitled "Tommy," a first World War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale at dawn in Seaham, Britain, Nov. 11, 2021.

A man covers his dog as he wades through a water-logged road during heavy rains in Chennai, India, Nov. 11, 2021.

Visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk across markings displayed on the floor for the social distancing measures outside an exhibition hall in Goyang, South Korea, Nov. 14, 2021.

Hundreds of migrants camp at the Belarus side of the border with Poland near Kuznica Bialostocka, Poland, Nov. 10, 2021.

A child reacts as migrants gather on the Belarusian-Polish border in an attempt to cross it in the Grodno region, Belarus, Nov. 11, 2021.

Members of the National Orchestra System gather to try and break a Guinness World Record for most instruments used in a piece of music, in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 13, 2021.

Starlings fly at sunset over central Milan, Italy, Nov. 08, 2021.

Issan Vilmar covers the eyes of her son before a light therapy session at the Saint Damien Pediatric Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 12, 2021. A powerful Haitian gang leader said Friday he is easing a chokehold on fuel deliveries that has caused a growing crisis for hospitals, gas stations and even water supplies across the nation’s capital.

A Syrian girl looks out of a hole in a newly built mudbrick house in a village erected east of al-Safira in the countryside of Jarablus, northeast Aleppo province, Syria, Nov. 9, 2021.