This Week in Pictures: November 5 - November 11

Maria Modiba cooks by a candlelight during one of the frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Soweto, South Africa November 11, 2022.

The moon and a statue are seen during a lunar eclipse in San Salvador, El Salvador, November 8, 2022. 

A fan of Ghana's national football team poses with the FIFA World Cup countdown clock in Doha on November 7, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournament. 

Climate activists prepare placards for a protest during the COP27 climate conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022.

A Ukrainian servicewoman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun at a position, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine November 9, 2022. 

Participants race during the Red Bull Box Cart Race challenges in Bo Kaap, one of the iconic neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa, November 6, 2022.

Lake Ogleton is reflected in the window as voters cast their ballots in midterm elections at the Bay Ridge Civic Association, in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., November 8, 2022.  

The sun rises over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2022.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launched at 5:32 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. 

A women sits in the waters break at Lido beach early in the morning in Mogadishu, Somalia.

A look at this week’s best news photos from Africa and around the world.