People in Oxford, Michigan, attend a prayer vigil at the LakePoint Community Church on Tuesday, November 30, hours after a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/us/michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-thursday/index.html" target="_blank">deadly shooting</a> at Oxford High School.
The week in 35 photos
People in Oxford, Michigan, attend a prayer vigil at the LakePoint Community Church on Tuesday, November 30, hours after a deadly shooting at Oxford High School.
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Published 0226 GMT (1026 HKT) December 03, 2021

A shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School this week left four students dead and seven other people injured.

The tragedy happened on Tuesday afternoon. It was the deadliest US school shooting since May 2018.

The suspect, 15-year-old sophomore Ethan Crumbley, has been charged as an adult. His lawyer entered a plea of not guilty at Wednesday's arraignment.

Here are some of the other stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.

A traveler looks at an electronic board displaying canceled flights at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 27. A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant — <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/health/omicron-variant-what-we-know/index.html" target="_blank">a strain named Omicron</a> — has prompted a fresh round of travel restrictions across the world. While scientists say there is reason to be concerned over Omicron, they stress there is still a lot we don't know — including whether the variant is indeed more contagious, whether it causes more severe disease or what its effects on vaccine efficacy may be.
A traveler looks at an electronic board displaying canceled flights at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 27. A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant — a strain named Omicron — has prompted a fresh round of travel restrictions across the world. While scientists say there is reason to be concerned over Omicron, they stress there is still a lot we don't know — including whether the variant is indeed more contagious, whether it causes more severe disease or what its effects on vaccine efficacy may be.
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US Rep. Ilhan Omar plays a recording of a voice message that her office received in which several slurs were used and she was told that she "will not live much longer." Omar played <a href="https://www.startribune.com/omar-cites-increase-in-threats-since-republican-lawmakers-anti-muslim-remarks/600122413/" target="_blank" target="_blank">the message</a> at a news conference on Tuesday, November 30. She said she has seen an increase in such threats since US Rep. Lauren Boebert <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-anti-muslim-comments/index.html" target="_blank">made anti-Muslim comments about her</a> in a video that was posted to Facebook. Boebert apologized on Twitter to "anyone in the Muslim community I offended," but a call to Omar <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-response/index.html" target="_blank">did little to calm tensions</a> between the two lawmakers.
US Rep. Ilhan Omar plays a recording of a voice message that her office received in which several slurs were used and she was told that she "will not live much longer." Omar played the message at a news conference on Tuesday, November 30. She said she has seen an increase in such threats since US Rep. Lauren Boebert made anti-Muslim comments about her in a video that was posted to Facebook. Boebert apologized on Twitter to "anyone in the Muslim community I offended," but a call to Omar did little to calm tensions between the two lawmakers.
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Spanish Army soldiers stand on a hill as lava flows from the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/europe/la-palma-volcano-new-lava-flow-intl/index.html" target="_blank">Cumbre Vieja volcano</a> on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, on Monday, November 29.
Spanish Army soldiers stand on a hill as lava flows from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, on Monday, November 29.
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Outgoing German Chancellor <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/europe/gallery/angela-merkel-career/index.html" target="_blank">Angela Merkel</a> waves at a military ceremony that was <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/europe/gallery/angela-merkel-career/index.html" target="_blank">held in her honor</a> Thursday, December 2, in Berlin. Merkel is due to officially step down next week after 16 years in office.
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves at a military ceremony that was held in her honor Thursday, December 2, in Berlin. Merkel is due to officially step down next week after 16 years in office.
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Germany's Tobias Mueller falls while racing Austria's Johannes Aujesky during a World Cup ski cross event in Zhangjiakou, China, on Saturday, November 27.
Germany's Tobias Mueller falls while racing Austria's Johannes Aujesky during a World Cup ski cross event in Zhangjiakou, China, on Saturday, November 27.
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Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 1. The court was hearing a constitutional challenge to a Mississippi law that bars abortion after 15 weeks. The court <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/politics/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-oral-arguments/index.html" target="_blank">seemed poised to uphold the state law,</a> but it was less clear whether there is a clear majority to end the right to abortion nationwide.
Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 1. The court was hearing a constitutional challenge to a Mississippi law that bars abortion after 15 weeks. The court seemed poised to uphold the state law, but it was less clear whether there is a clear majority to end the right to abortion nationwide.
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Britain's Prince Charles speaks with Barbados President-elect Sandra Mason after arriving in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday, November 28. After nearly 400 years, Barbados <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/world/gallery/barbados-celebrates-republic/index.html" target="_blank">was cutting its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy.</a> Prince Charles acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery" as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated Mason as its first-ever President.
Britain's Prince Charles speaks with Barbados President-elect Sandra Mason after arriving in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday, November 28. After nearly 400 years, Barbados was cutting its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy. Prince Charles acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery" as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated Mason as its first-ever President.
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Camels walk through the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, China, on Monday, November 29.
Camels walk through the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, China, on Monday, November 29.
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Migrants camp inside the processing center of Belarus' Bruzgi checkpoint, at the Polish border near the city of Grodno, on Wednesday, December 1. Migrants have been stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus for months, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/11/europe/belarus-poland-crisis-explainer-cmd-intl/index.html" target="_blank">trapped at the center of an intensifying geopolitical dispute.</a>
Migrants camp inside the processing center of Belarus' Bruzgi checkpoint, at the Polish border near the city of Grodno, on Wednesday, December 1. Migrants have been stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus for months, trapped at the center of an intensifying geopolitical dispute.
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Tanzania's Alfan Kiyanga, front, is challenged by a Moroccan player during the opening match of the Cup of African Nations for Amputees. Tanzania, the hosts of the inaugural tournament, won the match 2-1 on Saturday, November 27.
Tanzania's Alfan Kiyanga, front, is challenged by a Moroccan player during the opening match of the Cup of African Nations for Amputees. Tanzania, the hosts of the inaugural tournament, won the match 2-1 on Saturday, November 27.
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Pope Francis greets nuns visiting the Vatican on Wednesday, December 1.
Pope Francis greets nuns visiting the Vatican on Wednesday, December 1.
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A model poses backstage at an Istanbul fashion show featuring the Hakan Akkaya x Cinderella Bridal Capsule Collection on Tuesday, November 30.
A model poses backstage at an Istanbul fashion show featuring the Hakan Akkaya x Cinderella Bridal Capsule Collection on Tuesday, November 30.
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A coffin covered with the French flag is carried toward the Panthéon monument in Paris on Tuesday, November 30. Legendary entertainer Josephine Baker was becoming <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/josephine-baker-pantheon-scli-intl/index.html" target="_blank">the first Black woman to receive a tomb at the Panthéon,</a> which honors the country's greatest heroes. Although she was born American, Baker was the embodiment of the French spirit, the Élysée Palace wrote in a statement. She received French citizenship in 1937. Her coffin at the Panthéon doesn't contain her remains — those are still buried in Monaco — but it does have handfuls of dirt from four important locations in her life.
A coffin covered with the French flag is carried toward the Panthéon monument in Paris on Tuesday, November 30. Legendary entertainer Josephine Baker was becoming the first Black woman to receive a tomb at the Panthéon, which honors the country's greatest heroes. Although she was born American, Baker was the embodiment of the French spirit, the Élysée Palace wrote in a statement. She received French citizenship in 1937. Her coffin at the Panthéon doesn't contain her remains — those are still buried in Monaco — but it does have handfuls of dirt from four important locations in her life.
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Michigan State's Brandon Wright, left, and Jacub Panasiuk celebrate during the fourth quarter of their win versus Penn State on Saturday, November 27.
Michigan State's Brandon Wright, left, and Jacub Panasiuk celebrate during the fourth quarter of their win versus Penn State on Saturday, November 27.
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Sarah Ransome, one of the accusers of convicted pedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, arrives to a courthouse for the start of Ghislaine Maxwell's trial in New York on Monday, November 29. Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend and social companion, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/us/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-profile-intl/index.html" target="_blank">is facing trial on sex trafficking charges.</a> She has pleaded not guilty to all counts. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/jeffrey-epstein-suicidal-thoughts-bureau-of-prisons-report/index.html" target="_blank">Epstein killed himself</a> while awaiting trial in 2019.
Sarah Ransome, one of the accusers of convicted pedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, arrives to a courthouse for the start of Ghislaine Maxwell's trial in New York on Monday, November 29. Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend and social companion, is facing trial on sex trafficking charges. She has pleaded not guilty to all counts. Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019.
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A tribute to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/virgil-abloh-death/index.html" target="_blank">Virgil Abloh</a> is held at the Fashion Awards in London on Monday, November 29. Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton and the founder and CEO of Off-White, died of cancer at the age of 41. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/gallery/virgil-abloh-designs-gallery/index.html" target="_blank">Take a look at his boundary-pushing designs and collaborations.</a>
A tribute to Virgil Abloh is held at the Fashion Awards in London on Monday, November 29. Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton and the founder and CEO of Off-White, died of cancer at the age of 41. Take a look at his boundary-pushing designs and collaborations.
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Protesters take to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to call for the resignation of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Saturday, November 27.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/africa-islamic-state-group-burkina-faso-ouagadougou-al-qaida-3b94a5ff79abb76f7aa7501e1ad502c2" target="_blank" target="_blank"> According to the Associated Press,</a> there is growing tension in the country over the government's inability to stem violence linked to al Qaeda and ISIS.
Protesters take to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to call for the resignation of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Saturday, November 27. According to the Associated Press, there is growing tension in the country over the government's inability to stem violence linked to al Qaeda and ISIS.
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Soccer star Lionel Messi holds his <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/football/lionel-messi-alexia-putellas-ballon-dor-spt-intl/index.html" target="_blank">Ballon d'Or trophy</a> at an award ceremony in Paris on Monday, November 29. Messi, who helped Argentina win the Copa America title earlier this year, has won the Ballon d'Or a record seven times.
Soccer star Lionel Messi holds his Ballon d'Or trophy at an award ceremony in Paris on Monday, November 29. Messi, who helped Argentina win the Copa America title earlier this year, has won the Ballon d'Or a record seven times.
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Pop group Pentatonix performs at the lighting ceremony of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York on Wednesday, December 1.
Pop group Pentatonix performs at the lighting ceremony of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York on Wednesday, December 1.
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LSU's Cameron Lewis and Jay Ward break up a pass intended for Texas A&M's Ainias Smith during a college football game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday, November 27.
LSU's Cameron Lewis and Jay Ward break up a pass intended for Texas A&M's Ainias Smith during a college football game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday, November 27.
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Villagers pay tribute to one of two elephants who died after they were hit by a train in Morigaon, India, on Wednesday, December 1.
Villagers pay tribute to one of two elephants who died after they were hit by a train in Morigaon, India, on Wednesday, December 1.
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China's Fan Zhendong competes at the World Table Tennis Championships on Saturday, November 27. Fan went on to win the tournament.
China's Fan Zhendong competes at the World Table Tennis Championships on Saturday, November 27. Fan went on to win the tournament.
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A woman looks at a video installation while attending the World Expo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, December 1.
A woman looks at a video installation while attending the World Expo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, December 1.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lights a menorah during a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/politics/biden-white-house-hanukkah/index.html" target="_blank">Hanukkah celebration at the White House</a> on Wednesday, December 1. He was joined, from left, by community leader Susan Stern, Rabbi Aaron Glatt and Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lights a menorah during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on Wednesday, December 1. He was joined, from left, by community leader Susan Stern, Rabbi Aaron Glatt and Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Japan's Akito Watabe competes in the ski-jumping portion of a Nordic combined event in Ruka, Finland, on Sunday, November 28.
Japan's Akito Watabe competes in the ski-jumping portion of a Nordic combined event in Ruka, Finland, on Sunday, November 28.
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Hall of Fame football player Michael Strahan jumps in the air as the New York Giants retired his number on Sunday, November 28.
Hall of Fame football player Michael Strahan jumps in the air as the New York Giants retired his number on Sunday, November 28.
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Candles form the shape of a red ribbon on Tuesday, November 30, during an event in Siliguri, India, raising awareness of World AIDS Day.
Candles form the shape of a red ribbon on Tuesday, November 30, during an event in Siliguri, India, raising awareness of World AIDS Day.
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A man walks near a boat that had capsized due to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/middleeast/turkey-fatal-wind-storms-november-2021-intl/index.html" target="_blank">strong winds in Istanbul</a> on Tuesday, November 30.
A man walks near a boat that had capsized due to strong winds in Istanbul on Tuesday, November 30.
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Golfer Kana Mikashima is showered by confetti after winning the Japan LPGA Tour Championship in Miyazaki, Japan, on Sunday, November 28.
Golfer Kana Mikashima is showered by confetti after winning the Japan LPGA Tour Championship in Miyazaki, Japan, on Sunday, November 28.
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A family prepares tea as they camp in Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday, November 29. About 2,000 people left the village of Allahyar because of drought, and they are seeking help from the regional government in Herat.
A family prepares tea as they camp in Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday, November 29. About 2,000 people left the village of Allahyar because of drought, and they are seeking help from the regional government in Herat.
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Snow covers houses in the English village of Keele on Monday, November 29.
Snow covers houses in the English village of Keele on Monday, November 29.
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Macaques climb onto a news photographer at a temple in Thailand's Lopburi province on Sunday, November 28. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thai-monkey-festival-intl-scli/index.html" target="_blank">Lopburi's Monkey Festival resumed</a> following a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic.
Macaques climb onto a news photographer at a temple in Thailand's Lopburi province on Sunday, November 28. Lopburi's Monkey Festival resumed following a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic.
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Santas sit in class as they take part in Santa School at The Ministry of Fun in London on Tuesday, November 30.
Santas sit in class as they take part in Santa School at The Ministry of Fun in London on Tuesday, November 30.
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A woman walks through "Form of Feeling @ Flower Market," an art installation in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, November 30. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2021/11/25/world/gallery/photos-this-week-november-19-november-25/index.html" target="_blank">See last week in 36 photos.</a>
A woman walks through "Form of Feeling @ Flower Market," an art installation in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, November 30. See last week in 36 photos.
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