The week in photos: November 11-17, 2017steemCreated with Sketch.

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This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
'PARKING LOT'. Commuters endure traffic as the MMDA opens the ASEAN lane along EDSA on November 11, 2017. Photo by Maria Tan/Rappler

RUSH. Policemen help workers in installing decors on November 11, 2017, in preparation for the start of the ASEAN Summit. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler

FIRST TO ARRIVE. Former President and Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo looks on as State Counselor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, is welcomed upon her arrival on November 11, 2017, at the Clark International Airport for the ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

FINISHING TOUCH. Honeylet Avanceña fixes the barong of President Rodrigo Duterte before the ASEAN gala dinner at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay on November 12, 2017. Presidential Photo

OPENING. ASEAN delegates watch the performance of the Philippine Ballet dancers at the opening ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila on November 13, 2017. Photo by Noel Celis/AFP/Pool

WAR GAMES. Filipino and Australian troops performed a training demonstration of enhanced counter-terrorism cooperation, simulating urban operations in Camp Aguinaldo on November 13, 2017. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

PWD-FRIENDLY E-JEEPNEY. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau inspects the latest model of the City Optimized Managed Electric Transport which includes a ramp for easier entry of persons with disabilities in Makati City on November 13, 2017. Photo by Maria Tan/Rappler

STANDING GROUND. #BanTrump activists hold their position as anti-riot police use water cannon and sonic alarm against them along the corner of Padre Faura and Taft Avenue, on November 13, 2017, to keep them from getting near the ASEAN Summit venue. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

'BYE, ASIA.' US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One after attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Manila on November 14, 2017. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP

ASEAN SECURITY. A policeman from Northern Luzon sleeps after his tour of duty inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila on November 14, 2017. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

DEADLY QUAKE. Residents huddle by a fire in an open area following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province on November 13, 2017. Photo by Pouria Pakizeh/AFP/ISNA

NEW HOME. A Rohingya boy flies a kite at Hakimpara refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on November 13, 2017. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP

STRANDED. Indonesian officers from Nature Conservation Agency and environmental activists try to refloat 9 sperm whales in Aceh Besar on November 13, 2017. Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP

AIR SHOW. UAE's Al-Fursan display team performs at the Dubai Airshow on November 14, 2017. Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP

FUTURISTIC. A picture taken on November 14, 2017, shows people visiting the Tianjin Binhai Library that has wowed book lovers around the world with its white undulating shelves rising from floor to ceiling. Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP

PRECIOUS. Christie's employees take bids for Leonardo da Vinci'€™s 'Salvator Mundi' at Christie's New York on November 15, 2017. Photo by Timothy Claren/AFP

LIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. People hold their mobile phones to create the shape of a giant ribbon in front of the 'Generalitat' palace at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona on November 16, 2017. Photo by Pau Barrena/AFP

GAME ON. Indonesian youths sit on a table while playing games at a game center surrounded by floodwaters after seasonal rains hit the area around Bandung, West Java province, on November 17, 2017. Photo by Timur Matahari/AFP

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