Photos from Paris, Brussels, Chicago show a week racked by conflict

Each week the editors on the CBC News photo desk compile a gallery of top news images from around the world. This week, with European cities on high alert after the attacks in Paris and a brazen assault on a hotel in Mali, the theme is conflict.

The week in pictures, Nov. 20-27

Thomson Reuters Posted: Nov 27, 2015 7:09 PM EST | Last Updated: November 28, 2015

A Belgian police officer takes part in a search for suspects amid a high-security lockdown following the deadly Paris attacks, in Brussels, on Nov. 22. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

The week in pictures

Every Friday the editors on the CBC News photo desk compile a gallery of top news images from around the world. This week, with European cities on high alert after the attacks in Paris and a brazen assault on a hotel in Mali, we focuson the effects ofconflict, from Nov. 20-27.

Throughout Paris and across France tricolour flags fluttered in windows on Nov. 27 in response to a call by President Franois Hollande to honour the 130 victims of the attacks in Paris. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Pope Francis's 1st visit to African conflict zone

Tight security protectsPope Francis, who isin Africa on what is beingcalled the riskiest trip of his papacy: a six-day visit that will take him from Kenya to Uganda to the war-ravagedCentral African Republic a country gripped by vicious religious conflict.

A nun walks past security personnel before a meeting attended by Pope Francis at St. Mary School, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 26. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty)

A well-armed, watchful eye on Thanksgiving

Macy's, the venerable New York City department store, held its 89th namesake parade on Nov. 26 amida huge police presence thatincluded an untold number of heavily armed officers and rooftop sharpshooters.

Held annually on American Thanksgiving, the Macy's parade is known for its huge, colourful balloons that are driven through the streets of Manhattan. (Kena Betancur/Getty)

Violent election protests continue in Haiti

The Caribbean nationhas struggled to build a stable democracy ever since the overthrow of the dictatorship of the Duvalier family, which led Haiti from 1957 to 1986, and ensuing military coups and election fraud.

A Haitian police officer takes down a machete-carrying protester during a demonstration against the results of last month's presidential elections, in Port-au-Prince, on Nov. 26. (Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

Migrants in hunger strike on Macedonian border

Stranded Iranian migrants, some with their lips sewn together, protest the shutting of Macedonia's border with Greece after the deadly Paris attacks, on Nov. 25.

Stranded Iranian migrants on hunger strike sit on rail tracks near the Greek village of Idomeni after Macedonia shut its borders to them. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

Chicago reacts toLaquanMcDonald video

The court-orderedrelease ofa graphic police video showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonaldraised fears about the kind of violencethat followed the deaths of other black teens at the hands of white police officers in the U.S.Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the teen's death.

Lamon Reccord, 16, confronts a police officer during a demonstration in response to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago on Wednesday night. (Andrew Nelles/Reuters)

Threat of Paris-styleattacks locksdown Brusselsfor days

Belgian police focused a manhunt for suspects missing since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris onBrussels'Molenbeek-Saint-Jeanneighbourhood, where suspected ringleaderAbdelhamid Abaaoud(who was killed in Paris on Nov. 18)once lived.

A Belgian soldier patrols a popular shopping area in central Brussels on Nov. 24. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

Paris on high alertafter attacks

Apolice officerstands on guard nearthe Eiffel Tower on Nov. 22, more than a week after the deadly attacks in the French capital.

Nearly 3,000 extra police officers are being deployed to protect Paris's streets ahead of the arrival of some 50,000 visitors, including 147 heads of state, expected to descend on the city for climate talks starting this weekend. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Security tightens across Europe

The Italian army was called in to the capital on Nov. 20 after authoritiesacross Europe called for tightersecurity in the wake of attacks in Paris.

Police in Italy heightened security around public buildings, including the Colosseum in Rome, after getting reports that attacks might be planned on their soil following the attacks in Paris. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

RadissonHotel stormed in Mali

Malian troops,backed by French and American special forces,ended a hostage-taking aftertwo gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives stormed a luxury hotel in Bamakoon Nov. 20,killing 19 people.

Malian security officials show a jihadist flag they say belonged to the attackers in front of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, on Nov. 20. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

Airstrikes in Yemen blamed for hundreds of deaths

Human Rights Watch, in a report Friday, accused a Saudi-led, U.S.-backed coalition of failing to investigate hundreds of civilian deaths linked to airstrikes aimed at militants in embattled Yemen.

Boys armed with rifles ride in a car toward a demonstration against Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Nov. 20. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

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