Fortnight in pictures: (October 20 – November 3)

Argentina’s outgoing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appears to talk to supporters at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on October 29. Fernandez de Kirchner, a fiery leftist who often rails against Western excesses, will leave behind a divided nation, which will vote for a new president by November 22. The first lady is hailed by the poor for expanding social welfare programs and protecting local industry but loathed by others who blame her for strangling the economy