Photograph by Organizing Committee Sochi 2014/Reuters
Nov. 23, 2013. A torchbearer dives with the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games torch in Lake Baikal in this handout from the Organizing Committee Sochi 2014.
From the Pope meeting Putin and the Central African Republic nearing the brink of civil war to pardoned Turkeys in the Washington and Cyber Monday preparations around the world, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.