In pictures: Eyewitness November 2009

David Hockney’s biggest ever work – Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007) – went on display at the Tate yesterday, flanked by photographs of the grey Yorkshire day it depicts Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Yangshuo, China, 6 November 2009: Tilly Parkins of Australia scales Mateja on Moon Hill crag, where a festival from 13-15 November will promote sustainable sports climbing Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Dakar, Senegal, 7 November 2009: An actor from Dseu Renaissance de Pikine theatre group in traditional Toukouleur costume with a stick toothbursh. The group was rehearsing at a community centre in Dakar's deprived Pikine neighbourhood Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

London, UK: A plot of crosses and poppies in the Westminster field of remembrance homours the men and women from Britain's armed forces who have died in Afghanistan Photograph: Felix Clay

Inle, Burma, 4 November 2009: Buddhist monks walk through Shwe Indein Pagoda near Inle lake Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 November 2009: Delegates in traditional Ndebele dress at the launch of the Institute of African Royalty. The lobby group aims to increase the influence f the continent's traditional leaders Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

Jenin, West Bank, 22 October 2009: Muhammad Shuhadeh, 70, in his gym. Shuhadeh, a boxing champion in the 1980s, and says he was the first to open a gym in the Palestinian territories 40 years ago Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A kingfisher's aim is so unerring that even though a protective translucent membrane veils its eyes underwater, it can confidently catch fish to depths of two feet Photograph: Charlie Hamilton James /National Geographic