The Observer's 20 photographs of the week

Some of the best photojournalism this week was focused on Syrian refugees around the world. An estimated 2.1 million people have so far fled the country. Here, Manha and her one-year-old baby Ashlem wait in a corridor of a newly opened refugee camp, located in an old school in Sofia Photograph: Valentina Petrova/AP

Syrian women stand on top of a small mound searching for a mobile phone signal, at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Jordan Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Syrian children play in a tree as they wait for the distribution of food outside a refugee centre in Sofia Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Two brothers balance on a tree blown over on Hampstead Heath, London, after the St Jude storm hit southern Britain. Four people died as hurricane-force winds swept across the country and on into Scandinavia Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

A model narrowly avoids a fall on the catwalk at the Sheguang Hu Haute Couture collection, during China fashion week in Beijing Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Lady Gaga leaves the Langham hotel in London. The singer's Sunday night performance on the X Factor, in which she was dressed only in flesh-coloured underwear, drew a number of complaints Photograph: Neil P Mockford/Getty

Former chief executive of News International Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie arrive at the Old Bailey in London. Brooks faces charges of hacking, conspiring to make corrupt payments to public officials and concealing evidence, which she denies. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

A worker from the Nicaraguan health ministry fumigates a resident's front yard in Managua. According to the government, more than 5,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported this year and the outbreak has claimed 14 lives Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

A boy stands next to cattle in the disputed region of Abyei, which is claimed by Sudan and South Sudan. Officials welcomed a push by the African Union to involve the UN security council in helping plan a referendum to resolve the dispute. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A one-month-old white rhino with her mother in the Cabarceno wildlife park in northern Spain. The white rhino was the first born in the park Photograph: Marina Cano/Barcroft Media

A monkey sits on the shoulder of an Afghan refugee surrounded by children, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Pakistan plays host to more than 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest refugee population in the world Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A protester wearing a Batman costume stands on the Carioca aqueduct during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. People demonstrated against the government, police violence and corruption in what organisers called 'the freedom shout' Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in Rome demanding affordable housing and an end to the government's austerity measures Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Relatives of Palestinian prisoners wait behind a fence for their release at the Erez crossing point in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, the second of four groups to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP

A Palestinian boy plays with a duck near the house of the family of Palestinian prisoner Omar Massud, who has been held by Israel since 1993, prior to his release in Gaza City. Israel released 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners in line with commitments to US-brokered peace talks Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP

Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar celebrates after scoring against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. Barcelona won 2-1, opening up a four-point lead over their rivals Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP

Photographers watch the sunrise at Praia do Norte on Portugal's Atlantic coast Photograph: Miguel Barreira/AP

This is the kind of shot they were looking for: Rafael Marchante's photograph of big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara riding a monster wave at Praia do Norte Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

The Nueva Esperanza cemetery is seen during Day of the Dead celebrations in Villa Maria, Lima, the festival held throughout Latin and South America on 1 November Photograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters

A painting, altered by British street artist Banksy, hangs on display at the Housing Works Gramercy thrift shop in New York City. Banksy called the new piece, in which he painted a Nazi officer seated on a bench and looking over a pastoral scene, 'The banality of the banality of evil' Photograph: John Moore/Getty