The Observer's 20 photographs of the week

A resident hangs clothing amid fallen trees and debris a day after typhoon Bopha struck the village of Andap. It was one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

An isolated tomb is left standing in the middle of a construction site in Taiyuan, China. The tomb is an ancestral grave of a villager from Longbao village, and the family of the deceased are not satisfied with the offered relocation compensation Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi carry the body of one of six people who were killed during this week's clashes in Cairo. The crisis in Egypt deepened this week over what opponents called a power grab by the Islamist president, with more violence feared Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Two men walk through the graveyard at Stirling castle. Snow and sleet hit many parts of the UK this week and looks set to appear again next week Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

For the last month, photographer Narciso Contreras has been showing the destruction in Aleppo, Syria. Here, people walk past damaged homes during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces Photograph: Narciso Contreras/AP

And here he shows Free Syrian Army fighters aiming their weapons inside an abandoned building during the fighting with government forces Photograph: Narciso Contreras/AP

An overhead shot which depicts the scale of the devastation in Compostela valley, southern Philippines. It shows rescuers and residents look for missing victims after flash floods caused by typhoon Bopha Photograph: Malacanang Photo Bureau/AP

A man sits alone before a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in New York. Thousands eventually attended to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the rescue of their founder, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, from the clutches of the Nazis Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

A man holds a dead pheasant which he shot during a hunt in Lewknor. Pheasant shooting has been an activity in Britain since the 11th century Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

A Palestinian girl dressed as an Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade member holds the barrel of a gun during a march by the Hamas armed wing in Beit Hanoun. Hamas welcomed its exiled leader Khaled Meshaal to the Gaza Strip to celebrate its 25th anniversary Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP

A ship makes it way through heavy morning fog towards the Baltic Sea outside the northern Swedish city of Sundsvall Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP

Scientists have unveiled a new image of Earth at night. A global composite image, dubbed Black Marble, was constructed using cloud-free night images from a new Nasa and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite. It shows the glow of natural and human-built phenomena across the planet in greater detail than ever before Photograph: NASA Earth Observatory/Reuters

Although the ceasefire has held, Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to approve the construction of 3,000 new homes on occupied territory in the West Bank, has met with widespread international opposition. Here, a labourer works at a housing construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty

Japanese macaques take an open-air hot spring bath at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

Actors dressed as Joseph and the three wise men walk past the US Capitol building after demonstrating outside the nearby supreme court in Washington. The event was held as a protest against the banning of nativity scenes in some parts of the US Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Photographer Phil Moore has been covering the situation in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo with excellent photojournalism. Here, a child watches as Congolese government army soldiers return to Goma after the rebel M23 fighters' retreat Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP

And here, as the M23 fighters ended a two-week occupation and retreated from Goma, people living around the military barracks celebrate as Congolese government army soldiers arrive back in the city Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP

An image depicting the ongoing strife in Athens, as a riot police officer walks by a homeless beggar during a rally to mark the 2008 shooting of a student by police in Syntagma Square Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Gulls peck at the carcass of a dead male fin whale which lies on the beach near luxury homes in Malibu, California Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Another strong image from the West Bank and the illegal building of Jewish settlements on occupied territory. Here, a bird flies over wooden pallets in an area near Jerusalem known as E1, where there are plans for construction of 3,000 settler homes Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters