Week in Photos: Elections, Injections, Abortion Bill, Rittenhouse

ACROSS AMERICA — This week, a controversial Texas abortion bill was put before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is underway and the Ahmaud Arbery trial is set to begin.

In other photos, the Atlanta Braves win the World Series, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not play Sunday because he tested positive for COVID-19.

Monday

An anti-abortion activist wears tape saying "life" on his mouth at a rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments began about abortion, at the court on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Kyle Rittenhouse looks back at the potential juror pool during the jury selection process at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year.

Tuesday

New York Attorney General Letitia James walks from the voting booth after casting her ballot at a school in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The Atlanta Braves celebrate after winning baseball's World Series in Game 6 against the Houston Astros Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Houston. The Braves won 7-0.

Wednesday

Kidney transplant patient Sophia Silvaamaya, 5, held by her father Pedro Silvaamaya, is vaccinated by nurse Kelly Vanderwende, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. The U.S. enters a new phase Wednesday in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with shots now available to millions of elementary-age children in what health officials hailed as a major breakthrough after more than 18 months of illness, hospitalizations, deaths and disrupted education.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is arguably the NFL's highest-profile player to end up on the league's COVID-19 protocol. He will miss Sunday's game in Kansas City. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Rodgers was in the protocol, but would not say if Rodgers had tested positive or if the reigning NFL MVP has been vaccinated.

Thursday

Igor Danchenko leaves Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Thursday. Danchenko, a Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump, was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI about his sources of information, among them an associate of Hillary Clinton.

This photo, provided by The Strong National Museum of Play, shows the three toys being inducted this year into the National Toy Hall of Fame. They are, from left: sand, The American Girl Doll, and the game of Risk, that are being enshrined during a ceremony at the hall, located inside The Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester, NY.

Friday

Thea Brooks stands in front of a mural of her slain nephew, Ahmaud Arbery. Brooks, who calls the killing a "modern-day lynching," will join other family members as trial proceedings begin for three white men charged with murder in the February 2020 slaying of the 25-year-old Black man. Opening statements in the trial begin Friday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to lead Democrats in advancing President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. The hard-fought social policy and climate-change legislation will still have to clear the 50-50-Senate, where revisions are likely and Biden has no votes to spare.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.