Wildfires burned out of control across California, killing at least nine people in a mountain town and forcing residents to flee the upscale beach community of Malibu in the face of a monster fire storm.

November marks a full century since the Armistice that ended World War One. The photos show scenes of remembrance ahead of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War.

History has been made after the US elected its first Muslim women to Congress, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Keith Ellison, who rose to national prominence as the first Muslim elected to Congress, was elected Minnesota attorney general on Tuesday. Several Muslim candidates were also elected to local council membership.