In pics: What happened across the world on November 7

Bangalore, Nov 7: As the entire nation gears up for the Assembly elections, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israel's President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.

Kerry waded again into the nitty-gritty of faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on Wednesday, saying that he was optimistic that tensions and difficulties between the two countries could be overcome, even between "two proud people" struggling to reach an accommodation.

Meanwhile, The Soyuz-FG rocket took off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The rocket carried the Olympic flame ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

OneIndia news brings you news from across the world in pictures.

In Jesuralem

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israel's President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.

In Kazakhstan

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-11M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The rocket carrying the Olympic flame successfully blasted off from earth ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

In Dhaka

Nazma Begum, the mother of Aakhi, a victim of the April 24 Rana Plaza building collapse, cries at her daughter's graveyard after government laboratory tests identified 157 persons out of the 322 unidentified victims in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In Philippines

Janet Lim Napoles, a wealthy businesswoman who allegedly stole huge amounts of government development funds, derisively called pork-barrel funds, in conspiracy with powerful lawmakers, takes her oath at the start of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

In New York

Actress Priyanka Chopra poses at the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Dinner in New York, United States