Ottobre 01, 2014
1 South Korean army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 66th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong.
2 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, holds the hand of wife Rosalynn as she wipes her eye while they are serenaded with the song "Imagine" by John Lennon during his 90th birthday celebration, in Atlanta, Georgia.
3 Paul Zimmerman, a district councilor, raises a yellow umbrella as Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (5th R) and other officials make a toast to guests at a reception following a flag raising ceremony in Hong Kong, celebrating the 65th anniversary of China National Day.
4 Ethnic Innthas row their boats to fish in Inlay lake, Nyaung Shwe township, southern Shan State, Myanmar.
5 An Afghan man prepares tea for his customers at a livestock market ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Ghazni.
6 Construction workers from EMCOR Dynalectric wait to put on pink hard hats and be part of a giant pink ribbon formation to promote the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center construction site in La Jolla, California, Sept. 30, 2014.
7 Plants grow in between millions of used tires which lie on a dump in Sesena, south of Madrid, Spain, Sept. 30, 2014.
8 Japan's Kaho Minagawa performs with the ball during the individual rhythmic gymnastics qualification and team final at the Namdong Gymnasium Club in Incheon, South Korea.
9 A tourist takes photos of an Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) over the Bals-Fiord north of the Arctic Circle, near the village of Mestervik, Norway.
10 This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) photo shows an estimated 35,000 walrus as they gather on shore about 5 miles(8 km) north of Point Lay, Alaska, USA.
11 Environmental activists carry a giant inflatable chicken as they demonstrate against 'chlorine chickens' near the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich, Germany. The protest is against the planned Free Trade Agreements TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) with the U.S. and Canada, which opponents fear will allow U.S. chlorine-washed chicken and hormone treated meat into the EU.
12 NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media, saying "The Milky Way steals the show from Sahara sands that make the Earth glow orange."
Ottobre 02, 2014
1 A Turkish soldier holds a lost baby as he looks for the mother, as thousands of new Syrian refugees from Kobani arrive at the Turkey-Syria border crossing of Yumurtalik near Suruc, Turkey.
2 An Afghan trader waits for customers early in the morning at a livestock market ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Kabu.
3 Riot police use water cannon against anti-austerity protesters during a demonstration in Naples, Italy. Hundreds of protesters faced off riot police outside the Capodimonte palace where the European Central Bank is holding one of its regular rate-setting meetings.
4 North Korea's Song Namhyang competes in the Women's 10m platform diving final at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
5 A field and trees are covered in crushed limestone to correct the ph levels in the soil and help the release of nutrients near the village of Cloghmills in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
6 Mercy Kennedy, 9, cries as community activists approach her outside her home on 72nd SKD Boulevard in Monrovia, Liberia, a day after her mother was taken away by an ambulance to an Ebola ward.
7 A Hindu devotee performs a traditional Dhunuchi dance inside a temporary worship venue of goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India, Oct. 1, 2014.
8 South Korea's Kim Hyeon-kyu is punched by Uzbekistan's Oybek Mamazulunov during their men's light heavy (81kg) semi-final boxing match at the Seonhak Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
9 A nighttime view of Europe made possible by the day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is seen in a global composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite in this photo released by NASA.
10 Lea Toran Jenner of the Canadian troupe Cirkopolis performs with a ring during a dress rehearsal at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.
11 The landscape portrait, "Out of Many, One" by Cuban American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, appears on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2014. The 6-acre portrait, midway between the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, used approximately 2,000 tons of sand, 800 tons of soil, 10,000 wooden pegs, miles of string and assistance from GPS topography poles, which allows the materials to be placed with precision. It will be viewable until October 31.
Ottobre 03, 2014
1 Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat near Mecca as they perform one of a series of Hajj rituals late in the day.
2 A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police offers as an ambulance tries to leave the compound of the chief executive office in Hong Kong.
3 Turkish troops take position in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, near the Mursitpinar border crossing with Syria. Islamic State (IS) militants have now advanced to within a few kilometers from the town, which lies just across the Turkish border.
4 Brazil's President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff (R) and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wave to supporters during a campaign rally in Sao Paulo. Brazil will hold its general elections Sunday.
5 Anatoly Nosvo, 65, stands inside the living room of his home, which was damaged by shelling a day before in the village of Pisky, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine accused Russian forces of helping separatists step up pressure on government troops holding the main airport in the city, threatening a fragile ceasefire.
6 Pro-democracy protesters set up a colorful canopy of broken umbrellas near the central government complex in Hong Kong.
7 A man looks at pre-election posters of the Bulgarian Socialist's party in Sofia. Bulgarians will vote Sunday in early parliamentary elections.
8 Bangladeshi Muslims travel on the roof of an overcrowded train as they head to their homes ahead of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice.
9 Hindu women apply 'Sindur', or vermillion powder, on the face of a woman during the Durga Puja festival in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. The festival is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.
10 A young boy wears an army helmet as he crosses over a floating pontoon bridge on the River Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp opened it's World War I Centenary program with the bridge and will allow the general public to cross it for two days.
11 A woman walks past "Disobey" banners during a Catalan pro-independence protest at Catalunya square in Barcelona.
12 A girl runs with a container to join a line of people, ahead of Buddhist monks, who push a cart loaded with cooked food containers, part of what the monks received as daily alms from devotees in Hlaing Thaya, northwest of Yangon, Myanmar.
13 Canoes are seen on a dock on Lake Louise at Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta.
14 A participant dressed as the character "Scorpion" from the upcoming 2015 "Mortal Kombat X" fighting game is seen at Comic-Con Russia convention and IgroMir 2014 exhibition in Moscow.
15 A man uses a green "Solarbox" to charge his phone in central London. Some of London's famous red telephone boxes are going green, transformed into free, solar-powered mobile chargers to provide a carbon-neutral source of energy in the city.
Ottobre 05, 2014
1 Bavarian riflemen and women in traditional costumes fire their muzzle loaders in front of the 'Bavaria' statue on the last day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany.
2 Voters begin to run toward the voting booths after a school's gates were opened for general elections in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3 Owners raise their pets for a blessing from the Roman Catholic church to celebrate World Animal Day in Manila, Philippines.
4 A man embraces his relatives after shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
5 Pope Francis, rear center, celebrates a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, to open the extraordinary Synod on the family.
6 A woman reacts after her husband is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Oct. 4, 2014.
7 Castellers Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls form a human tower called "castell" during a biannual competition in Tarragona city, Spain.
8 A firefighter sprays water on crates of grapes after a massive car accident on a motorway in northern Greece. Greek media reported that a truck caused a pile-up with dozens of cars in which four people were killed and at least 20 were injured on Egnatia motorway a few kilometers off Thessaloniki.
9 Japans Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado dressed in an ancient Japanese formal court and Kunimaro Senge (L), the eldest son of the chief priest of the Izumo grand shrine walk with their family members for wedding procession at the Izumo grand shrine in Izumo city in Shimane prefecture, western Japan.
10 Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Oct. 4, 2014.
11 People take part in the "Bellboy Run" category during the Berliner Kellnerlauf (Berlin Waiter Run) in Berlin, Germany.
12 Switzerland's Ilaria Kaeslin leaps from the uneven bars as she competes in the women's qualifying round of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Guangxi Gymnasium in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
13 Russian Interior Ministry members stand guard as Muslims attend an Eid al-Adha mass prayer in Moscow, Oct. 4, 2014.
Ottobre 06, 2014
1 Iraqis take a ride at an amusement park during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Baghdad.
2 Muslim pilgrims walk on a bridge as they head to cast stones at pillars symbolizing Satan during the final day of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca.
3 A part of the al-Dukhaneya neighborhood near Damascus is seen after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA.
4 A protester of the Occupy Central movement carries a shield from the 'Captain America' comic book series as he stands on a main road at the Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong.
5 In this image shot from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, Turkish forces patrol the border as militants with the Islamic State group are seen after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria.
6 A member of the Samaritan sect decorates a traditional hut known as a sukkah with fruits and vegetables on Mount Gerizim, on the outskirts of the West Bank City of Nablus. A sukkah is a ritual hut used during the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot which begins Oct. 6 at sundown.
7 A hot air balloon floats past an almost full rising moon on a warm fall evening near Encinitas, California, USA, Oct. 5, 2014.
8 High waves batter a breakwater at a port at Kihou town in Mie prefecture, central Japan. Strong typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan, packing gusts of wind and huge waves that have already swept three U.S. military officials out to sea, as it made a beeline for Tokyo.
9 Indian Muslims offer prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi.
10 Two workers clear a water circulation system on a lake in a park in Brussels, Belgium.
Ottobre 07, 2014
1 A huge banner depicting U.S. President Barack Obama wearing a T-shirt wishing Russia's President Vladimir Putin a happy birthday, hangs on a bridge in Moscow.
2 The first Norwegian patient infected with the Ebola virus arrives at the Oslo university Hospital Ullval.
3 U.S. Navy Lt. Jose Garcia inactivates the Ebola virus in each specimen in a process that renders the virus safe for further analysis at a Naval Medical Research Center mobile laboratory on Bushrod Island, Liberia, Oct. 6, 2014. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerrold Diederich)
4 Turkish riot police detain protesters in Ankara after using tear gas to disperse a demonstration against Turkey's policy in Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria.
5 Indonesian Air Force helicopters fly in formation over the fleet of military ships in a show of force during a ceremony commemorating the 69th anniversary of Indonesian Armed Forces in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
6 A H-IIA rocket carrying Himawari 8 weather satellite, blasts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
7 A jockey competes in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, east of Bangkok, Thailand.
8 A car is seen in an upright position following the overnight flash floods due to heavy rains in Grabels near Montpellier, France.
9 A photographer takes pictures of an installation titled "Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled With the Brilliance of Life" by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama during her exhibition at the Rufino Tamayo museum in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 6, 2014.
10 A Lilac-breasted roller is seen in the Naboisho Conservancy adjacent to the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
Ottobre 08, 2014
1 Indian Sikh school children dressed as Punj Pyara participate in a procession from the Sri Akal Takhat at the Sikh Shrine, The Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the birth anniversary of the fourth Sikh Guru Ramdass.
2 A whirlwind advances towards an area where Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey from Syria parked their vehicles in no man's land on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
3 A demonstrator is pushed by a Spanish riot police officer as a veterinarian van, apparently carrying Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola, leaves from her apartment complex in Alcorcon, outside Madrid. Madrid regional authorities said they would euthanize Excalibur to avoid possible contagion, sparking an outcry by animal rights activists to save the dog.
4 Health workers collect samples from the body of a person suspected to have died from the Ebola virus, as it lies on the street covered in leaves in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Burial teams abandoned the bodies of Ebola victims in the capital after going on strike this week, though an official claimed the situation had been resolved.
5 NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (pictured here) and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst completed the first of three spacewalks for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space Station. (NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst)
6 Balinese men lashing each other with burning coconut husks during 'Mesabatan Api', a sacred firefighting ritual at a Hindu temple in Bali, Indonesia.
7 Indian villagers sit in a tractor as they flee their homes fearing firing from the Pakistan side of the border at Chilyari village of Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir state.
8 A woman in a village in Karo regency watches Mount Sinabung erupt in Indonesia's North Sumatra province.
9 An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code including cyrillic characters onto a man in Warsaw, Poland.
10 The main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is hit by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
11 A radio-controlled flying witch makes a test flight past the Moon setting into clouds along the pacific ocean in Carlsbad, California. Reuters was invited to photograph the testing of the life sized device by inventor Otto Dieffenbach lll.
12 Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Warrior drill team displays rifle handling skills during Air Force Day at the air force station in Hindon near New Delhi.
13 A woman knits with large knitting needles during the Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace in London.
14 A hot air balloon flies over the desert near Luxor, Egypt.
15 A Samaritan prays during the holiday of Sukkot (the Tabernacles Feast) celebrations on Mount Gerizim, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Sukkot marks the exodus of the ancient Hebrew people from Egypt.
16 The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in pink, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Paris, France, Oct. 7, 2014.
Ottobre 09, 2014
1 A resident of Karo district uses a lawnmower to remove ash from his vegetable fields in North Sumatra, after Mount Sinabung volcano erupted.
2 Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province.
3 People walk through a tunnel on the main road in the occupied areas in Central, Hong Kong.
4 A man carries empty water pitchers for sale in a market in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
5 People run away from waves caused by a tidal bore which surged past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Haining, Zhejiang province, China, Oct. 8, 2014.
6 Chelsea Pensioner Albert Willis (L), Yeoman Warder Paul Cunliffe and Guardsman Joseph Robinson (R) plant ceramic poppies that form part of the art installation called "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London.
7 A Palestinian man stands on the balcony of his destroyed house as he waits for the visit of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to Gaza's neighborhood of Shijaeyih.
8 Tulip bulbs are being planted in the Keukenhof park which in April pf next year will form a colorful mosaic of a portrait of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, in Lisse, Netherlands.
9 A potter makes earthen lamps at his workshop before the Hindu festival of Diwali in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
10 A student protester runs from a jet of water from a riot police vehicle during a demonstration against the government to demand changes and an end to profiteering in the education system in Santiago, Chile.
11 The moon is pictured behind a ferris wheel on the pier in Santa Monica, California after a total lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon", Oct. 8, 2014.
12 Earth’s shadow creates a blood moon in this lunar eclipse with the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2014. This only occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned, with the Earth in the middle. (Credit: Jim Dougherty)
13 Crowned cranes are seen in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
14 The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Super Typhoon Vongfong as it moved north through the Philippine Sea.(Image Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)
Ottobre 10, 2014
1 Malala Yousafzai holds flowers during a news conference at the Library of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England, after being named as winner of The Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize was awarded jointly to Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, for risking their lives to fight for children’s rights.
2 A man takes a picture of a wall full of messages left by pro-democracy protesters outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Hong Kong student protesters say they are determined to maintain their campaign for full democracy.
3 U.S actress Angelina Jolie, right, is presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London.
4 Kurdish men, living in Bulgaria, hold posters during a protest in solidarity with the Syrian Kurds in front of the European Parliament and European Commission offices in Sofia.
5 Pakistani activists of the Islamic hardline organization Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) torch an Indian flag during a demonstration in Quetta. The death toll from cross-border skirmishes between India and Pakistan climbed to at least 17 and toll on the Pakistani side doubled, with 10 civilians killed.
6 A Kurdish refugee girl from the Syrian town of Kobani washes clothes in front of their family tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province. The U.S. military conducted nine airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria during the past two days, including seven strikes near the border town of Kobani.
7 Young dancers perform during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. During President Ma Ying-jeou's keynote speech, he gave his support to Hong Kong's student protesters demanding universal suffrage in the 2017 election.
8 A man and a woman walk on the stairs of an overpass decorated with posters of Bolivia's President Evo Morales in La Paz, Oct. 9, 2014. Bolivia will hold general elections on Sunday.
9 This long exposure photograph, taken early in the day, shows giant ash clouds released from the crater during the eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano, as seen from Karo district located in Sumatra.
10 People walk on a glass passway during the opening ceremony of the new main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) in Vienna, Austria. After a construction period of five years and total construction costs of one billion Euros, the Hauptbahnhof will replace Westbahnhof and Suedbahnhof and serve as main public transport platform in the city.
11 Schoolchildren wait for the rickshaw puller along the roadside in the morning at the old quarters of Delhi, India.
12 Members of the local surfing community wear fluorescent costumes as they stand in a line to form a 'fluro wave' on Sydney's Bondi Beach. The colorful event was organized to raise awareness and show support for mental disorders on World Mental Health Day.
13 Paris City Hall clock master Antoine Walter maintains the 19th century clock of the municipal building.
14 A woman walks outside the Stat Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a sunny fall day in Cambridge.
Ottobre 12, 2014
1 Montenegro army helicopters perform during an air show in Podgorica.
2 Covered in prayer shawls, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray during the holiday of Sukkot, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City.
3 Smoke rises after a strike on the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province. Kurds are furious that Turkey has not intervened to defend the mainly Kurdish Syrian border town of of Ain al-Arab from Islamic State group jihadists.
4 A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks near a cemetery in Herat province, Afghanistan.
5 A man, bottom, jumps into the water to rescue a woman, center, who fell due to strong tidal waves on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Orissa, about 285 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Visakhapatnam, India.
6 Players and caddies shelter from rain and wind on the flooded second green during the final round of the Portugal Masters golf tournament at the Oceanico Victoria course in Vilamoura, southern Portugal.
7 Members of the Mystorin Theatre Group perform acrobatics during their "Graffiti" show in Jerusalem.
8 Rioben Vivero does a backflip on his skimboard at the shoreline of the coastal town of Tanauan, Leyte province, central Philippines.
9 Miss Switzerland 2014 Laetitia Guarino reacts after she won the Miss Switzerland beauty pageant on the Federal Square in Bern, Oct. 11, 2014.
10 Riders compete during the "Kings of the Off-road" quad bike amateur regional race in a Siberian boggy district near the village of Kozhany, southwest of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Oct. 11, 2014.
11 Sailing boats gather at the start of the Barcolana regatta in front of Trieste harbor. The annual Barcolana regatta in the Gulf of Trieste near northern Italy is one of the largest sailing races in the world with over 1,800 participants.
12 A folk artist wearing a traditional headdress waits backstage to perform during an event to mark the third anniversary of Yakshagana Kala Sangha, a traditional folk dance, in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
13 French fishermen are seen going back to the beach during sunset near the 'Porte d'Aval', a famous arch of the Etretat's cliffs in western France, Oct. 11, 2014.
Ottobre 13, 2014
1 Street performers look at Greenpeace environmental activists dressed up as a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic. The event is part of a campaign to raise awareness about the threats to the Arctic and to advocate a ban on drilling for oil.
2 Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils rush towards the train "Queen of Jaffna," after it arrived at Jaffna in Sri Lanka. The once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil's northern heartland to the rest of the country arrived in Jaffna, 24 years after its suspension due to the civil war.
3 Large waves caused by powerful typhoon Vongfong crash into a cliff wall along the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
4 A man jabs his fingers in the throat of a pro-democracy protester in the Central district of Hong Kong.
5 Israeli border policeman pushes Palestinian women during clashes in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli police clashed with young Palestinian protesters demonstrating against Jews visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site, a spokeswoman said.
6 The Old Opera House is reflected in a small puddle in Frankfurt, Germany.
7 A man fixes a tarpaulin on his stall during a dust storm on the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
8 People light candles at Independence Square in Kyiv, to form the words "Glory to Ukraine, Glory to Heroes!", during a rally to show support for servicemen on the frontline in eastern Ukraine, Oct. 12, 2014.
9 This magnificent new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4206, located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo.
10 French singer and actress Line Renaud (L) and Belgian singer Stromae stand next to their figures at the Grevin wax museum in Paris, France, Oct. 12, 2014.
Ottobre 14, 2014
1 Pro-Russian rebels fire artillery toward Ukrainian position at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport on outskirts the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
2 Police clash with demonstrators outside parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, as deputies repeatedly voted down proposals to officially recognize a contentious WWII-era partisan group as national heroes.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sit together on the grounds of the U.S. Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France. The top diplomats are hoping to find a way to begin reversing a yearlong spike in tensions stemming from Ukraine's revolution and civil war.
4 The convoy escorting United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon drives through a street in Shejaiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza city.
5 A pro-democracy protester walks in between concrete slabs inside a tunnel to block traffic leading to the financial Central district near the government headquarters in Hong Kong.
6 A large explosion allegedly hitting a Syrian army military outpost in the southern part of the city of Maarat al-Numan in the Idlib province.
7 People take pictures of the two-year-old giant panda Xuexue before it is sent back to the wild at Liziping natural reserve, in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China.
8 An Afghan man walks past a shrapnel-riddled car door at the scene following an explosion from a magnetic bomb attached to a civilian car in Kabul. At least two civilians were injured by the blast, officials said.
9 Firefighters try to extinguish the flames after the state capitol building was set on fire by protesting college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesting teachers and students demanding answers about the 43 students who went missing on Sept. 26, clashed with police at the local congress and outside the state government palace.
10 Sparks of lightning, scorching lava flow and giant ash clouds released from the crater during the eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano as seen from Karo district located in Sumatra island
11 A visitor poses with artist Joyce Pensato's artwork "Mickey for Micky" at the Frieze Art Fair in London.
12 San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Lloyd (84) jumps into the end zone ahead of St. Louis Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins (21) as Lloyd scores a touchdown on an 80-yard pass play in the second quarter of an NFL football game in St Louis, Missouri, USA, Oct. 13, 2014.
Ottobre 15, 2014
1 Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf, Tethys appears to be stuck to the A and F rings from this perspective. Tethys (660 miles, or 1,062 kilometers across), like the ring particles, is composed primarily of ice. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
2 A crying Oscar Pistorius, left, is comforted by his defense lawyer, Barry Roux, during the third day of sentencing hearings in the high court in Pretoria, South Africa.
3 Pope Francis is framed by traditional flags from a delegation of faithful from Carovigno, southern Italy, as he arrives in St. Peter's Square to attend the weekly general audience, at the Vatican.
4 A tourist boat goes under the Nicoll bridge at Elizabeth Walk in Singapore.
5 Health workers remove the body of a woman who died from the Ebola virus in the Aberdeen district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Oct.14, 2014.
6 U.S. first lady Michelle Obama harvests vegetables from the White House kitchen garden with schoolchildren in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2014.
7 A Spanish Civil Guard pulls an African migrant from a border fence during an attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla.
8 Skulls and bones are stacked at the Catacombs in Paris, France. The subterranean tunnels, stretching 2 kilometers (1.24 miles), cradle the bones of some 6 million Parisians from centuries past and once gave refuge to smugglers.
9 Mechanic and welder Sergei Kulagin, 32, tests the "Alien Samurai", an electro-mechanical mobile robot made by Kulagin using car components, outside an automobile repair workshop in the town of Divnogorsk outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
10 A shadow of a cloud is cast on the fields as a farmer ties a shawl on her head at Khokana in Lalitpur, Nepal.
11 A member of Team Hype jumps to shoot during a performance at the NBA Global Games basketball match between Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets in Beijing, China, Oct. 15, 2014.
12 A performer of artist James Lee Byers' artwork "Ten in a Hat", wearing a replica of the original 1968 version, is pictured at the Frieze Art Fair in London, Oct. 14, 2014.
13 A model displays a creation designed by Japanese fashion designer Atsushi Nakashima during the 2015 spring/summer collection at the Tokyo Fashion Week.
Ottobre 16, 2014
1 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walks through a field of ceramic poppies at The Tower of London.
2 A Serbian army paratrooper descends during a military parade in Belgrade. Waving Russian and Serbian flags and displaying banners “Thank You Russia,” tens of thousands came to see the parade in Belgrade attended by Vladimir Putin, which marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Serbian capital from the Nazi German occupation by the Red Army and Communist Yugoslav Partisans.
3 A ragpicker looks for recyclable items on a pile of garbage at a landfill in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.
4 Pro-Russian separatist fighters take a break at Donetsk's Sergey Prokofiev international airport, as shelling continues between Ukrainian army forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters.
5 Models present a creation of Ukrainian fashion designer Aleksey Zalevskiy during the opening day of "Seasons of the fashion - 2014" in Kyiv, Oct. 15, 2014.
6 A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani shows victory sign as a rainbow forms over the camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province.
7 Theater students take part in a protest in support of missing Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos students, outside the building of the office of Mexico's Attorney General in Mexico City, Oct. 15, 2014.
8 The arts project titled "Hypotopia", created by students of the Vienna University of Technology, is seen in front of the Karlskirche church in Vienna, Austria.
9 Zhang Yufeng feeds a flock of geese at Xincai county, Henan province, China, Oct. 15, 2014.
Ottobre 17, 2014
1 A Bangladeshi child stands in an alley as a boy climbs a ladder outside their home at a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Oct. 17 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, designated to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries.
2 A riot policeman yells during a confrontation with protesters at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong. Police used pepper spray and baton charged crowds of pro-democracy protesters on Friday evening as tension escalated.
3 Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik works on a sand sculpture depicting a message on Ebola on a beach at Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
4 Former Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius sits in court for the last day of his sentencing hearing in Pretoria, South Africa. The prosecution is calling for at least 10 years in prison for culpable homicide in the shooting death of Pistorius' girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013.
5 Members of the media take photographs inside the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center, created by American architect Frank Gehry, during the press day, in Paris. The 100-million-euro building, with billowing glass casing and 11 gallery spaces, has been compared to an iceberg or giant sailboat and took over a decade to make.
6 Masked demonstrators march with photographs of missing students and chant slogans to protest the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico. The youths haven't been seen since being confronted by police in Iguala on Sept. 26.
7 A man takes photos while standing on a cliff on the island's south shore battered by winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo, in Astwood Park, Bermuda. Hurricane Gonzalo barreled toward the island with damaging winds and a dangerous surge of water.
8 Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani share bread in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey.
9 Traditionally-dressed representatives from South Pacific nations push their canoes into the water as they prepare to participate in a protest aimed at ships leaving the Newcastle coal port, located north of Sydney, Australia. Around 100 protesters formed a blockade using traditional canoes and kayaks to the entrance of the world's largest coal port demanding a global change to the use of coal.
10 Artists Pawel (L) and Ewelina Srokowski are reflected in their new Routemaster bus mosaic sculpture entitled "Invisible to the Environment" at Trafalgar Square in London. The sculpture is part of a collection of 60 bus sculptures decorated by artists that will be placed across the capital, before being auctioned for charity in 2015.
11 A super-heated giant ash cloud spews from the crater of Mount Sinabung volcano threatening villages during an eruption, as seen from Simpang Empat district on Sumatra island.
12 National police officer Shatner Jean salutes during a ceremony marking the 208th anniversary of the assassination of Haiti's independence hero and founding father Jean-Jacques Dessalines, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
13 Two boys play "war" on top of a monument at the World War I Tyne Cot Commonwealth cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium. Tyne Cot was selected as one of several locations for an event named the "Light Front", to commemorate 100 years since the start of the First World War.
14 A man sunbathes on the beach during an unusually warm and sunny autumn day in Nice, France.
15 A girl runs with collected autumn leaves at a park in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Ottobre 19, 2014
1 People unfold a giant flag during celebration of the Day of the Flag of Donetsk People's Republic in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
2 Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc.
3 A news photographer takes pictures of the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc.
4 People take photos while the French production company La Machine's latest creation "the Long Ma" or Dragon Horse appears during a performance held in front of the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, China.
5 Palestinians take cover from rain inside a makeshift shelter near the ruins of their houses, which witnesses said were destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City.
6 Rolls of hay covered with snow are seen on an agrarian field on the banks of Belyo Lake in Khakassia region, Siberia, Russia, Oct. 18, 2014.
7 Bishops attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI and a mass for the closing of of a two-week synod on family issues celebrated by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.
8 The Eiffel Tower is seen through bubbles being blown in Paris, France.
9 Supporters of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate as early results indicate the party leads in the Maharashtra state Assembly elections in Mumbai, India.
10 Pramac Racing MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone of Italy crashes out of the Australian Grand Prix on Phillip Island, Australia.
11 Catalan pro-independence demonstrators attend a rally at Catalunya Square in Barcelona, Spain. Catalonia has dropped plans to hold a referendum on independence from Spain next month but will instead hold a "consultation of citizens," the region's head said.
12 A member of the amateur rope-jumping group "Exit Point" takes a rope jump from a 120-meter (394 feet) high rock down to a man-made crater called "Tuimsky Proval" (Tuimsky Cavity), with the air temperature at about minus 15°C(5°F), outside the town of Tuim in Khakassia region, Russia, Oct. 18, 2014.
13 Miss Zero, whose real name is Sasha Frolova, of Russia celebrates winning the Alternative Miss World contest at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, Oct. 18, 2014.
Ottobre 20, 2014
1 A crane in front of the sun as a sandstorm engulfs Kuwait City.
2 Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures to the crowd during a street parade following his inauguration in Jakarta.
3 Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani prepare tea in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province.
4 Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border.
5 White tigers Olga and Ashka rest at the Zoo Pessac-Bordeaux in Pessac, France.
6 A street vendor spreads vermilion powder used for worship during the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
7 Hawaian surfer John John Florence competes during the quarter-final heat of the Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal at Supertubos Beach in Peniche, Portugal.
8 Shih Tzu dogs look out from a chicken coop where they are temporarily placed by their owner as a fire razed a residential area in Manila, Philippines.
9 Members of Shwet Ashw, the motorcycle display team of the Indian army, lie in a row on the ground as a motorist performs a stunt during the platinum jubilee celebrations of Corps of Military Police in Bangalore, India.
10 Kenyan students perform a Maasai traditional warrior song during the Mashujaa Day (Hero's Day) celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. The national holiday commemorates those who had taken part in the country's struggle for liberation.
11 Toy Lego characters depicting a scene of protesters confronting riot police are seen on a table outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong.
12 Wingsuit flyer contestant Melissa Pemberton of the U.S. jumps off a mountain at Tianmen Mountain National Park in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China, Oct. 19, 2014.
13 Indian schoolchildren perform yoga at a Delhi Public School in Hyderabad.
14 Students from St. Andrews University, Scotland, are covered in foam as they takes part in the traditional 'Raisin Weekend' in the Lower College Lawn.
15 Damian Jorren of Germany walks on a slackline during a show at Shenxianju in Taizhou, China.
16 A man reads under trees in fall color at Sheffield Park Garden near Haywards Heath in southern England.
Ottobre 21, 2014
1 British Guardsmen form the honor guard during the welcome ceremony for Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the start of a state visit at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
2 Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, left, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, attend the welcome ceremony for Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
3 Britain is facing strong winds and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo, local media reported. Waves crash into the shoreline at Blackpool, northern England.
4 A woman poses for a photo with the paper fold umbrellas at the occupied area in Causeway Bay, a shopping district of Hong Kong.
5 Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, gathers with legislators for a photo after speaking at a fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates in San Francisco, Oct. 20, 2014.
6 Oscar Pistorius, left front, greets family members as he is led out of court in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
7 A worker cleans the windows at the new headquarters of the European Central Bank during a media tour at the construction site in Frankfurt, Germany. The ECB is supposed to move into the building by the end of 2014.
8 Customers shop for lanterns at a Diwali market in Mumbai, India, Oct. 20, 2014. Hindus decorate their homes and places of worship with flowers and lights during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which will be celebrated across the country on Oct. 23.
9 An Atlanta Hawks cheerleader preforms during the first half of an NBA pre-season basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Oct. 20, 2014.
10 A Palestinian boy looks at statues made of fiberglass and covered with clay by Palestinian artist Eyad Sabbah, which are depictions of Palestinians who fled their houses from Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict, in Gaza City.
11 A journalist tosses a balloon into the air as he poses for his TV crew (not pictured) amongst stands for balloons that will be used in the installation "Lichtgrenze" (Border of Light) at a warehouse in Berlin.
Ottobre 22, 2014
1 Tracer rounds cross the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
2 Police officers take cover near Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa, Canada. A Canadian soldier was shot and killed at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa and a gunman was shot and killed in a nearby parliament building, media and witnesses reported.
3 Jeffrey Fowle is greeted by his son and other family members upon his arrival, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Fowle was detained for nearly half a year in North Korea after leaving a Bible at a nightclub. Christian evangelism is considered a crime in North Korea.
4 A man suffering from the Ebola virus lies on the floor outside a house in Port Loko Community, situated on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Oct. 21, 2014.
5 Moroccan horsemen perform during the 7th edition of the "Salon du Cheval" in the port city of El Jadida.
6 A Christian pilgrim dips in the water at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, which also acts as a border line near the West Bank city of Jericho. A Christian pilgrim dips in the water at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, which also acts as a border line near Jordan near the West Bank city of Jericho.
7 People stand around "Umbrellas", the sculpture by Giorgos Zogolopoulos, as it is illuminated in pink light to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Thessaloniki in northern Greece, Oct. 21, 2014.
8 A Canadair fire-fighting aircraft drops retardant on a fire in Ajaccio, France.
9 A woman climbs out of a giant frying pan installation by artist Andrew Hankin, titled "We're fryin' out here," on Sydney's Tamarama Beach, Australia, as artists from 16 countries prepare their works for the upcoming Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.
10 A police dog licks its face after receiving food during the dog festival, as part of celebrations of Tihar at Nepal Police Academy in Kathmandu, Nepal.
11 A visitor stands next to "Leave Me Alone (Inverted with Timestamp), 2014" art works by artist Amanda Ross-Ho during the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
12 Darth Vader, leader of Ukraine's Internet Party, rides atop a car in Kyiv, Ukraine. Vader is campaigning for the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections on a platform of promoting e-government and increasing financial transparency.
13 Before the sunrise, the captain of "Bar" hot air balloon ignites the flame throwers to fill up the one of the world largest balloon over a camel farm in the Margham desert about 60 kms south east of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 21, 2014.
Ottobre 23, 2014
1 A woman walks past electoral campaign posters for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia.
2 A volunteer of the German Bundeswehr military helps to fix a glove of a protective suit during a training for the Ebola virus in Appen about 25 kilometers (15,5 miles) north of Hamburg, Germany.
3 A rebel fighter looks at his smartphone lying on a sofa in Bustan Pasha neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo.
4 Activists wearing masks depicting deputies linked to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, some of whom will be running for parliament, take part in a "Performance Against Old Faces", in front of the parliament building in Kyiv, Ukraine.
5 Fire fighters are seen at the scene of a gas explosion at an apartment building in the center of Katowice, Poland. Five people were injured after the morning gas explosion, which caused part of the building to collapse.
6 Russian artist Yelena Zelenskaya displays pies she baked that look like North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, U.S. president Barack Obama, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prepared for the art performance titled, "Sweet Sanctions."
7 French violonist Anne Gravoin, the wife of French PM Manuel Valls, receives flowers from President Francois Hollande after Valls was awarded the Grand Cross of National Merit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Oct. 22, 2014.
8 People dressed as Japanese TV character Ultra Seven walk on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
9 A couple sunbath near a sculpture by Australian artist Mikaela Castledine, titled "Gift of the rhinoceros" on Sydney's Tamarama Beach as artists from 16 countries prepare their works for the upcoming Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.
10 A sculpture by Will Maguire titled 'Big Man' is shown as part of the "Sculpture by the Sea" exhibition at Sydney's Bondi Beach, Australia, Oct. 22, 2014.
11 A cross-country skier skis on a snow-covered field in the western Austrian village of Seefeld, following the first snowfall of the season.
12 Two raccoons inspect a carved pumpkin in their enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, ahead of Halloween.
Ottobre 24, 2014
1 A part of a traditional wooden Christmas nutcracker figure and other wooden parts stand on a table in one of the factory rooms in the Erzgebirgische Holzkunst Gahlenz company in Gahlenz, southeastern Germany. The traditional wooden Christmas figures manufactured in the Erzgebirge mountain region are being sold all over the world.
2 A man watches fighting across the border in Kobani from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border.
3 A women works on the CT1SL428, a protective suit for use in handling people infected with the Ebola virus, in a sewing room of Lakeland Industries Inc., in Anqiu, some 500 kilometers south of Beijing, China, Oct. 23, 2014.
4 A dog walks around a sculpture "breaching,"created by artist Michael Greve at the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia. Sculptures created by 109 artists from 16 countries, are displayed across the costal area of Sydney.
5 Britain's Queen Elizabeth presses a button to send her first Tweet during a visit to the 'Information Age' Exhibition at the Science Museum in London.
6 Astana team rider and Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali of Italy dressed in a hakama writes the Chinese character of "King" with a giant brush during a calligraphy performance, which is also an exchange event with local students, in Saitama, north of Tokyo.
7 Guests walk along the 'Peak Walk' bridge during a media preview, at the Glacier 3000 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Built between the Scex Rouge and View Point at an altitude of 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) the 107 m (351 feet) long and 80 cm (31 inches) wide hanging bridge is the first in the world to connect two peaks with one another.
8 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their WTA Finals singles tennis match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (picture taken with in-camera multiple exposure).
9 Umbrellas, symbol of pro-democracy demonstrators, hang between footbridges at the protesters' encampment in central Hong Kong, China.
10 Pro-democracy protesters point and scuffle with a man (C) holding a Chinese flag who came to the protesters' barricade to oppose them blocking roads at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong.
11 A man uses binoculars to watch fighting across the border in Kobani from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
12 Local people watch as a man beats a traditional drum while participating in a parade to celebrate New Year of the ethnic Newaris in Katmandu, Nepal.
13 Kabuki actor Kyozo Nakamura performs female role of "Fuji-musume," The Wisteria Maiden, during a demonstration at Kabuki Gallery in Tokyo.
14 A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after plucking it out from the main crop which will be harvested early next month, and used to make Kimchi, at the Chilgol vegetable farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea.
Ottobre 26, 2014
1 The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A during sunrise at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions.
2 An woman uses a magnifying glass to read her ballot while voting at home in the village of Gornostaypol, some 80 km north of Kyiv during Ukraine's parliamentary elections.
3 A Palestinian protester protects his face as he stands in front of burning tires during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
4 Syrian Kurdish refugee Mohammad Hassan, 84 years-old, from Kobani, cries on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, near the Turkey-Syria border. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
5 Bobsleigh athletes made of pumpkins are displayed at the pumkin festival in Klaistow, south east of Berlin, Germany.
6 Tunisians show their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes in Tunis. Tunisians voted in parliamentary elections four years after their revolution cast out autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
7 A man poses as Stagman, a character from the television series "Hannibal", outside the MCM Comic Con at the Excel Centre in East London, Oct. 25, 2014.
8 Serena Williams of the United States walks off the court with her broken racquet during the WTA Finals singles semi-final tennis match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Oct. 25, 2014.
9 David Nickerson dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire rides a wave during the 7th annual ZJ Boarding House Haunted Heats Halloween surf contest in Santa Monica, California, USA, Oct. 25, 2014.
10 A man takes photos of performers near Portugal's Millennium BCP bank headquarters in Lisbon.
11 Participants dressed in costumes use their phones as they wait for the Halloween Parade in Kawasaki, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan.
Ottobre 27, 2014
1 Marines and sailors with Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan load onto a KC-130 aircraft on the Camp Bastion flightline, Afghanistan. The Marine Corps ended its mission in Helmand province the day prior and all Marines, sailors and service members from the United Kingdom withdrew from southwestern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. John Jackson)
2 Francesca Tuazon, 17, right, and Nicole Buell, 17, view a growing memorial on a fence around Marysville Pilchuck High School, in Marysville, Washington, USA. On Oct. 24, a student opened fire in the school cafeteria, killing two fellow students before taking his own life.
3 A purple-rumped sunbird pecks at its own image reflected off a window at an office in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
4 This Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the lava flow from an eruption that began on the June 27. The volcano remains active and the lava continues to advance towards the northeast, threatening the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dozens of residents in this rural area of Hawaii were placed on alert as flowing lava continued to advance.
5 Flowers and leaves of torenia glow green when the blue LED casts over the plant at the preview of the "Light" exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan.
6 Crowds gather to see the red ceramic poppies that form part of the art installation "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London.
7 Zheng Feng, an amateur climber has his wedding pictures taken with his bride on a cliff in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China, Oct. 26, 2014.
8 Honor guards salute during the welcoming ceremony for the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
9 A model presents a creation at MGPIN 2015 Mao Geping Makeup Trends Launch collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing.
10 Plant holders in the shape of human faces hang from a tree at Wat Rong Khun, a contemporary and unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, designed in 1997 by the Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand on Oct. 26, 2014)
Ottobre 28, 2014
1 Dancers from Mathew Bourne’s “cygneture†ballet, “Swan Lake,†pose in front of Australia’s landmark Opera House and Harbor Bridge in Sydney.
2 A pro-democracy protester photographs people waving lights next to the central government offices in Hong Kong. Activists, marking a month of mass protests, call for an evening rally and wear masks to ward off police tear gas.
3 A Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in a zombie costume performs at halftime of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, USA, Oct. 27, 2014.
4 Dew drops glitter on a spider web in Vertou near Nantes, France.
5 Winners of a Miss Chinese contest -- from left, He Wenqian, Liu Zhongqing and Yang Xue -- pose with giant panda triplets at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province Oct. 27, 2014.
6 Russian Geographic Society staff members carry the body of baby mammoth to display in Moscow. The 39,000-year-old creature was found in the Siberian permafrost along the Yukagir coastline. Scientists call Yuka the best-preserved mammoth in history.
7 Demonstrators in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, protest plans to let President Blaise Compaoré extend his rule beyond 30 years. The demonstrators face tear gas fired by security forces.
8 In this NASA photo released today, the Hubble telescope captures a spooky shadow on Jupiter while monitoring a Great Red Spot storm April 21, 2014. The shadow of the Jovian moon, Ganymede, swept across the storm's center, looking like a pupil in the 10,000 mile-diameter "eye."
9 A diamond-encrusted sword, from the royal family of Monaco's private Napoleonic collection, is shown at Paris’ Osenat auction house. Nearly 1,000 objects will be offered Nov. 15-16.
10 An Indian Hindu offers prayers a day before the Chhath festival on the Yamuna river in New Delhi. In this celebration of the sun god Surya, devotees fast by day and offer prayers as the sun sets over water.
11 The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Gulf of Aden as its strike group returns to the naval station in Norfolk, Virginia, after operations in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abe McNatt)
Ottobre 29, 2014
1 Smoke rises after a house was blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in Rafah near the border with southern Gaza Strip. Egypt began setting up a buffer zone along the border with the Hamas-run territory to prevent militant infiltration and arms smuggling following a wave of deadly attacks.
2 A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is escorted by Turkish Kurds on their way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in Kiziltepe near the southeastern city of Mardin. Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
3 An unmanned rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation explodes just seconds after launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, on what was to be a resupply mission to the International Space Station. "The Antares rocket suffered an accident shortly after lift-off," NASA mission control in Houston said, describing the blast as a "catastrophic anomaly."
4 Turkish students carry a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, during the 91st anniversary celebrations of the creation of the Turkish Republic in Ankara.
5 A man shines a torch as dusk falls at the site of a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6 A duck paddles on Loch Faskally as autumn leaves are reflected in the water in Pitlochry, Scotland.
7 Construction crews prepare Pahoa Village Road as lava flow from Mt. Kilauea approaches the village of Pahoa, Hawaii, Oct. 28, 2014.
8 Children try to reach a big soap bubble blown at a square in front of the opera house in Zurich, Switzerland.
9 Performers carry a giant poppy during a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of World War I at the King Albert Monument in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Oct. 28, 2014.
10 The AeroMobil 3.0 is pictured during its world premiere at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. The "Flying Roadster", a unique prototype, combines the qualities of a supercar and a light sports aircraft. According to a press release the AeroMobil has a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) as a car and 200km/h (124 mph) as a plane.
11 Lifeguards keep vigil as Hindu devotees crowd the banks of the River Ganges to perform rituals at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India.
12 Visitors pose for photos in an installation consisting of 500 pumpkin lights to mark the Halloween in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province.
13 A house is seen partially submerged and surrounded by water hyacinths at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, Oct. 28, 2014.
14 Tens of thousands of Hungarians march across the Elisabeth Bridge during a protest against new tax on Internet data transfers in centre of Budapest, Oct. 28, 2014.
Ottobre 30, 2014
1 A Yeoman Warder walks through ceramic poppies that form part of the art installation "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London in London Oct. 29, 2014. Each poppy represents a soldier killed during the WWI.
2 With the crowd of supporters reflected in the windows behind her, Kentucky Democratic senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, right, speaks as former President Bill Clinton looks on during a rally in Louisville, Ky.
3 Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a press conference with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain. Bachelet is on an official visit to Spain.
4 Military helicopters operate during a Greek joint military exercise ''Pyrpolitis'' at the Saronic Gulf, south of Athens.
5 An elderly man walks past a cartoon character painted on a school wall in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, across from the Syrian town of Kobani, Oct. 29, 2014.
6 A worker paints one of the tombs at a cemetery in Manila ahead of the traditional All Souls' day on November 1. Millions across the Philippines will visit cemeteries to pay their respects to their dead.
7 A Hindu devotee pushes the foam away to make space for other devotees to worship the Sun god Surya in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chatt Puja in New Delhi.
8 Picture taken on Oct. 29, 2014 with low speed exposure shows the class 40 monohulls by night in Saint Malo, western France, before the 10th edition of the Route du Rhum sailing race to start on Nov. 2, 2014.
9 The San Francisco Giants celebrate after Game 7 of baseball's World Series against the Kansas City Royals, Oct. 29, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The Giants won 3-2 to win the series.
10 Burlesque dancer Karis Wilde performs with a hoop during the Lucha VaVoom "Night of the Vampire" performance in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 29, 2014.
Ottobre 31, 2014
1 Children wearing Halloween costumes recite the Pledge of Allegiance after becoming US citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in Baltimore, Maryland.
2 A crowd gathers in front of army headquarters in Ouagadougou, demanding that the army take over following the resignation of the president. Burkina Faso's army chief Navere Honore Traore said he was taking power on October 31 as head of state.
3 Military rescue workers recover the body of a woman, who was buried alive with scores of others in the October 29 mudslide, at a tea plantation in the central Sri Lankan area of Koslanda.
4 A Palestinian protestor throws a burning tire during clashes with Israeli security forces at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem City following a rally by supporters of the Hamas movement against the restrictions on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
5 A Palestinian protester tries to throw back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli security forces during clashes at the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
6 Vietnamese-born model and global fashion show organizer Jessica Minh Anh presents a creation during a fashion she organized, on a catwalk set up on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
7 Howard, a 35-year-old Australian Chinese musician and lookalike of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, gestures in front of a wall with messages of support to pro-democracy protesters in part of Hong Kong's financial central district they are occupying.
8 Children dressed for Halloween prepare to trick-or-treat in a housing compound in South Jakarta district in Jakarta, Indonesia.
9 A hippopotamus catches a pumpkin during Halloween celebrations in the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria. Once a year the animals in the zoo are fed pumpkins to celebrate Halloween.
10 A tourist looks at a Thai woman dressed in a ghost costume for Halloween buying coconut in Bangkok, Thailand.
11 Conchita Wurst (C), the bearded transgender winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, performs in the number "True Love?" on stage with topless dancers during a rehearsal for the show "Desirs" at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris, Oct. 30, 2014.
12 Residents relax on Lido beach along the Indian Ocean's coastal city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Lido Beach has become a popular spot over the weekend, with hundreds of people gathering to enjoy the sea and sand.
13 A man surfs on the Eisbach river at the English Garden during a sunny autumn day in downtown Munich, Germany.
14 A man walks along the Indian Ocean as the tide goes out at Coco Beach in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
15 An Indian Hindu devotee crawls underneath a sacred cow on the eve of Gopastami in Hyderabad. The Gopastami festival, which commemorates Hindu Lord Krishna becoming a cow-herder, brings devotees preparing food and offering religious rituals to cows.
