A member of the Long Beach High School color guard shivers in the wind before marching down the Long Beach boardwalk during a ceremony to officially reopen the boardwalk in Long Beach, N.Y., October 25, 2013. The boardwalk was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy last year.
West Bank
Palestinian women look on as Jerusalem municipality workers demolish a residential building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, West Bank, Oct. 29, 2013. The building was demolished after Israeli authorities claimed that the structure had been built without the necessary authorization.
Washington, D.C.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 30, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, D.C.
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with Sesame Street characters Elmo and Rosita during an event announcing free licensing of Sesame Street characters to promote and market fresh fruit and vegetables by Produce Marketing Association growers, suppliers and retailers, as part of the Let's Move initiative, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2013.
Los Angeles
Crazy Chickens fight Chupacabra at the Lucha Vavoom Noche de los Salvajes! Halloween show at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 30, 2013.
Indonesia
Balinese dancers wait to perform the classical Gambuh dance during the Royal cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 1, 2013.
Italy
Protesters clash with anti riot-police during a demonstration for affordable housing and against austerity measures, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 31, 2013.
Afghanistan
Workers at a brick kiln greet each other while preparing the kilns in the early morning on the main highway leading to Bagram, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2013.
Italy
Smoke billows during an eruption of the Mount Etna volcano as seen from the village of Viagrande, near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy, Oct. 26, 2013.
India
An Indian woman carries freshly plucked marigold flowers on her head on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Oct. 31, 2013.
Spain
Women participate in a procession honoring The Lord of Miracles "Senor de los Milagros" in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 27, 2013.
Bolivia
Lineth Mollo portrays Samara Morgan, the central character of "The Ring" horror film, poses before performing at a House of Terror during Halloween night in El Alto, Bolivia, Oct. 30, 2013.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
From left, Tahani St. Bernard, 9, Aalliyah Mosley 9, right, residents of the Coney Island community, and Chuck Reichenthal, center right, district manager of Community Board 13, stand together on the boardwalk to mark the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and its landfall in New York at approximately this same time of day one year ago, Oct. 29, 2013.
Yemen
A groom who is a member of the Orphan Foundation for Development, wears his traditional attire while attending a mass wedding ceremony in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 31, 2013.
Indonesia
A staff member of demonstrates a form of massage using pythons at Bali Heritage Reflexology and Spa in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 27, 2013. The snake spa offers a unique massage treatment which involves having several pythons placed on the customers body.
Yemen
A Yemeni man swims in a beach to cool off in the port city of Hudaida, southwest of Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 25, 2013.
Philippines
Filipino dancers perform to Michael Jackson's hit song "Thriller" at dawn in a park in Obando township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines, Oct. 27, 2013.
Vatican
People wave balloons in front of Pope Francis as he is driven through the crowd ahead of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Oct. 30, 2013.
Boston, Mass.
Boston Red Sox's Jonny Gomes, middle, reacts after sliding safely past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during the third inning of Game 6 of baseball's World Series, Oct. 30, 2013, in Boston.
Brazil
A demonstrator from the Black Bloc anarchist group throws a Molotov cocktail at a burning bus during a protest against Sao Paulo's Governor Geraldo Alckmin in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 25, 2013.
India
An Indian potter paints earthen lamps ahead of Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Amritsar, India, Oct. 30, 2013.
Portugal
Photographers watch the sunrise at the Praia do Norte, north beach, in the fishing village of Nazare in Portugal's Atlantic coast, Oct. 28 2013.
Georgia
A Georgian woman crouches as she leaves a voting booth during the presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Oct. 27, 2013.
Norway
A group of youths play games after the official opening of giant sun mirrors in the town of Rjukan, Norway, Oct. 30, 2013. Residents of the small Norwegian town of Rjukan have finally seen the light. Tucked in between steep mountains, the town is normally shrouded in shadow for almost six months a year. But on Wednesday faint rays from the winter sun for the first time reached the market square thanks to three 183-square-foot mirrors placed on a mountain.
Pakistan
Afghan refugee children play with a balloon in an alley of a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 31, 2013.
China
A model presents a hairstyle created by Chinese hairstylist Wu Jia during the L'Oreal Hairstyling Show at China Fashion Week in Beijing, Nov. 1, 2013.
Arcadia, Calif.
Twilight Eclipse is ridden in the early morning at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif., Oct. 31, 2013.