Photos of the week
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in
the second of two spacewalks which took place on Dec. 24, 2013, released
on Dec. 27, 2013.
South Korea
Brazil
Massachusetts
Nepal
A Nepalese mahout guides his elephant across the Rapati river at Sauraha
in Chitwan, during the Chitwan Elephant Festival, Dec. 29, 2013.
Spain
India
A boy sits in a bucket as he plays while waiting for his mother to fetch
water from a nearby hand pump to bathe him, outside a makeshift hut in
the southern Indian city of Chennai, Dec. 30, 2013.
Libya
A boy stands next to a camel in the desert of Ghat, during the 19th Ghat
Festival of Culture and Tourism, in the Libyan desert, Dec. 28, 2013.
Massachusetts
Russia
Russian soldiers patrol the Battle of Stalingrad memorial in Volgograd, Russia, Dec. 31, 2013.
Ukraine
A pro-European demonstrator holds a mirror which reflects a group of
riot police officers standing guard in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 30, 2013.
India
Israel
Germany
Vacationers walk along a mountain range leading a group of Lamas in the Bavarian Alps, near Oberstdorf, Germany, Dec. 28, 2013.
Nepal
A Nepalese Gurung community woman in traditional attire smiles as she
dances during Tamu Loshar as the other man watches in Katmandu, Nepal,
Dec. 30, 2013.
Central African Republic
A relative of Yanguere Richard, 21, mourns after viewing his remains at
the family home in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 27, 2013.
England
A train passes along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland, Jan. 2014, as
Britain is braced for the worst as a combination of high tides, heavy
rains and strong winds are expected to bring yet more severe flooding to
many parts of the country.
California
Lebanon
People carry a wounded woman on a stretcher at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs, Jan. 2, 2014.
North Dakota
South Sudan
A displaced boy mimics the photographer taking a picture of him, using a
fake plastic jewel, at a United Nations compound which has become home
to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital
Juba, South Sudan, Dec. 29, 2013.
Germany
Switzerland's tournament overall leader Simon Ammann soars through the
air to take the third place in the second jumping of the four-hills
tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Jan. 1, 2014.
Ukraine
An activist of the Ukrainian nationalist parties burns a flare as he
takes part in a rally to mark the 105th year since the birth of Stepan
Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian
Nationalists (OUN), in Kiev, Jan. 1, 2014.
Canada
Russia
Pallbearers carry the coffin during the funeral honors of Russian police
senior sergeant Dmitry Makovkin, who was killed by a suicide bomb blast
in the city main railway station in Volgograd, Jan. 2, 2014.
Indonesia
West Bank
A Palestinian man covers his face to avoid inhaling tear gas fired by
Israeli soldiers during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinian
protesters after the funeral of Saeed Jaser Ali, 85, in the West Bank
village of Kufr Kadum near Nablus, Jan. 2, 2014.