Photos of the week
Hindu women worship the Sun god Surya in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chatt Puja in New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2014.
Virginia
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft on board, suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, Oct. 28, 2014.
Hawaii
Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano threatens the town of Pahoa, Oct. 29, 2014.
Mexico
Women with faces painted to look like the popular Mexican figure called "Catrina" are seen in Zapopan, Mexico, Oct. 30, 2014.
Cuba
Dancers from the Cuban National Ballet prepare for a rehearsal before the 24th International Ballet Festival in Havana, Oct. 21, 2014.
Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko smiles during a press conference following the parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Oct. 26, 2014.
India
Lifeguards keep vigil as Hindu devotees crowd the banks of the River Ganges to performs rituals at sunset during the Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India, Oct. 29, 2014.
England
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 First World War.
New Jersey
Letters are removed from the Trump Plaza Casino signage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Oct. 24, 2014.
Pennsylvania
Eric Frein is escorted from the Pike County Courthouse after his arraignment in Milford, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31, 2014. Frein, was captured seven weeks after police say he killed a Pennsylvania State trooper in an ambush outside a barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Burkina Faso
Anti-government protesters take over the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 30, 2014. Thousands of protesters marched on Burkina Faso's presidential palace after burning the parliament building and ransacking state television offices on Thursday, forcing President Blaise Compaore to scrap a plan to extend his 27-year rule.
Nigeria
A model displays a creation by designer Sunny Rose, during the Guaranty Trust Bank Fashion and Design Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 30, 2014.
Nicaragua
A man dressed up as the "man of the mountain" poses for a portrait during the celebration of "Torovenado," in honor of Masaya's patron saint, San Jeronimo, in Masaya, Nicaragua, Oct. 26, 2014.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan men move a cow from the affected mudslide area in Punagala, Sri Lanka, Oct. 31, 2014.
South Korea
Portraits of students who died in the mid-April Sewol ferry disaster, decorated by yellow ribbons dedicated to the victims, are pictured in central Seoul, Oct. 27, 2014. South Korean prosecutors on Monday sought the death penalty for Lee Joon-seok, 68, the captain of the ferry that capsized in April, leaving 304 people dead or missing.
Turkey
Haj Amina, 55, a Kurdish refugee from Kobani, is comforted by other women as she mourns during the funeral of five Kurdish, Kobani fighters in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Oct. 28, 2014.
Brazil
Sao Paulo fans cheer during their Copa Sudamericana soccer match against Ecuador's Emelec in Sao Paulo, Oct. 30, 2014.
Maine
Members of the media wait outside the house that Kaci Hickox shares with a boyfriend in Fort Kent, Maine, Oct. 30, 2014. After returning from Sierra Leone where she worked with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola patients, nurse Hickox publicly challenged a quarantine order by the state of Maine.
Russia
Russian Geographic Society staff members carry the body of a baby mammoth to put on display in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 28, 2014. The 39,000-year-old baby mammoth is named Yuka, derived from the Yukagir coastline where she was found.
Gaza
Palestinians run as smoke rises after a house is blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah, on the border of the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt, Oct. 30, 2014.
Canada
Marcus Cirillo, 5, waves a Canadian flag from a car window as the car leaves following the funeral service for his father, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in Hamilton, Ontario, Oct. 28, 2014. Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24, was one of two soldiers killed in a pair of attacks police said were carried out independently by radical recent converts to Islam at a time when Canada's military is stepping up its involvement in air strikes against Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Nepal
A devotee offers prayers to the setting sun during the "Chhat" festival at Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 29, 2014.