Photos of the week
A Shi'ite Muslim is sprayed with rose water as he flagellates himself during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Mumbai, Nov. 15, 2013.
Washington, D.C.
Korean and Vietnam War veteran James Patterson, 81, attends a ceremony commemorating Veterans Day and honoring the Tuskegee Airmen in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2013. The ceremony was held at the African American Civil War Museum on the day that World War I ended 95 years ago.India
Hindu women carrying offerings stand in the waters of the Sun Lake as they worship the Sun god Surya during the Hindu religious festival of Chatt Puja in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, Nov. 8, 2013.Scotland
Two-year-old Scott Boyle looks at soldiers from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland march through Ayr during a homecoming freedom parade in Ayr, Scotland, Nov. 13, 2013.Gaza
Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, display their skills during an anti-Israel parade as part of the celebrations marking the first anniversary of an Israeli army operation in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 14, 2013.Indonesia
A Balinese woman in a state of trance during a sacred ritual of Ngerebong at Petilan Temple, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 10, 2013.
England
> at Heathrow Airport on November 14, 2013 in London, England.Philippines
Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan are evacuated by C-130 military planes at the airport, in Tacloban city, central Philippines, Nov. 14, 2013.
Spain
A fire bull chases a reveler during the "Toro de Jubilo" Fire Bull Festival in Medinaceli, Spain, Nov. 10, 2013.
Philippines
A rainbow forms over the airport in Tacloban, central Philippines where survivors of Typhoon Haiyan wait to be evacuated, Nov. 15, 2013.
Kazakhstan
International Space Station (ISS) crew member Karen Nyberg of the United States smiles as she is carried by ground personnel after the Soyuz capsule carrying the ISS crew landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan, Nov. 11, 2013.Brazil
Pataxo Indians gather during the indigenous games in Cuiaba, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.West Bank
A masked Palestinian protestor hurls a tear gas canister at Israeli troops during a weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Nov. 15, 2013.
India
Camel traders wait to take their meals at the Pushkar Fair in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, Nov. 8, 2013.
Indonesia
School children walk on a road between fields covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Kebayaken, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 9, 2013.
China
Girls juggle with straw hats at an acrobatics school in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, Nov. 14, 2013.
Japan
Adam Rippon of the United States performs during the gala exhibition at the NHK Trophy figure skating in Tokyo, Nov. 10, 2013.Canada
Western Daryl Waud and Matt Van Praet give head coach Greg Marshall a dousing, after defeating Queens Univeristy in the OUA Yates Cup championship football game in London, Ontario, Nov. 9, 2013.Kenya
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens prepare to load a tranquilized male white rhinoceros into a cage for translocation at the Lake Nakuru National park in Kenya's Rift Valley, 99 miles west of the capital Nairobi, Nov. 8, 2013.
Afghanistan
Afghan Shiites beat themselves with chains and blades in a ritual ahead of the Ashura holiday outside the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2013.
South Africa
A six-day-old giraffe named baby X nibbles on his enclosure perimeter fence at the Krugersdorp, South Africa Game Reserve, near Johannesburg, Nov. 8, 2013.Jordan
Abu Abdullah Hourani, 27, covers up his face at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border, Nov. 5, 2013.
India
People walk past the hanging carcass of an elephant on a railway bridge in West Bengal, India, Nov. 14, 2013.
At least seven elephants were killed after a passenger train hit a herd while they were crossing a railway track near a bridge.
Gaza
A Palestinian boy and his militant father take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, Nov. 14, 2013.
Philippines
Gerardo Alvarez, 53, an evacuee from Tacloban, grimaces with grief while strapped to a wheelchair at Brigadier General Benito N. Ebuen Airbase in Cebu, Nov. 15, 2013.
Alvarez survived Typhoon Haiyan but his mother and sister died and his niece said he became delusional five days later and has been medicated.
Space
Russian astronaut Oleg Kotov holds an Olympic torch as he begins a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in this still image taken from video courtesy of NASA TV, Nov. 9, 2013.A pair of Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch into open space for the first time in history as part of the torch relay of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
UAE
A woman swims in the sea as the sun sets in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 9, 2013.Lebanon
A Syrian child rests in a makeshift refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley, close to the border with Syria in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2013.