Photos of the week
Liberian Brig. Gen. Daniel Ziankhan, chief of staff for the Armed Forces of Liberia, visits the construction site of a new Ebola treatment center in Tubmanburg, Liberia, Oct. 15, 2014. The center is the first of 17 Ebola treatment centers being built by Liberian forces under American supervision as part of Operation United Assistance to combat the Ebola epidemic.
Brazil
Blind student Marina Gimaraes, of the Association of Ballet and Arts for the Blind, warms up backstage before performing "Corsario e Paquitas" during celebrations marking Brazil's Children's Day at the Italo Theater in Sao Paulo, Oct. 12, 2014.
India
A thick blanket of smoke is seen against the setting sun as young ragpickers search for reusable material at a garbage dump in New Delhi, India, Oct. 17, 2014.
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong police officer looks into the camera lens of a man recording police movements after barricades of Occupy Central protesters were dismantled in the Mong Kok District of Hong Kong, China, Oct. 17, 2014.
Germany
The gloved hands of an army nurse are seen during a demonstration of an isolation chamber for the treatment of infectious disease patients, at the Germany army medical center, Bundeswehr Clinc, in Koblenz, Oct. 16, 2014.
Israel
Five-year-old Bedouin girl Tuqa Abu Alqean poses for a portrait in the "unrecognized" village of Um Al-Hiram in southern Israel's Negev desert, Oct. 16, 2014.
England
Visitors view the autumn foliage of acer trees in the Old Arboretum at Westonbirt, England, Oct. 14, 2014.
Australia
Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain dons his helmet in the Repsol Honda team garage during the first practice session for the Phillip Island MotoGP in southern Australia, Oct. 17, 2014.
Serbia
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, 2nd right, attend a military parade to mark 70 years since the city's liberation by the Red Army in Belgrade, Oct. 16, 2014.
China
Zhang Yufeng feeds a flock of geese at Xincai county, Henan province, Oct. 15, 2014.
California
Apple CEO Tim Cook looks at a new iMac after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, Oct. 16, 2014.
Turkey
A Turkish Kurd, standing in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, watches smoke from fires caused by strikes during fighting between militants of the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 12, 2014.
Missouri
Activist Cornel West is knocked over during a scuffle with police during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, Oct. 13, 2014.
India
Biswa Gurung, a 7-year-old Indian boy, talks to a colleague as he works at an automobile workshop in Gauhati, India, Oct. 12, 2014. Despite the country's rapid economic growth, child labor remains widespread in India, where an estimated 13 million children work, with laws meant to keep kids in school and out of the workplace routinely flouted.
Puerto Rico
A surfer carries his surfboard as he walks along La Pared Beach in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 14, 2014.
Israel
An Israeli woman, center, and a Palestinian woman gesture at one another during a protest by Palestinian women against Jewish visitors to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Oct. 14, 2014.
Russia
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, Oct. 15, 2014. Kulagin, who works as a mechanic at an automobile service station, created about twenty sculptures made of used car parts and components during his non-working hours.
Maine
Jesse Wall carries Christina Arsenault through the water pit while competing in the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine Oct. 11, 2014.