Pictures of the Week 10.2.14

Protesters block an area near the government headquarters building in Hong Kong. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

An Afghan girl waits for customers at a livestock market in Kabul. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Tthe Aurora Borealis over the Bals-Fiord near the village of Mestervik, north of the Arctic Circle. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Gay Pride parade at the Complexo de Alemao favela in Rio. AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

Monks from the Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena at a convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Flag raising ceremony in Nanjing, Jiangsu province of China. ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

First-grade pupils attend a festive ceremony to mark the beginning of another academic year in Makiivka, eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Mercy Kennedy, 9, after her mother was taken to an Ebola ward in Monrovia, Liberia. Mercy'€™s mother died Thursday; she was among the cases that includes Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man now hospitalized in Texas. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Pope Francis attends a Vespers prayer in the Church of Jesus in Rome. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

A devotee of the Chinese Jui Tui Shrine, with two umbrellas pieced through his cheeks, celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Japan Self-Defense Force and firefighters conduct rescue operations at mountain lodges covered with volcanic ash near the peak of Mt. Ontake. REUTERS/Kyodo

A cradle left behind by Syrian Kurdish refugees at the Turkish-Syrian border near Suruc. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

An American who calls himself "Hunter" near the town of Yasynuvatain in eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

An Indian artist dressed as Hindu god Rama during the Dussehra festival in Allahabad. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

Riders and drivers herd buffalo toward the corrals at the 49th annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup in the southern Black Hills. AP Photo/Kristina Barker

A commander of Islamic Front Abu Faisal in a tunnel built to hide from Syrian Government Forces' attacks in Aleppo. Kaan Bogdogan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

South Korean army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 66th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Gyeryong. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Brad and Sue Wyman paddle their 1930's Old Town Guide canoe along the Androscoggin River in Dummer, N.H. AP Photo/Jim Cole

A child prepares for a run at the Madison Ave. Soapbox Derby in Decatur, Ga. AP Photo/ Ron Harris

A girl walks on a railway track past piles of dumped garbage in Mumbai. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

Vegetarian festival devotees of Jui Tui shrine parade through the streets as firecrackers go off in Phuket. Borja Sanchez Trillo/Getty Images

Farm worker Gladys Lake unloads a trailer full of tobacco leaves to be hung and dried at Lewis Farm in Owings, Maryland. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Paper hand prints painted red as a protest against bullfighting near the entrance to the Mexico City Legislative Assembly. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's historic citadel. REUTERS/George Ourfalian

Students march during a rally in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

Local actor dressed as Hindu demon king Ravan backstage before a performance of the Ramlila in New Delhi. Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

A Palestinian boy practices his Parkour skills in the Shejaia neighborhood east of Gaza City. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

A participant operates a homemade human-powered flying machine during the Red Bull Flugtag in Bangalore. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

Shi'ite fighters, who joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, at the end of their training in the desert region between Kerbala and Najaf. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

A Turkana woman with child in Napak village, northwestern Kenya. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Computer-generated photo showing message clusters and how they travel through social media networks. REUTERS/Philip DeCamp and Deb Roy/MIT Media Lab

A protester raises his umbrellas in front of tear gas fired by riot police in Hong Kong. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Turkish security forces use tear gas to disperse Turkish Kurds near the Mursitpinar border crossing. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Schalke 04 supporters support their team diring match against Borussia Dortmund in Gelsenkirchen. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

China's Liang Ruiji riding Vasthi during the eventing individual and team jumping final at the Asian Games. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Derek Jeter at Fenway Park before he retired. AP Photo/Charles Krupa