Washington, D.C.
October 29, 2015
Speaker-elect Paul Ryan salutes the members of the House of Representatives as he stands with outgoing Speaker John Boehner after Ryan was elected to succeed him.
Ramallah, West Bank
October 29, 2015
Palestinian protesters take cover during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El. Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of stabbing attacks showed no signs of abating.
Mohamad Torokman/Reuters
At the Macedonia-Greece border
October 29, 2015
A man looks out from the window of a train carrying migrants and refugees to Serbia near Gevgelija in the Republic of Macedonia. A 17-point plan, announced after emergency talks between the heads of 10 EU nations and non-EU Albania, Serbia and Macedonia, includes an undertaking that no country will let migrants through to an adjoining state without prior agreement. More than 670,000 people have reached European soil this year—many of them fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan—in the continent's worst migration crisis since World War II.
Upper Dir, Pakistan
October 28, 2015
Men remove rubble from their damaged house following an earthquake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Entire communities of earthquake survivors in Afghanistan and Pakistan braced for a third night without shelter in plummeting temperatures as rescuers struggled to reach remote mountainous regions, with the death toll climbing to 370.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
October 28, 2015
Britain's Prince Harry hands first lady Michelle Obama the basketball at the end of a game played by wounded warriors. Harry met with soldiers to promote the Invictus Games, which supports injured veterans. The prince launched the Invictus Games, which was first held in London last September. The next is planned for May in Orlando, Florida.
Shangqiu, China
October 23, 2015
A homemade airship, made by 29-year-old local man Shi Songbo, lifts off during a test flight next to crop fields in Henan province. The 10-meter-long, 23-meter-high, two-seated airship took Shi 300,000 yuan (or $47,187) and four months time to finish.
Lesbos., Greece
October 23, 2015
Refugees and migrants arrive after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. An EU scheme to relocate asylum seekers from overstretched Italy and Greece could grind to a halt just two weeks after it began if member states fail to meet their obligations, an EU official said.
Boulder, Colorado
October 28, 2015
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump participates in the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado.
Stavropol, Russia
October 27, 2015
Russian conscripts wait for medical tests at a recruiting station.
Melbourne, Australia
October 28, 2015
Crystal Palace’s Damien Delaney fouls Eliaquim Mangala of Manchester City and a penalty is awarded at Etihad Stadium in Capital One Cup play.
Beijing
Octover 29, 2015
A model falls on a stage as she presents a creation from Hu Sheguang and Huqiu Bridal City Collection at China Fashion Week.
