Hong Kong
October 3, 2014
Policemen try to get a man to let go of a fence guarded by pro-democracy demonstrators. Pro-democracy protesters clashed with opposition groups in two of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts, with police stepping in to try to calm the chaos.
Kouremale, Mali
October 2, 2014
A health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering at the border with Guinea. The worst Ebola outbreak on record was first confirmed in Guinea in March, but it has since spread across most of Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 3,300 people, overwhelming weak health systems and crippling fragile economies.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
September 28, 2014
A burial team wearing protective clothing prepare the body of a person suspected to have died of the Ebola virus for interment. The UN mission to combat Ebola wants to see significant progress in fighting the deadly disease with 60 days, including ensuring that 70 percent of cases receive treatment, the agency's new chief said. At least 3,091 people have died from Ebola since the West African outbreak was first reported in the remote southeast forest region of Guinea in March. The other two most affected countries are Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Sanliurfa, Turkey
October 1, 2014
Refugees lift their belongings over the fence as they cross the border from Syria. Kurdish troops are engaged in a battle against ISIS fighters to defend the nearby strategic Kurdish-dominated border town of Kobani.
Kobani, Syria
October 3, 2014
Smoke rises from the Syrian town, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, in Sanliurfa province. Turkey will do what it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, from falling to ISIS fighters, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late Thursday, but stopped short of committing to military action. Hours before Davutoglu's comments, parliament gave the government powers to order cross-border military incursions against ISIS, and to allow foreign coalition forces to launch similar operations from Turkish territory.
Karbala, Iraq
October 2, 2014
Iraqi Shiite fighters from Tal Afar, loyal to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, take part in a parade in the Shiite shrine city ahead of joining the fight against ISIS, which led a sweeping offensive in June that overran much of the country's Sunni Arab heartland.
Mount Ontake, Japan
September 29, 2014
Volcanic smoke rises from Mount Ontake. More than 500 rescuers in Japan resumed searching Monday for victims of the volcano that erupted without warning on the weekend, leaving dozens dead in a sudden rain of ash and stone.
October 2, 2014
A nighttime view of Europe acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite in 2012 and released by NASA.
Boston
September 27, 2014
Chase Whitley (No. 39) of the New York Yankees pitches against the Boston Red Sox during a game at Fenway Park.
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International Space Station
September 28, 2014
The Milky Way is pictured in this photo taken by NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore will join Wiseman for the second Expedition 41 spacewalk on Oct. 15.
Huntington Beach, California
September 28, 2014
Surfer Dog Tillman rides a wave at the Surf City surf dog contest.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
