Pictures of the Week 4 to 10 October 2014: Best Photos of Past Seven Days
A selection of photographs, covering a range of topics from space walks outside the International Space Station to the 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the space station's Quest airlock in the first of three space walks for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space StationNasa/ReutersThe moon turns orange behind the CN Tower and the skyline of Toronto during a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse is also known as a "blood moon" because of the coppery, reddish colour the moon takes on as it passes into the Earth's shadowReutersMount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen in this amazing photo taken from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra provinceYT Haryono/ReutersHigh waves batter a breakwater at a port at Kihou town in Mie prefecture, as typhoon Phanfone slams into JapanAFPBottom to top: Kirby Chambliss of the United States, Nigel Lamb of Great Britain, Pete McLeod of Canada and Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic fly over the Hoover Dam. All four pilots will be in action with the rest of the 12-man field at the seventh stop of the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Las Vegas this weekendJoerg Mitter, Andreas LangreiterCanoes resting on a dock at Lake Louise in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky MountainsReutersTwo ducks swim across a pond in Hede-Bazouges near Rennes in France as the sun rises on a misty autumn morningAFPA male red deer covered in mud barks in Richmond Park, south-west LondonReutersA farmer leads a decorated buffalo as they arrive for Chonburi's annual Buffalo Racing Festival, east of Bangkok, ThailandReutersA jockey astride a buffalo competes in the racing festival in Chonburi, ThailandReutersA bull rider is thrown from his steed during the Deni Ute Muster at the Play on the Plains Festival grounds in Deniliquin, AustraliaGettyA young girl has a little surprise as a horse tries to nibble her at Piazza di Spagna, RomeReutersThey are usually to be found in the jungles of Central and South America, but this King Vulture was photographed at Los Angeles ZooAFPOld English Sheepdog Carmen nurses her own pups - and lion cub Parys - at a private zoo in Wojciechow, Poland. The lion cub was abandoned at birth by its mother and is being nursed by the dogAFPMiss Guarico, Mariana Jimenez, reacts after winning the Miss Venezuela 2014 pageant. Miss Universe 2013, Maria Gabriela Isler, right, makes the announcement on stage in CaracasReutersCastellers de Vilafranca form a human tower, called a "castell", during a competition in a stadium in Tarragona, Catalonia, SpainReutersCastellers Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls form a human tower during a biannual competition in Tarragona, Spain. The formation of human towers is a tradition in this area of CataloniaReutersThree generations of the British military - Chelsea Pensioner Albert Willis, Yeoman Warder Paul Cunliffe and Captain of the Grenadier Guard Joe Robinson - plant ceramic poppies at the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red art installation at the Tower of LondonGettyAn aerial view of the tent city set up for Muslim pilgrims in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi ArabiaReutersA Muslim pilgrim has his son's head shaved after casting seven stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near MeccaReutersMuslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars symbolising SatanReutersUK Independence Party candidate Douglas Carswell waits to take to the stage for the formal announcement after winning the Clacton-on-Sea by-electionAFPUS President Barack Obama is pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. A portrait of former president Abraham Lincoln can be seen through the window on the rightAFPProtesters wave an upside-down American flag after blocking an intersection during protests over the police shooting of black teenager Vonderrit Myers in St LouisJim Young/ReutersProtesters continue to occupy an area around the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-controlled enclave subsided as students and civil servants returned to school and work after more than a week of demonstrations, but activists vowed to keep up their campaign of civil disobedienceReutersA policeman clashes with an animal rights activist who tried to stop a van containing Excalibur, the dog owned by a Spanish nursing assistant who has Ebola, from being driven awayGettyKurdish Peshmerga fighters fire a mortar during clashes with Islamic State militants in the al-Zerga area near Tikrit, IraqReutersSmoke and dust rise after a US-led air strike in the Syrian town of KobaniReutersA portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is displayed on a damaged structure at the entrance to al-Dukhaneya neighbourhood near Damascus, after his forces regained control of the area from rebelsReutersTwo snipers from the German Army walk past each other during an exercise prior to the arrival of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen at a training ground near BergenGettyFrench midfielder Paul Pogba's haircut defies the rain as he arrives for a training session in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines ahead of a friendly football match between France and PortugalReutersBoca Juniors' Cristian Erbes slips on the ground during an Argentine First Division match against River Plate in Buenos AiresReutersArsenal manager Arsene Wenger, left, clashes with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on the Stamford Bridge touchline as an official tries to keep the peaceGettyJacob Dalton of the United States celebrates after his horizontal bar routine in the men's team final at the 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, ChinaGetty
