Nov. 29, 2014. A Lipizzan horse executes a capriole during a show of the Spanish Riding School from Vienna, Austria, at the Ziggo Dome arena in Amsterdam.JEROEN JUMELET—EPA
From ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s acquittal to protests over Eric Garner’s chokehold death verdict and the launch of NASA’s unmanned exploration spacecraft Orion to the White House’s Christmas decorations, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak waves as he is transported from a military helicopter to an ambulance outside Maadi military hospital in Cairo, Nov. 29, 2014. KJALED DESOUKI—AFP/Getty ImagesDec. 1, 2014. A woman raises her hands as the choir sings before U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to the community during an interfaith service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. preached. David Goldman—APNov. 28, 2014. Pope Francis lays wreaths at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara. Pope Francis visits Turkey with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. STOYAN NENOV—REUTERSDec. 3, 2014. Kashmiri Muslims watch the funeral procession of Indian paramilitary soldier Muhammad Shafi Bhat in Buran, north of Srinagar, India. Thousands took part in the procession after Shafi was killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in central India. Dar Yasin—APNov. 29, 2014. A Lipizzan horse executes a capriole during a show of the Spanish Riding School from Vienna, Austria, at the Ziggo Dome arena in Amsterdam. JEROEN JUMELET—EPADec. 3, 2014. People lie on the middle of the West Side Highway in New York during a protest after it was announced that the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner was not indicted. A grand jury cleared the officer in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed black man, who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. Julio Cortez—APDec. 1, 2014. A young student studies in a makeshift classroom set up on a main road at a major pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. ANTHONY WALLACE—AFP/Getty ImagesA monkey cowers as its trainer Qi Defang approaches during training for a circus in Suzhou, Anhui province, China, Nov. 29, 2014. WILLIAM HONG—REUTERSDec. 1, 2014. Protestors draped in a giant red cloth to represent blood march during a demonstration in Mexico City, marking the second anniversary of President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration and demanding the government to find 43 students who disappeared at the hands of police. Rebecca Blackwell—APDec. 03, 2014. A dress form mannequin with a Christmas skirt in the Vermeil room is part of A Children's Winter Wonderland 2014 White House Christmas decorations in the White House in Washington, D.C. SHAWN THEW—EPADec. 2, 2014. Participants compete in a running race along a street in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, a rebel-controlled area in Syria. MAHMOUD HEBBO—ReutersDec. 5, 2014. A NASA Orion capsule on top of a Delta rocket lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from Complex 37 B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Marta Lavandier—APNov. 29, 2014. HIV infected children lie in their shelter at the clinic during a Buddhist meditation session in Yangon, Burma. Lauren DeCicca—Getty ImagesDec. 02, 2014. A frozen memorial cross is seen near Ottenschlag in the state of Lower Austria. Frost and sleet have caused a number of roadblocks due to broken trees throughout parts of Austria. HERBERT PFARRHOFER—EPADec. 3, 2014. A disabled child carries plates after having his lunch at the Association of People with Disability run school in Bangalore, India, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Aijaz Rahi—APDec. 1, 2014. A Romanian soldier sleeps on a bus before taking part in a military parade to mark Romania's national day in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda—APDec. 3, 2014. The coffin of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes is carried down the aisle during his Funeral Service in Macksville, Australia. Hughes, 25 died on after he was hit by a cricket ball while batting for South Australia during a Sheffield Shield game against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground.CAMERON SPENCER—POOL/EPADec. 2, 2014. Bhopal gas disaster survivor Meera Yadav holds a photograph of her husband Ram Bharan Yadav during a protest rally in Bhopal, India. The disaster is the world's worst industrial disaster happened in 1984 when gas leaked from a pesticides plant owned by the U.S. multinational Union Carbide and caused the death of 15,000 people. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE—AFP/Getty ImagesDec. 3, 2014. A view of salt ponds at the Maras mines in Cuzco, Peru.ENRIQUE CASTRO-MENDIVIL—REUTERSDec. 2, 2014. Indian navy sailors take part in a rescue demonstration during a rehearsal for the forthcoming Navy Day celebrations in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai as a tribute to the maritime operations of the Indian Navy during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. PUNIT PARANJPE—AFP/Getty ImagesDec. 4, 2014. A small owl yawns as it sits in the snow in Ansung City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea.KIM JAE-SUN—EPA
