Feb. 4, 2015. A sports utility vehicle remains crushed and burned at the front of a Metro-North train, in Valhalla, N.Y. The commuter train slammed into the SUV stuck on the tracks, killing the driver and five train passengers.Mark Lennihan－AP
From New York’s deadly train crash and night surfing in the Mediterranean sea to China’s traditional eagle hunters and a Fifty Shades of Grey inspired “Fifty Shades of Cake” exhibition in England, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Feb. 4, 2015. A sports utility vehicle remains crushed and burned at the front of a Metro-North train, in Valhalla, N.Y. The commuter train slammed into the SUV stuck on the tracks, killing the driver and five train passengers. Mark Lennihan－APFeb. 3, 2015. People sit inside a bus before the departure, as they flee due to the military conflict in the town of Debaltseve, Ukraine. Fighting has been particularly intense around the town, a major rail and road junction northeast of the city of Donetsk, which government troops are still holding. Stringer－ReutersJan. 30, 2015. Chinese Kazakh eagle hunters ride with their eagles during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, Xinjiang, northwestern China. Kevin Frayer－Getty ImagesJan. 31, 2015. A girl collects her family's laundry after drying it on a rooftop in the West Point township in Monrovia, Liberia. Life has slowly begun to return to normal for many Liberians, as the government says there are currently fewer than 10 cases of Ebola in the country. John Moore－Getty ImagesFeb. 1, 2015. A boy sleeps in a hammock while his mother works at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Soe Zeya Tun－ReutersFeb. 3, 2015. An Iraqi man inspects the remains of members of the Yazidi minority killed by ISIS jihadist group after Kurdish forces discovered a mass grave near the village of Sinuni, in the northwestern Sinjar area. The grave, containing the remains of about 25 people, was found during a search for explosives that ISIS often leaves behind, posing a threat to security forces and civilians even after they withdraw. Safin Hamed－AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 6, 2015.
An Indian passer-by feeds an elephant, which is hired for weddings and parties, on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India.Money Sharma－AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2015. A pelican sits in the sun at Miami's Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. The rehabilitation manager reports that 75 percent of the seabirds treated at the station were injured by fishing line and hooks. J Pat Carter－APFeb. 4, 2015. Frikkie Rossouw of the SANParks' Environmental Crime Investigations Unit prepares the carcass of a rhino killed for its horn for postmortem in Kruger National Park, South Africa. According to reports, 1215 rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2014, of which 827 were in the Kruger National Park. Salym Fayad－EPAFeb. 2, 2015. A man gives medical assistance to an injured man as two wounded children wait nearby at a field hospital after what activists said was an air strike by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus. Mohammed Badra－ReutersFeb. 3, 2015. An artificially triggered avalanche thunders down a mountain side at the Vallee de la Sionne in Anzere near Sion. The full-scale avalanche dynamics test site provides scientists and engineers of the Swiss Institute of Research of Snow and Avalanches with essential data to understand and model avalanche motion. Denis Balibouse－ReutersFeb. 6, 2015. A cake in the form of a woman in a mask from the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" is viewed through a peep hole as part of a display entitled "Fifty Shades of Cake", on the opening day of the Cake International show in Manchester, northern England.Phil Noble－ReutersFeb. 1, 2015. Snow covers trees at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The first major winter storm of the year is bearing down on the Chicago region, bringing with it blizzard conditions of heavy snow and strong winds.Nam Y. Huh－APFeb. 1, 2015. Elena Radionova of Russia performs on ice during a gala show to close the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm. Jonathan Nackstrand－AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 31, 2015. Mattresses and bed frames burn as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff dismantle much of the Ebola Treatment Unit in Paynesville, Liberia. MSF, one of the first aid organizations to respond to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, is destroying much of the high-risk treatment area in light of recent gains in eradicating the disease in Liberia. John Moore－Getty ImagesFeb. 4, 2015. This screen grab taken from video provided courtesy of TVBS Taiwan shows a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane carrying 58 passengers clipping an elevated motorway and hitting a taxi before crashing into the Keelung river outside Taiwan's capital Taipei. TVBS Taiwan/AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2015. French President Francois Hollande (R) stands in front of the coffins of the nine French officers killed in Spain, in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris. The officers died when a Greek two-seater F16 fighter jet crashed during a NATO training exercise inside Los Llanos air base, in Albacete, central Spain. The death toll has risen to 11 and 20 soldiers were also injured. Ian Langsdon－EPAJan. 31, 2015. Photographs of residents are seen scattered in the ruins of the Syrian border town of Kobane. At least 80 percent of town is destroyed by the suicide bombers of ISIS and airstrikes by the international anti-ISIS coalition. Onder Simsek－Le Journal/SIPAFeb. 4, 2015. An Israeli surfer catches a wave during a night surfing competition in the Mediterranean sea in Ashdod, southern Israel. About 40 surfers participated in the competition. Oded Balilty－APJan. 30, 2015. A shepherd dog leaps in the air as it protects a homestead next to a local eagle hunting competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, Xinjiang, northwestern China. Kevin Frayer－Getty Images
