Oct. 11, 2013. Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers during clashes in Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.Mohamad Totokman—Reuters
From the last days of the government shutdown and the Muslim holy festival Eid al-Adha to Banksy’s continuing “residency” in the streets of New York and ecological reptile wrestling, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Oct. 11, 2013. Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers during clashes in Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.Mohamad Totokman—ReutersOct. 13, 2013. A White Standard Poodle is prepared during the World Team Dog Grooming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.David Ramos—Getty ImagesOct. 13, 2013. The coffin of the late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap is lowered into a grave as hundreds of thousands of people line up at his burial site in Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. APOct. 14, 2013. Syria's soccer squad warm up during training at Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore.Edgar Su—ReutersOct. 14, 2013. Pakistani schoolgirls, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, sing with their teacher before starting their classes at their makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen—APOct. 13, 2013. Spanish bullfighter Joselillo is gored in his right leg by the second bull during the seventh day of El Pilar bullfighting fair in Zaragoza, north-eastern Spain.Javier Cebollada—EPAOct. 14, 2013. A man walks through the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol during the partial government shutdown in Washington.Joshua Roberts—ReutersOct. 11, 2013. British street artist Banksy's new work 'The Sirens of the Lambs.' The installation features dozens of wailing stuffed animals aboard a slaughterhouse delivery truck that has been driving the streets of the Meatpacking District in New York.Dennis Van Tine—Abaca USAOct. 13, 2013. Day turns into night at the Great Jack 'O Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor approximately 5,000 illuminated hand-carved pumpkins are on display at this sold out attraction in Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y.Janet Mayer—Splash News/CorbisOct. 13, 2013. Sailing boats gather at the start of the Barcolana Regatta in the Gulf of Trieste, Italy.Stefano Rellandini—ReutersOct. 11, 2013. A Filipino worker takes down a large Coca Cola billboard sign in anticipation of strong winds brought by an upcoming typhoon in Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines.Francis R. Malasig—EPAOct. 11, 2013. A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a flare and chants slogans against the army during a protest in Cairo.Hassan Ammar—APOct. 11, 2013. A child poses for a photo at a preview of the 2013 High-Tech & Science Expo in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.Xue Yubin—Xinhua /LandovOct. 11, 2013. Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Thor in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa—ReutersOct. 12, 2013. Surfers ride a wave at dusk on Ipanema Beach with the Rocinha shantytown 'favela' lights in the background, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mario Tama—Getty ImagesOct. 12, 2013. Professional female triathletes swim to the transition area during the 2.4 miles (3.86 km) swim portion of the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.Hugh Gentry—ReutersOct. 12, 2013. Children disembark from Patrol Boat P61 and are carried to safety by police and AFM officers, as migrants rescued off Lampedusa arrive at Haywharf Maritime Base in Malta.Christian Mangion—Demotix/CorbisOctober 12, 2013. Fireworks explode near the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, during the celebration of the 80th vineyard's harvest Festival of Montmartre in Paris. Francois Guillot—AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 12, 2013. The brother of Yussef al-Nashmi, who died in hospital after being detained by Bahraini authorities since August 17, mourns over his body during his funeral in the western Manama suburb of Jidd Hafs.Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty ImagesOctober 12, 2013. Gay rights activists kiss as they are detained by police officers during a gay rights protest in St. Petersburg.Alexander Demianchuk—ReutersOct. 12, 2013. A participant balances on a stretched belt during a slackline event, organized by the Outdoor Inhales group in Budapest, Hungary.Balazs Mohai—EPAOct. 12, 2013. A girl looks out from the window of a bus traveling towards a relief camp in Donkuru village in Srikakulam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Adnan Abidi—ReutersOct. 13, 2013. An Indian woman returns to the cyclone hit Arjipalli village on the Bay of Bengal coast in Ganjam district, Orissa state, India.Biswaranjan Rout—APOct. 13, 2013. Muslim pilgrims are seen through a decorative window of the Grand Mosque as they circle around the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in the cityís Grand Mosque that Muslims around the world face in prayer five times a day, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Amr Nabil—APOct. 13, 2013. Ryan Staveley rides his KTM up dune 18 during the main race of the 2013 RHL Weston beach race in Weston-Super-Mare, southwest England.Adrian Dennis—AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 13, 2013. Korean Culture Performing Arts Center members perform Dance of Sharon at the Performing Arts Center, in Skokie, Ill. Nam Y. Huh—APOct. 14, 2013. A Nepalese Hindu devotee holds burning oil lamps on his head and palms for six hours on the tenth day of Hindu's biggest festival, Dashain (Durga Puja), in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu.Prakash Mathema—AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 14, 2013. Cadets of the Syrian police college demonstrate going through an obstacle course during a graduation ceremony for a new batch of police cadets, at an unknown location.SANA/ReutersOct. 14, 2013. An Afghan refugee child sits on roadside in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APOct. 14, 2013. Fishermen and a woman walk amidst debris of damaged houses after Cyclone Phailin hit Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.Ahmad Masood—ReutersOct. 14, 2013. Employees work inside a beer factory in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Sheng Li—ReutersOct. 14, 2013. President Barack Obama (C) helps bag sandwiches with furloughed federal workers Health and Human Services employee Chantelle Burton (L) and U.S. Census Burea employee Dolly Garcia, while they volunteer at a Martha's Table kitchen in Washington.T.J. Kirkpatrick—Getty ImagesOct. 14, 2013. Ecology professor Ricardo Freitas, wearing camouflage barefoot sport shoes, sits on top of a broad-snouted caiman he captured to examine and then release back into the water channel in the affluent Recreio dos Bandeirantes suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Felipe Dana—APOct. 15, 2013. Ultra-Orthodox Jews take a break and rest near a banner showing a Biblical version of Rachel's Tomb, in the West Bank just south of Jerusalem, after visiting and praying at the holy site. Jim Hollander—EPAOct. 15, 2013. A burst of fireworks go off near members of the so-called Black Bloc anarchist group during clashes with police after a march of striking teachers took place to mark National Teachers Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Felipe Dana—APOct. 15, 2013. Terrence Boyd of the U.S., right, embraces Panama's Felipe Baloy after the U.S. defeated Panama in a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Panama City.Arnulfo Franco—APOct. 15, 2013. Pigeons rest on a metallic structure at Kotzia square, in front of Athens' city hall. Dimitri Messinis—APOct. 16, 2013. Muslim pilgrims walk to cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," a rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Amr Nabil—APOct. 16, 2013. Models are silhouetted as they wear creations by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei during the Fide Fashion Week 2013 Asian Couture show in Singapore.Wong Maye-E—APOct. 16, 2013. Saudi police officers monitor screens connected to cameras to monitor crowds of pilgrims at holy places in Mina and at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Amr Nabil—APOct. 16, 2013. A detailed view of the central parts of the nearby active galaxy NGC 1433.ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/NASA/ESA/F. Combes/AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 16, 2013. An Israeli soldier sleeps in a bunker in a training area in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights during a brigade Armoured Corps Exercise.Menahem Kahana—AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 16, 2013. Thania Sayne of Effingham, Ill., collapses against the grave of her husband, Army Sgt. Timothy D. Sayne, during the playing of taps at a nearby burial service at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va.Manuel Balce Ceneta—APOct. 16, 2013. New recruits of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in training to adjust their standing postures in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.William Hong—ReutersOct. 16, 2013. A Christian pilgrim immerses himself in the waters of the Jordan River at Yardenit Baptismal Site near Tiberias in northern Israel.Uriel Sinai—Getty ImagesOct. 16, 2013. Newark Mayor Cory Booker emerges from the polling booth after casting his vote in a special U.S. Senate election in Newark, New Jersey. John Moore—Getty ImagesOct. 16, 2013. Afghan refugee girls dressed in new clothes, celebrate the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice," in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APOct. 16, 2013. A dog chases a mock intruder during a function to celebrate the 29th Raising Day of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG) in Manesar, about 60 km (38 miles) south of New Delhi, India.Anindito Mukherjee—ReutersOct. 16, 2013. Artist performes at the end of Pope Francis Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican.Stefano Rellandini—ReutersOct. 17, 2013. Richard Doerner, Museum Specialist for the U.S. Senate Commission on Art, listens to the Ohio Clock as he restarts it outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. The clock stopped during the 16 day government shutdown because the workers that care for the clock were furloughed.Evan Vucci—APOct. 17, 2013. A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-tank missile towards what the FSA said were locations controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the eastern Hama countryside.Ismail Altaftanazi—ReutersOct. 17, 2013. Freshers of the Faculty of Medicine are covered with food during a hazing at the University of Granada, in Granada.Jorge Guerrero—AFP/Getty ImagesOctober 17, 2013. Activists of the Ukrainian public organization Alma Mater shout slogans as they hold 66 chickens carcasses during a protets in the center of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.Yuri Dyachyshyn—AFP/Getty ImagesOct. 17, 2013. Sameena Hazrat, 5, a Pakistani girl who was displaced with her family from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, dresses in new clothes to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice," in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APOct. 17, 2013. Brazilian dancer Marcos Abranches, who has cerebral palsy, performs a piece called "Body on Canvas" based on the work of the Irish painter Francis Bacon at Sergio Cardoso Theatre in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Nacho Doce—ReutersOct. 18, 2013. A mosaic image—created from 12 images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft footprints with red, blue and green filters— looking down on Saturn and its rings. 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