Feb. 6, 2014. Students pour milk on a fellow student's eyes after Kosovo police officers used pepper spray to prevent them from storming the building of the main public Pristina University.Visar Kryeziu—AP
From the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and mourning the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman to fighting horses in China and the world’s largest baby Jesus, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Feb. 5, 2014. Members of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) lynch a man suspected of being a former Séléka rebel in Bangui, Central African Republic.Issouf Sanogo—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 4, 2014. A worker is dwarfed against the sky as he stands at the top of the Olympic cauldron ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Wong Maye-E—APFeb. 5, 2014. Pope Francis blows a kiss to pilgrims gathered at Saint Peter's square in the Vatican upon his arrival to lead the general weekly audience.Vincenzo Pinto—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 2, 2014. An Afghan refugee girl, right, holding her younger brother, sits on a wooden-cart looking at her friend playing with a balloon in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad. Muhammed Muheisen—APFeb. 2, 2014. Two stallions fight during a traditional Chinese New Year horse fighting competition for the Year of the Horse at the Miao Minority village of Tiantou in Guangxi Province, China.Mark Ralston—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 1, 2014. Members of the Morphix Group inspect the eyelashes of a Baby Jesus statue to be displayed during the annual Candlemas celebrations at the Sanctuary of the Lord of the Holy Sepulchre in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.Tomas Bravo—ReutersFeb. 2, 2014. Quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos has a pass blocked by the Seattle Seahawks during Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.Win McNamee—Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2014. This long exposure picture shows apartment buildings and office blocks clustered together in Hong Kong's Kowloon district.Alex Ogle—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2014. African asylum seekers share a blanket to keep warm while attending a protest in Levinski Park, southern Tel Aviv, Israel.Oliver Weiken—EPAJan. 31, 2014. North Korean-born Kang Myeong-wook (R) bows with his granddaughter towards the North Korean border at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at Imjingak, Paju, in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province.Ed Jones—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 31, 2014. Sri Lankan Central Bank employees hold candles as they attend a memorial in Colombo for the 91 people killed when Tamil Tiger separatists carried out a suicide truck-bomb attack against the Central Bank of Sri Lanka building in downtown Colombo 18 years ago. Ishara S. Kodikara—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 31, 2014. An Afghan baby, Lalah, lies on the floor inside a tent at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.Farshad Usyan—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 31, 2014. The body of boxer Christopher Rivera, who was shot to death on Sunday, is propped up in a fake boxing ring during his wake at the community recreation center within the public housing project where he lived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Ricardo Arduengo—APFeb. 1, 2014. A injured Thai man and a woman peer around a wall during a gun battle between anti-government protesters with government supporters near Lak Si district office in Bangkok.Pongmanat Tasiri—EPAFeb. 1, 2014. A boy plays on a swing as the Tungurahua volcano erupts in Banos, Ecuador.Cris Toala Olivares—ReutersFeb. 1, 2014. The body of a victim is covered with volcanic ash at a village in the Karo district following the eruption of Mount Sinabung, located in Indonesia's Sumatra Island.AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 1, 2014. Protesters stand guard near one of the barricade during the continuing protest in Kiev, Ukraine.Maxim Shipenkov—EPAFeb. 1, 2014. Children run behind the car transporting Central African Republic interim President Catherine Samba-Panza as she leaves following her visit to a camp for displaced civilians in Bangui, Central African Republic.Issouf Sanogo—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 2, 2014. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning at the end of Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.Jason Szenes—EPAFeb. 2, 2014. An Afghan refugee child hides in a wooden-cart placed near his home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APFeb. 2, 2014. Groundhog handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter during 128th annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pa.Jeff Swensen—Getty ImagesFeb. 2, 2014. Alleged jihadist youths are apprehended by police during a raid inside the Masjid Mussa mosque in the Majengo area of Mombasa, Kenya.Ivan Lieman—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 2, 2014. Indonesian policemen sit on an utility vehicle as they search for victims of Mount Sinabung eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Dedy Sahputra—EPAFeb. 2, 2014. Rescuers search for victims of the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Suka Meriah, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Binsar Bakkara—APFeb. 2, 2014. Young Christian men who joined the Seleka army training last april after the Putch of Djotodia are seen living alone without any help in the abandoned Bokassa palace, Central African Republic.
Laurence Geai—NurPhotoFeb. 3, 2014. A woman runs for cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic.Jerome Delay—APFeb. 3, 2014. Protesters shouting slogans are reflected in riot police shields as they take part in a demonstration in front of the local education authority of Pristina's University to ask for the resignation of the university's chancellor, Ibrahim Gashi, and the removal of scientific titles for professors that have published in false scientific magazines.Armend Nimani—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2014. A vigil of candles, flowers and portraits sits outside the apartment of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. Andrew Burton—Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2014. Sunlight shines through hanging incense coils at the Tin Hau Temple in the Yau Ma Tei area of Hong Kong on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year holiday.Alex Ogle—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 3, 2014. A man, dressed as a "devil," jumps at the San Blas (Saint Blaise) procession in Almonacid del Marquesado, central Spain, during the "Endiablada" festival.Sergio Perez—ReutersFeb. 3, 2014. Evening light illuminates a girl playing at the Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersFeb. 3, 2014. A protester is reflected in part of a mirror near a barricade during the continuing protests in Kiev, Ukraine.Sergey Dolzhenko—EPAFeb. 3, 2014. An anti-government protestor listens as leader Suthep Thaugsuban speaks about the elections during his daily speech in Bangkok.Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesFeb. 4, 2014. A Muslim owned fish shop stands looted in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic.Jerome Delay—APFeb. 4, 2014. The man that works as the mascot "Margarito" for the 2014 Caribbean baseball series rests backstage during the game between Dominican Republic's Tigres de Licey and Venezuela's Navegantes del Magallanes in Porlamar City, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta state, Venezuela.Leo Ramirez—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 4, 2014. Elena Vargas (L) prior of her wedding with her future husband Marcelo Gomez (not pictured) at Jardines del Hipodromo stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.Ivan Franco—EPAFeb. 4, 2014. Bee hives are seen surrounded by ice-covered broken trees in Rakitnik, Slovenia.Srdjan Zivulovic—ReutersFeb. 04, 2014. Palestinian couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony in Gaza City.Ashraf Amra—APA/LandovFeb. 4, 2014. A Palestinian man climbs a structure to hang flags during a mass wedding for 50 couples funded by the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Gaza City.Suhaib Salem—ReutersFeb. 4, 2014. A woman shouts slogan while watching a parliament session on a video wall at Kiev's Independence Square.Angelos Tzortzinis—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 4, 2014. Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, perform prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) on the banks of the river Ganges during the Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.Jitendra Prakash—ReutersDivyakant Solanki—EPAFeb. 4, 2014. Giovanni Mougounou, 10, who lost both legs in April 2013 to what his family say was a rocket-propelled grenade launched by Séléka fighters on a church, pushes his wheel chair close to his home in the district of Boy Rabe in the capital Bangui.Siegfried Modola—ReutersFeb. 4, 2014. A women sits among African asylum seekers sleeping in a playground in the Levinski Park, southern Tel Aviv, Israel.Oliver Weiken—EPAFeb. 5, 2014. Shoes sits covered in ash in front of abandoned house from the erupting Mount Sinabung February 05, 2014 in Sigarang Garang village, Karo District, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Ulet Ifansasti—Getty ImagesFeb. 5, 2014. A statue of a man sleepwalking in his underpants is surrounded by snow on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass.Steven Senne—APFeb. 5, 2014. A girl sweeps in the Cantagalo shanty town community next to neighboring Pavao-Pavaozinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Mario Tama—Getty ImagesFeb. 5, 2014. A villager lifts his dog onto a truck to evacuate as Mount Sinabung spews ash at Pintu Besi village in Karo district, North Sumatra province, Indonesia.Beawiharta—ReutersFeb. 5, 2014. Female African asylum seekers sleep on a sofa in Levinski Park, southern Tel Aviv, Israel.Oliver Weiken—EPAFeb. 5, 2014. A wildlife carer releases a Grey Headed Flying Fox in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia.Rob Griffith—APFeb. 5, 2014. A suspecting member of Séléka is lynched by Central African Republic Army (FACA) forces in Bangui, Central African Republic.Laurence Geai—NurPhotoFeb. 5, 2014. Internally displaced South Sudanese in a temporary camp in Mingkaman, South Sudan. Fabio Bucciarelli—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb 5, 2014. A South Sudanese youth stand by the Italian NGO CCM (Comitato Collaborazione Medica) compound near the temporary camp for internally displaced persons in Mingkaman, South Sudan.Fabio Bucciarelli—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 5, 2014. A patient being treated for multiple gunshot wounds to the face, chest and throat sits in a wheelchair in the Malakal teaching hospital.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 5, 2014. A patient waits to be treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff at a temporary clinic in a church of Malakal.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 5, 2014. An anti-government protester welds steel structures at a barricade in Independence Square.Angelos Tzortzinis—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 6, 2014. A picture of Jesus Christ covered with volcanic ash from the Mount Sinabung eruption, is seen on the wall of a cemetary at Berastepu village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra—EPAFeb. 6, 2014. A mahout ties a rope around an elephant named Ayyappan after it fell on marshy land on the banks of the Vembanad Lake on the outskirts of southern Indian city of Kochi. The elephant was brought to the banks of the lake after nearly six hours of rescue operation but died while receiving treatment.Sivaram V—ReutersFeb. 5, 2014. Anti-government protesters look out from gaps in a fabric partition at their camp near the Interior Ministry building, as police officers arrive to talk to them, in Bangkok.Damir Sagolj—ReutersFeb. 5, 2014. A military helicopter flies over a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off Anglet, southwestern France.Bob Edme—APFeb. 5, 2014. A police officer, left, salutes as family members arrive before the interment ceremony for Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Cory Wride at the Spanish Fork City Cemetery in Spanish Fork, Utah. Spenser Heaps—APFeb. 6, 2014. President Barack Obama prays during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington.Olivier Douliery—CorbisFeb. 6, 2014. Police officers shoot a water canon at ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during their demonstration in Jerusalem.Sebastian Scheiner—APFeb. 6, 2014. Students pour milk on a fellow student's eyes after Kosovo police officers used pepper spray to prevent them from storming the building of the main public Pristina University.Visar Kryeziu—APFeb. 6, 2014. The coffin of Coco Campolongo during the funeral of the three-year-old boy killed in Cassano allo Jonio, Calabria province, southern Italy.Francesco Arena—EPAFeb. 6, 2014. "Buck" who is 23 and addicted to heroin, prepares to shoot up Suboxone, a maintenance drug for opioid dependence that is also highly addictive in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Spencer Platt—Getty ImagesFeb. 7, 2014. Four Israeli soldiers suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after an accident in which tear gas canisters exploded inside a military vehicle near the central West Bank village of Bilin.Hamde Abu Rahma—NurPhotoFeb. 7, 2014. An Afghan child warms herself near a traditional "sandali" stove at her family's home in Herat, Afghanistan.Aref Karimi—AFP/Getty ImagesFeb. 6, 2014. A speedskater trains at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Patrick Semansky—APFeb. 6, 2014. Junko Hoshino of Japan competes during Ladies' Moguls Qualification at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi, Russia.Ryan Pierse—Getty ImagesFeb. 7, 2014. Liza Temnikova as Lyubov performs Voices of Russia during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. Quinn Rooney—Getty ImagesFeb. 7, 2014. Snowflakes hover above performers of Voices of Russia during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. Quinn Rooney—Getty ImagesFeb. 7, 2014. Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretyak light the Olympic cauldron while fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.Robert Cianflone—Getty Images
