Saturday 24 October 2015

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A box containing a seized stuffed tiger head sits yet to be unpacked inside a warehouse at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. There are an estimated 3,200 tigers left in the wild.
A box containing a seized stuffed tiger head sits yet to be unpacked inside a warehouse at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. There are an estimated 3,200 tigers left in the wild.   

Women take cover from police tear gas and shotgun fire in a stairwell during clashes in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Clashes erupted after police began removing street decorations for the Shiite religious occasion of Ashoura, a 10-day mourning period for an early Shiite saint.
Women take cover from police tear gas and shotgun fire in a stairwell during clashes in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Clashes erupted after police began removing street decorations for the Shiite religious occasion of Ashoura, a 10-day mourning period for an early Shiite saint.  
A supporter, center, of Ivory Coast incumbent President Alassane Ouattara, image at right, looks through a hole in the bus she is traveling on, during an election rally in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Ouattara is widely expected to win a second term as the West African nation votes Sunday, five years after a disputed poll that spilled over into the worst violence the country has experienced since independence.
A supporter, center, of Ivory Coast incumbent President Alassane Ouattara, image at right, looks through a hole in the bus she is traveling on, during an election rally in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Ouattara is widely expected to win a second term as the West African nation votes Sunday, five years after a disputed poll that spilled over into the worst violence the country has experienced since independence.   
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather near a concrete barrier built by Israel to secure Rachel's Tomb, during an annual prayer in the West Bank town of Bethlehem near Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather near a concrete barrier built by Israel to secure Rachel's Tomb, during an annual prayer in the West Bank town of Bethlehem near Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.   
Protesting university students flee as police fire stun grenades outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015. The demonstrations are part of a wave of nationwide protests that have shut down many South Africa universities, which say they are struggling with higher operational costs as well as inadequate state subsidies.
Protesting university students flee as police fire stun grenades outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015. The demonstrations are part of a wave of nationwide protests that have shut down many South Africa universities, which say they are struggling with higher operational costs as well as inadequate state subsidies.  
A boy is illuminated by stained-glass window light during a funeral service for three children killed in a Minneapolis house fire, held by the Spiritual Church of God at the Elim Lutheran Church, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Robbinsdale, Minn. Authorities say the mother of three children was not home when the blaze started.
A boy is illuminated by stained-glass window light during a funeral service for three children killed in a Minneapolis house fire, held by the Spiritual Church of God at the Elim Lutheran Church, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Robbinsdale, Minn. Authorities say the mother of three children was not home when the blaze started.   
A woman pleads for the release of two residents who were detained by police during clashes in El Limon, Nicaragua, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Riot police clashed with striking workers demanding the reinstatement of fired employees from the Canadian mining company B2Gold.
A woman pleads for the release of two residents who were detained by police during clashes in El Limon, Nicaragua, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Riot police clashed with striking workers demanding the reinstatement of fired employees from the Canadian mining company B2Gold.  
Lee Jeong-suk, 68, left, living in South Korea wipes the tears of her father Ri Hung Jong, 88, living in North Korea, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. About 390 South Koreans are visiting for three days, many of whom have had not been together since the Korean War divided the North and South over 60 years ago.
Lee Jeong-suk, 68, left, living in South Korea wipes the tears of her father Ri Hung Jong, 88, living in North Korea, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. About 390 South Koreans are visiting for three days, many of whom have had not been together since the Korean War divided the North and South over 60 years ago.
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