Saturday, 31 October 2015

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A Brazilian Bororo Indian is seen in front of the moon at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Nearly 2,000 native peoples from around the world participated in the first World Indigenous Games, a kaleidoscopic celebration of first peoples from around the globe.
A Brazilian Bororo Indian is seen in front of the moon at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Nearly 2,000 native peoples from around the world participated in the first World Indigenous Games, a kaleidoscopic celebration of first peoples from around the globe.   

Behind an Amish horse-drawn buggy, an unmanned U.S. Army surveillance blimp which broke loose in Maryland floats through the air about 1,000 feet about the ground, while dragging its severed tether line south of Millville, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The helium-filled aerostat's long cable tether brought down power lines, causing electrical outages along its 150 miles (240 kilometers) path.
Behind an Amish horse-drawn buggy, an unmanned U.S. Army surveillance blimp which broke loose in Maryland floats through the air about 1,000 feet about the ground, while dragging its severed tether line south of Millville, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The helium-filled aerostat's long cable tether brought down power lines, causing electrical outages along its 150 miles (240 kilometers) path.   
A voter looks for his name on an official list during elections for the first-round presidential vote and numerous legislative races and local offices, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.
A voter looks for his name on an official list during elections for the first-round presidential vote and numerous legislative races and local offices, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.  
A volunteer carries a young boy onto the Greek island of Lesbos after a boat with refugees and migrants sank while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, causing multiple fatalities. The condition of the child is not known.
A volunteer carries a young boy onto the Greek island of Lesbos after a boat with refugees and migrants sank while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, causing multiple fatalities. The condition of the child is not known.  
A column of migrants moves on a path between agricultural fields in Rigonce, Slovenia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, after crossing from Croatia. Thousands of people are trying to reach central and northern Europe via the Balkans, but often have to wait for days in mud and rain at the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian borders.
A column of migrants moves on a path between agricultural fields in Rigonce, Slovenia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, after crossing from Croatia. Thousands of people are trying to reach central and northern Europe via the Balkans, but often have to wait for days in mud and rain at the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian borders.   
After reports that the village of Rebalse, Jalisco state, Mexico was flooded, a convoy of soldiers trying to reach the site is forced to turn back by muddy roads outside Cihuatlan on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. The soldiers were later able to access the village on another badly damaged road as they drove past devastated banana fields. Hurricane Patricia made landfall in Mexico as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph), but the most powerful hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere caused relatively little destruction.
After reports that the village of Rebalse, Jalisco state, Mexico was flooded, a convoy of soldiers trying to reach the site is forced to turn back by muddy roads outside Cihuatlan on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. The soldiers were later able to access the village on another badly damaged road as they drove past devastated banana fields. Hurricane Patricia made landfall in Mexico as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph), but the most powerful hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere caused relatively little destruction.   
A fisherman docks his boat along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.
A fisherman docks his boat along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.   
Sunbeams shine between clouds over the historical site of the Giza Pyramids located outside Cairo, Egypt on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.
Sunbeams shine between clouds over the historical site of the Giza Pyramids located outside Cairo, Egypt on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.   
The Gateway Arch is illuminated with gold-colored lights before sunrise in St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, as the city celebrates the anniversary of when the final piece of the 630-foot-tall structure was put into place on Oct. 28, 1965.
The Gateway Arch is illuminated with gold-colored lights before sunrise in St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, as the city celebrates the anniversary of when the final piece of the 630-foot-tall structure was put into place on Oct. 28, 1965.   
In this photo made with a long exposure time, France's Anne Kuhm performs a beam routine during the women's qualification competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.
In this photo made with a long exposure time, France's Anne Kuhm performs a beam routine during the women's qualification competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. 
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