Portuguese fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach, at
the Caparica coast, near Lisbon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Along the
Caparica coast, local fishermen use a technique of trawling near the
shore and pulling the nets out of the sea by using two agricultural
tractors.
Nowa Paye, 9, is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of the Ebola
infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of
Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014. Three members of District 13
ambulance service traveled to the village to pickup six suspected Ebola
sufferers that had been quarantined by villagers.
In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, released by the U.S. Air Force, a
U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft
prior to strike operations in Syria. The F-22s, making their combat
debut, were part of a strike package that was engaging Islamic State
group targets in Syria. Washington and its Arab allies opened the air
assault against the extremist group on Sept. 23, striking military
facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations. The
campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been
conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August.
In this Aug. 25, 2014, photo, tea worker Puliya Mahali looks in vain
while sitting in her house in Bundapani, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from
Siliguri in the Indian northeastern estate of West Bengal. When the
Bundapani tea estate closed last year, death arrived soon after. Puliya,
seeming 20 years older than her 50, sat emaciated on the floor, her
tiny arms mummified by malnutrition. She cannot move anymore, so her
husband, Ramesh, cannot leave her to look for work.
Riot police fire tear gas on student protesters occupying streets
surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, early Monday,
Sept. 29, 2014. Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have handed the
Chinese leadership a major political dilemma. Protesters who are
demanding a greater say in choosing the financial center’s chief
executive defied weekend attempts by riot police to end their sit-ins
with tear gas blasts and on Monday fanned out to more neighborhoods of
Hong Kong in a tense standoff.
The boat carrying George Clooney and his wife, Amal Alamuddin, is
surrounded by media and security boats as they cruise the Grand Canal
after leaving the Aman luxury Hotel in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 28,
2014. Clooney married human rights lawyer Alamuddin on Saturday, the
actor's representative said, out of sight of pursuing paparazzi and
adoring crowds.
In this Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer,
climbing onto his combine, is silhouetted against the setting sun while
harvesting this year's crop of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture says Illinois' corn harvest continues creeping
along, though recently favorable weather enabled growers to spend more
time bringing in the crop. Earlier this month wet, cool conditions
across much of Illinois put farmers behind schedule in bringing their
corn in from the fields.
In this Sept. 3, 2014 picture made with a long exposure, lights from
evening rush hour traffic move over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, in San Francisco.
Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard is sprayed with water as he goes
through a simulated workout while being filmed during NBA basketball
media day, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, in Houston.
Parma's Antonio Cassano, second from left, scores on a penalty past
Udinese goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis, during the Serie A soccer match
between Udinese and Parma at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Monday,
Sept. 29, 2014.
