Caroline Thanh Hương
Photos of the Week: 11/22-11/28
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This week we have Black Friday in the UK, a flood protection
system in Venice, scenes from Ferguson, Missouri, Australian bats,
parade balloons in New York City, a Soyuz launch from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, and much more. [35 photos]
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A Ferguson firefighter surveys rubble at a strip mall that was set on
fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the
Michael Brown case on November 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an
18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson
police officer, on August 9. At least 12 buildings were torched and more
than 50 people were arrested during the night-long rioting. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
People look at trees that are illuminated at a preview for this year's
Enchanted Christmas at the Forestry Commission's National Arboretum at
Westonbirt near Tetbury on November 26, 2014 in Gloucestershire,
England. Enchanted Christmas is Westonbirt's signature winter event,
aimed at inspiring festive cheer with its one mile stretch of
beautifully lit trees and interactive light and sound exhibits. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #
A Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter shows the extent of
the damage from a truck bomb in Kobani, Syria, on November 19, 2014.
Here, Kurdish fighters backed by small numbers of Iraqi peshmerga forces
and Syrian rebels, are battling what they see as an existential battle
against the militants who swept into their town in mid-September as part
of a summer blitz that saw the group seize large chunks of territory in
Syria and neighboring Iraq. (AP Photo/Jake Simkin) #
Kashmiris stand in queue to cast their votes outside a polling station
during the first phase of voting to the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly
elections at Shadipora, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled
Kashmir, on November 25, 2014. Thousands lined up to cast their votes
amid a boycott call by Muslim separatist groups who reject India's
sovereignty over the disputed Himalayan region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) #
Thousands of sacrificed buffaloes lie on the ground of an enclosed
compound during the sacrificial ceremony of the "Gadhimai Mela" festival
held in Bariyapur, Nepal, on November 28, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu
devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a
ritual sacrifice on Friday, ignoring calls by animal rights activists
to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar) #
A monument to the Revolution built 1967, in Podgaric, Croatia,
photographed on November 5, 2014, picture released on November 27, 2014.
Across the former Yugoslavia stand giant monuments to a state that no
longer exists, once visited and celebrated during public holidays such
as Republic Day on November 29, marking the creation of socialist
Yugoslavia. Many are now neglected or ignored, aging symbols of a joint
state forged during World War Two but torn apart by nationalism half a
century later. (Reuters/Antonio Bronic) #
A bat flies over an inner-city Sydney park on November 25, 2014 as New
South Wales is set to unveil tougher measures to tackle bats after three
flying foxes were found to be carrying the deadly lyssavirus, officials
said. The New South Wales government fears transmission of the
potentially fatal Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) to humans and the
state's health department has issued a warning to residents not to
approach the bats. (William West/AFP/Getty Images) #
Rob Robertson wipes away tears as he sits with his wife Linda while
they visit the grave of their son, Ryan, in Issaquah, Washington. The
couple, evangelical Christians, brought their son to "reparative
therapy" when he came out to them as gay. His sexual orientation didn't
change, and he became addicted to drugs and eventually died of an
overdose. The Robertsons are now dedicated to helping other evangelical
parents accept their gay children. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) #
A man sits in front of the artwork "To be in Limbo" hanging from the
ceiling in the Jesuit church in Vienna on November 28, 2014. The
sculpture, which measures eight meters (26 feet) in height and 700kg
(1540lbs) in weight, was created by artist group Steinbrenner/Dempf
& Huber as a homage to Rene Magritte's floating stones. (Reuters/Leonhard Foeger) #
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses for pictures with female pilots
as he provides field guidance to a flight drill of female pilots of
pursuit planes of the KPA Air and Anti-Air Force in this undated photo
released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang
on November 28, 2014. (Reuters/KCNA) #
A man is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away
barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on
November 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away
some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of
previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) #
An ethnic Miao man shaves with a sickle in the morning at the village
of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, China, on November 27,
2014. The village, an ethnic Miao settlement with a population of 2,200,
is believed to be the last community authorized by the Chinese
government to keep guns. (Reuters/Sheng Li) #
A detained protester escapes from a police truck after riot police
released teargas to disperse the "OccupyHarambeeAve" demonstration in
Kenya's capital Nairobi on November 25, 2014. Kenyan police used teargas
to disperse demonstrators shouting "President, Stop the killings!"
outside President Uhuru Kenyatta's offices on Tuesday, in the protest
over 28 people killed in a weekend attack claimed by Islamist militants.
(Reuters/Thomas Mukoya) #
An aerial view shows rescue workers investigating at collapsed houses
after an earthquake in Hakuba town, Nagano prefecture, Japan, on
November 23, 2014. The earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.8
jolted central Japan on Saturday evening, temporarily trapping 21 people
when their homes collapsed and leaving 13 people injured, police and
public broadcaster NHK said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no
tsunami warning was issued after the quake, which was felt in the
capital Tokyo 180 km (110 miles) away. (Reuters/Kyodo) #
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