19 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week.
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Here are the most moving, sorrowful, and beautiful pictures from the past week.
A student is seen on the ground during
clashes with South African police at Johannesburg’s
University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Mannequins are blown up during an anti-terror drill in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji
/ Reuters
An elderly man who was in a hospital before
Hurricane Matthew hit, is carried home on a
hammock in Baracoa, Cuba. He
was carried back on foot because the roads are impassible
due to damage
caused by the storm, blocking all motor vehicle traffic to the area.
A woman
who said she was injured by a police projectile stands for a portrait
after a protest
over the death of Alfred Olango. Olango was shot and
killed last Tuesday by El Cajon police
in El Cajon, California. Patrick Fallon / Reuters
A
fighter of the Libyan forces affiliated to the Tripoli government is
helped by comrades after
being shot by a sniper in Sirte, Libya. A
sniper also fatally shot a Dutch photojournalist on
Sunday in the Libyan
city of Sirte, the Islamic State’s last bastion in the chaos-wracked
North African country. Manu Brabo / AP
Memorabilia
decorates a wall in the home of Frank Gleason, 96, a retired colonel
with
the Office of Strategic Services in Atlanta, Georgia. Legislation
to recognize the contributions
of a group of World War II spies is
currently hung up in Congress. Some 75 years ago,
the OSS carried out
missions behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany and the Pacific theatre.
Gleason’s group was tasked with halting the Japanese advance into China.
David Goldman / AP
Dale
Hall, dressed as Superman, stands before the casket during a
superhero-themed funeral
service for his brother, Jacob Hall, at Oakdale
Baptist Church in Townville, South Carolina.
A 14-year-old boy killed
his own father, then drove to Townville Elementary and fired on two
children and a teacher as recess began. Jacob died Saturday. Ken Ruinard / AP
An
Afghan refugee girl returning from Pakistan looks on after she arrives
at a United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees registration center
in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail
/ Reuters
A
supporter of the Liberty and Refoundation party in Zambrano, Honduras,
is chased by
a policeman during a nationwide protest against the
re-election bid of Honduras President
Juan Orlando Hernandez for the
2017 election. Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
Migrants
are rescued from the Mediterranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open
Arms NGO,
some 12 nautical miles north of Libya. At least 1,800 migrants
were rescued off the Libyan coast
, the Italian coastguard announced,
adding that similar operations were underway around 15 other overloaded
vessels. Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Images
Workers collect dead fishes floating in the polluted West Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nguyen
Huy Kham / Reuters
Women
gesture as people gather in an abortion rights campaigners’
demonstration to protest
against plans for a total ban on abortion in
Warsaw, Poland. Kacper Pempel / Reuters
Members
of the colla ‘Castellers de Vilafranca’ are seen building a human tower
during the 26th
Tarragona Competition in Tarragona, Spain. The
‘Castellers’ who build the human towers with
precise techniques, compete
in groups known as ‘colles’ with aim to build the highest and most
complex human tower. The Catalan tradition is believed to have
originated from human towers
built at the end of the 18th century by
dance groups. David Ramos / Getty Images
Goats
wait to get unloaded from a vehicle at a livestock market in Kathmandu,
Nepal, during
Dashain, the biggest religious festival for Hindus in
Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Two horses fight during a competition on China’s National Day in Liuzhou, China. 44 male
horses participated Chinese tradition. Vcg / Getty Images
A
devotee of the Nine Emperor Gods is seen with multiple skewers pierced
through his mouth
during the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival in the
southern province of Phuket. Devotees
throughout the week will show
their religious devotion through ritualistic self-mutilation and pain
trials, including running over hot coals and piercing their bodies with
an astonishing — and
stomach-turning — variety of objects. Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP / Getty Images
Pets are blessed during a mass event outside the San Francisco church in Lima, Peru. Ernesto
Benavides / AFP / Getty Images
Ted Houston and his dog Kermit visit the beach as Hurricane Matthew approaches the area
in Palm Beach, United States. Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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