Week in photos (Sept. 30-Oct. 4)
View a gallery of photos from the week of Sept. 30, 2013.
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In this Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 photo, a Palestinian worker rests inside a smuggling tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Since the summer, Egypt's military has tried to destroy or seal off most of the smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, a consequence of the heightened tensions between Cairo and the Hamas government in Gaza. The tunnels once employed thousands of young men in Gaza. By early September, with most tunnels closed, only few tunnel workers reported to their jobs for maintenance work. Some mask their faces with shirts to avoid identification while working, for fear of repercussions in case they were to travel to Egypt in the future.
Hatem Moussa Associated Press
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Tampa Bay Rays' Sam Fuld, left, steals third base as Texas Rangers' Adrian Beltre dives for a wild throw by Tanner Scheppers during the ninth inning of an American League wild-card tiebreaker baseball game Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Fuld scored on the throw. The Rays won 5-2, and advance to face the Cleveland Indians in the American League wild-card playoff.
Tim Sharp Fr62992 Ap
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A giraffe eats a food pellet from the mouth of a foreign visitor at the Giraffe Centre, in the Karen neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The risk to the country's tourism was one of the first concerns expressed by officials during the initial days of the Westgate Mall siege, but tourists continue to fly to Kenya for safaris and beach vacations seemingly despite a number of foreigners being killed in last week's attack.
Ben Curtis Associated Press
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 photo, the northern lights glow north of Havre, Mont. on Highway 232. The conditions of the sky were clear that made it favorable for viewing the northern lights.
Lindsay Brown Havre Daily News
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A man hands a check that was on the ground to a bank worker after it fell out of a cash machine that was destroyed during protests by striking teachers near City Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Clashes broke out in Rio de Janeiro's busy downtown business district Tuesday as police skirmished with striking schoolteachers.
Silvia Izquierdo Associated Press
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A Palestinian Muslim pilgrim wearing a bandana with Arabic that reads, "Tafish pilgrims, Gaza, Palestine," waits for a bus en route to Rafah border between Gaza Strip and Egypt before leaving for the annual hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims are leaving Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for hajj. Egypt has agreed to keep the crossing open for three days to allow thousands of people to cross, heading to the Cairo International Airport.
Adel Hana Associated Press
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Models present creations as part of Vuitton's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion collection, presented Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 in Paris.
Jacques Brinon Associated Press
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Texas quarterback Case McCoy, center, walks onto the field with teammates to warm up before an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Ames, Iowa.
Charlie Neibergall Associated Press
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A damaged Capitol Hill police care is surrounded by crime scene tape after a car chase and shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. A woman driving a black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade Thursday, then led police on a chase that ended in gunfire outside the Capitol, witnesses and officials said.
Evan Vucci Associated Press
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A woman shows her tattooed body during the first International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention in Hong Kong Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The tattoo artists from around the world will participate in the convention which runs from October 4 to 6.
Kin Cheung Associated Press
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A child waves a flag as Pope Francis arrives at Caritas residence in Assisi Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Pope Francis made a pilgrimage Friday to the hillside town of Assisi and the tomb of his namesake, St. Francis, the 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and minister to the most destitute. St. Francis was famously told by God to "repair my house."
Stefano Rellandini Reuter Pool