Photos of the week

A Sikh youth performs a fire act as he displays martial-arts skills during a religious procession on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Ram Das in Amritsar, India, Oct. 8, 2013.

An unidentified relative of a Bangladeshi garment factory worker cries at the scene of a factory fire in Gazipur outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 9, 2013. The fire killed nearly a dozen people about six months after a factory building collapse that killed 1,100 people exposed the harsh and often unsafe conditions in an industry that is the world's third-largest.

Journalist and presenter Evan Davies poses with a 3D-printed model of himself in the exhibition "3D: printing the future" at the Science Museum in London Oct. 8, 2013.

A demonstrator wearing a gas mask runs from tear gas fired by riot police in Cinelandia square during a march in support of teachers on strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7, 2013. Teachers have been on strike demanding better pay for almost two months.

Distance swimmer Diana Nyad swims in a 40-meter pool, constructed in New York's Herald Square, during an attempt to swim for 48 hours straight to support victims of Superstorm Sandy Oct. 8, 2013.

Vegetarian-festival devotees get pierced during the early morning at the Bang Neow shrine in Phuket, Thailand, Oct. 10, 2013. Ritual Vegetarianism on Phuket Island traces its roots back to the early 1800s. Participants in the festival perform acts of body piercing as a means of shifting evil spirits from individuals onto themselves and bring the community good luck.

A huge wave hits a dike as guards run along as Typhoon Fitow moves to make its landfall in Wenling in east China's Zhejiang province Oct. 6, 2013.

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo Oct. 6, 2013.

Projections light up the Sydney Opera House sails with the history of the Royal Australian Navy as it celebrates 100 years since its first ships entered Sydney Harbor Oct. 5, 2013.

A picture shows the unidentified tombs of immigrants inside the cemetery of the Italian island of Lampedusa Oct. 7, 2013. Most of the people who die trying to reach the island are buried in this cemetery with just a number on a cross as the vast majority of the corpses cannot be identified.

Bloodstains are seen on the street in downtown Cairo following clashes between Egyptian riot police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi Oct. 6, 2013.

A demonstrator with his face covered jumps over a burning barricade in Cinelandia square during a march in support of teachers on strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7, 2013.

Dancers perform a traditional Sufi dance as thousands of Egyptians celebrate the 6th of October war anniversary in Cairo's Tahrir Square Oct. 6, 2013.

Saudi soldiers exercise before a military parade drill in preparation for hajj, or pilgrimage, at a military camp in Arafat, outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 9, 2013.

Opposition fighters mount guard on the frontline on the outskirts of Kfar Lata, Syria, a ghost village at the top of a mountain subdued under heavy shelling and bombardments due to the fighting between opposition fighters and government forces in the Idlib province countryside Oct. 8, 2013.

Indian children prepare effigies of the demon king Ravana and his brothers as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in New Delhi Oct. 10, 2013.

Taiwanese children cover their heads from the sun during a rehearsal for National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 8, 2013.

Orthodox Jews gather to watch the funeral procession of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem Oct. 7, 2013.

North Korea's Kim Sun Bom and So Myong Hyok compete in the final of the men's 10-meter synchronized platform diving event at the sixth East Asian Games in Tianjin, China, Oct. 7, 2013.

The Dalai Lama, center, is greeted by Jampa Khechok, left, as he enters to attend a luncheon at Emory University in Atlanta Oct. 9, 2013.

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio tickles John Griffin III, son of Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., outside his office after a House vote Oct. 10, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A young Afghan refugee wearing an empty bucket on his head waits his turn to fetch water from a hand pump on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 7, 2013.

Pakistani schoolboys look out the window as other classmates chant prayers to commemorate the anniversary of Malala Yousufzai's shooting by the Taliban at a school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Oct. 9, 2013.

Nepalese priests play traditional instruments during the Shikali festival in Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal, Oct. 10, 2013.

Huma Mulji's sculpture titled "Her Suburban Dream" is displayed in front of Jitish Kallat's "Public Notice 2" at The Thinking Big auction exhibition at the Sorting Office in London Oct. 11, 2013.

Muslim pilgrims attend Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 11, 2013.

A model displays an outfit by Ukrainian designer Zalevskiy during Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine, Oct. 10, 2013.

Croatia's Luka Modric is airborne after colliding with Belgium's Eden Hazard, right, as referee Howard Webb from England looks on during their Group A World Cup qualifying soccer match against Belgium in Zagreb, Croatia, Oct. 11, 2013.

Men work to prepare clay idols on the first night of Durga Puja in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 10, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes off in a Black Hawk helicopter in Kabul, Afghanistan, after arriving on an unannounced visit to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Oct. 11, 2013.