TIME's Best Pictures of the Week: Sept. 26 – Oct. 3, 2014

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TODD DARLING—POLARIS
Sept. 28, 2014. More than 50,000 demonstrators closed down the main thoroughfare connecting Central and Admiralty in Honk Kong, China. Protesters created a force field of umbrellas to protect them from pepper spray.





AP/KYOTO NEWS
Sept. 28, 2014. Firefighters and members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces conduct a rescue operation at a cabin near the peak of Mount Ontake as plumes of smoke billow in central Japan.





BRYAN DENTON—THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sept. 29, 2014. Syrian Kurdish refugees at the Yumurtalik border crossing wait to be taken to shelters elsewhere in Turkey. Islamic State militants have been carrying out a weeklong assault on the Kurdish area across the border, where residents have pleaded for military aid.





IGOR CHEKACHKOV—AP
Sept. 28, 2014. Activists dismantle Ukraine's biggest monument to Lenin at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the central square of the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.





ULET IFANSASTI—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. Child jockeys compete during the traditional horse races as part of Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The racing tradition involves child jockeys who ride bareback.





Sept. 29, 2014. An Aerial view of a river in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto.





KEVIN FRAYER—GETTY IMAGES
Oct. 1, 2014. Chinese tourists take pictures near Tiananmen Square on the 65th National Day in Beijing, China. The day marks the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.





AREF KARIMI—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Oct. 1, 2014. Afghan women buy fruit at one of the main markets in Herat. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.





JON DAVIDSON—OFFICE OF PRESIDENT CLINTON/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. In a handout from the Office of President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and fomer U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) hold their grandchild Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.





MURAD SEZER—REUTERS
Sept. 27, 2014. A cradle left behind by Syrian Kurdish refugees lies at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.

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PASCAL GUYOT—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 29, 2014. Medical staff members of the Croix Rouge NGO put on protective suits before collecting the corpse of a victim of Ebola, in Monrovia. Of the four west African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, Liberia has been hit the hardest, with 3,458 people infected -- more than half of the total number of cases. Of those, 1,830 have died, according to a WHO count released on September 27.





XAUME OLLEROS—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 28, 2014. Pro-democracy demonstrators are sprayed with pepper spray during clashes with police officers during a rally near the Hong Kong government headquarters. Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on September 28, in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days.





CHRIS MCGRATH—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 29, 2014. Protesters wave their cell phones in the air in the streets outside the Hong Kong Government Complex in Hong Kong. Thousands of pro democracy supporters have remained in the streets of Hong Kong for another day of protests.





XAUME OLLEROS—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 28, 2014. A pro-democracy protester confronts the police during a demonstration in Hong Kong. Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on September 28, in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days.CLOSE       
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BULENT KILIC—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. Syrian Kurdish boys, fleeing an onslaught by the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group, sit in a truck as they cross the border to Turkey at the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.





RUSS SCALF—U.S. AIR FORCE/REUTERS
Sept. 26, 2014. A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Rapt or fighter aircraft prior to strike operations in Syria. These aircraft were part of a strike package that was engaging ISIL targets in Syria.





MARK WILSON—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 30, 2014. A member of the US Secret Service patrols inside the fence of the White House grounds in Washington, DC. White House intruder Omar Gonzalez, the man arrested last week after jumping the White House fence, went deeper into the building than what was previously reported.





JITENDRA PRAKASH—REUTERS
Sept. 30, 2014. Amit Kumar, 14, a performer, gets makeup applied before performing the role of the Hindu lord Rama in a religious play ahead of Dussehra in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Effigies of the 10-headed demon king "Ravana" are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.





RONEN ZVULUN—REUTERS
Oct. 1, 2014. An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy holds on to a tarp in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Friday.





RAUL ARBOLEDA - LEO RAMIREZ—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. A Colombian police officer sets up packages of cocaine to be shown to the press in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. The anti-narcotics unit of the National Police seized a half-ton of cocaine during an operation called "Republic 69".

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ULET IFANSASTI—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 30, 2014. Barapan Kebo participants gather in rice fields before the race during Barapan Kebo or buffalo races as part of the Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.





ODED BALILTY—AP
Oct. 2, 2014. Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Hassidic sect Vizhnitz reflect on a car window as they gather on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in Herzeliya, Israel.





ULET IFANSASTI—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 30, 2014. A jockey spurs the buffalos as they race during Barapan Kebo or buffalo races as part of the Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.





Oct. 2, 2014. Demonstrators, targeted by water cannons, throw flares at police as the ECB governing council meets in Naples, Italy.





ULET IFANSASTI—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 26, 2014. A horse comes out of the water after being given a bath by a child jockey before the traditional horse races as part of Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.





MAXIM SHIPENKOV—EPA
Sept. 30, 2014. Women in wheelchairs dance during the Miss Independence 2014 beauty contest in Moscow, Russia. The beauty contest is organized to increase awareness of women with disabilities.





Sept. 25, 2014. Cattle graze at the Great Hungarian Plain in Hortobagy, east of Budapest.





KIN CHEUNG—AP
Sept. 30, 2014. Japan's Minami Itahashi, right, and Fuka Tatsumi compete during the women's synchronised 10m platform diving final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.





KAZUHIRO NOGI—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 28, 2014. This picture shows a smoke rising from Mount Ontake in Nagano prefecture. The volcano erupted in central Japan on September 27, shooting ash and rocks into the air that reportedly left eight hikers injured and forced 150 people to shelter in cabins near the summit.





MIKE BLAKE—REUTERS
Sept. 30, 2014. Construction workers from EMCOR Dynalectric wait to put on pink hard hats and be part of a giant pink ribbon formation to promote the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center construction site in La Jolla, California.

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LUIGI COSTANTINI—AP
Sept. 28, 2014. The boat at center front, 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. George Clooney married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Saturday, the actor's representative said, out of sight of pursuing paparazzi and adoring crowds.





SALVATORE LAPORTA—AP
Oct. 2, 2014. Demonstrators confront police with water cannons as the ECB governing council meets in Naples, Italy. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi was expected to underline the bank's willingness to deploy more economic stimulus measures, a stance that could send the euro skidding even lower.





STEVEN HIRSCH—REUTERS
Sept. 30, 2014. Ailina Tsarnaev, sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers appears in New York Criminal Court in Manhattan, New York. Tsarnaev is accused of aggravated harassment for telling a woman over the phone the "I have people that can go over there and put a bomb on you."





TOBY MELVILLE—REUTERS
Sept. 27, 2014. European Ryder Cup players Jamie Donaldson (L) and Lee Westwood (R) walk along the second fairway during their fourballs 40th Ryder Cup match at Gleneagles in Scotland.





LUCY NICHOLSON—REUTERS
Sept. 28, 2014. A dog wipes out at the 6th Annual Surf City surf dog contest in Huntington Beach, California.





FILIPPO MONTEFORTE—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. Pope Francis celebrates Vespers on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Restoration of the Society of Jesus at the Gesu church (Chiesa del Gesu) in Rome.





JACK GUEZ—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Oct. 2, 2014. An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl prays along the Ayarkon River in the city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv during the ritual of "Tashlich", the day before Yom Kippur.






ANDRES KUDACKI—AP
Sept. 26, 2014. The sun sets as a cross is placed at the alter, during the preparation for Opus Dei Bishop Alvaro del Portillo's mass beatification, in Madrid, Spain.





BRENDON THORNE—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 30, 2014. Faraz Shokro of Iran rides in the Men's Cross-country Final during day eleven of the 2014 Asian Games at Yeongjong Baegunsan MTB Course in Incheon, South Korea.





CHARLES MCQUILLAN—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 29, 2014. A customer of the Headhunters Barber Shop and Railway Museum gets a hair and from station master Nigel Johnston in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Established in 2002, with the help of former railway employees and enthusiasts, the museum is run by three brothers, Selwyn, Nigel and Gordon Johnston whose purpose whilst operating a busy hairdressing service from within the museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret local railway heritage for the benefit of the community. Visitors and customers both start their journey at the reconstructed Railway Booking Office where the ticket collector invites you to step on board and enjoy the evocative nostalgia and artefacts associated with the railways which operated throughout Fermanagh and the Border Counties until their closure in 1957.

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JEROME DELAY—AP
Sept. 26, 2014. Health workers stand outside the Island Clinic Ebola isolation and treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia.





AMIT DAVE—REUTERS
Sept. 28, 2014. Women from the Jain community, followers of a religion founded by Mahavir, attend a prayer meeting for world peace in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.





CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 29, 2014. A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine with swords inserted into his cheeks takes part in a street procession during the annual Vegetarian Festival in the southern Thai town of Phuket. During the festival, religious devotees slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community.





PABLO BLAZQUEZ DOMINGUEZ—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. A nun reads as she waits for the start of the beatification ceremony of Opus Dei former leader Bishop Alvaro del Portillo in a huge open air mass in Madrid, Spain.





JIM ROGASH—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 28, 2014. Derek Jeter #2 of the New York Yankees returns to the dugout after batting in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox during the last game of the season at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.





ULET IFANSASTI—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 27, 2014. A child jockey prepares for the race during the traditional horse races as part of Moyo festival in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.





CARSTEN KOALL—GETTY IMAGES
Sept. 29, 2014. Tanks from the Turkish Armed Forces are dispatched to the Turkish - Syrian border as clashes intensified with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants in Suruc district of Sanliurfa, southeastern province of Turkey.





MOHAMED ALHWAITY—REUTERS
Oct. 2, 2014. Muslim pilgrims are pictured through a roof opening as they sleep during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, near the holy city of Mecca





XING GUANGLI—XINHUA PRESS/CORBIS
Oct. 1, 2014. Tourists visit the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China on the first day of the Chinese National Day holidays.





BULENT KILIC—AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Oct. 1, 2014. A Syrian Kurdish woman cries as she holds her baby in the southeastern town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey. Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds flooded into Turkey fleeing an onslaught by the Islamic State (IS) group that prompted an appeal for international intervention.