Photos Of The Week #38

People and soldiers lie on the ground for cover at the scene of an attack on a military parade on September 22 in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating war with Iraq. At least 25 people were killed. (AFP/ISNA /Behrad Qasemi)

A Pakistani Sunni Muslim spits fire during an Ashura procession in Karachi. Ashura is a 10-day period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)

Golden Labrador Retriever puppies from the Canine Unit of the Carabineros de Chile march on military parade in Santiago. (AFP)

China's domestically developed AG600, the world largest amphibious aircraft, is seen in a reflection at the Jing Men Aviclub Flight Carnival in Jingmen, Hubei Province, China. (Reuters/Stringer)

Blacksmith, artist, and teacher Sergei Kolchin works on a collection of forged headwear for busts of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin while creating works for his solo exhibition at a workshop in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)

A model presents a creation during an outdoor fashion show in the Greek city of Thessaloniki. (AFP/Sakis Mitrolidis)

Karen Polle of Japan competes at the World Equestrian Games in North Carolina on September 20. (epa-EFE/Erik S. Lesser)

A man looks out at the flooded entrance to his apartment complex near the Cape Fear River in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (AP/David Goldman)

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow. (TASS/Aleksei Nikolsky)

North Koreans perform during an event as part of the Inter-Korean summit at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on September 19. (epa-EFE)

Shi'ite Muslim women mourn during the holy day of Ashura at the Sadat Akhavi Mosque in Tehran on September 20. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Foreign volunteers chain themselves to a fence during a protest of Ukrainian activists in front of the presidential office in Kyiv on September 20. (EPA-EFE/Stepan Franko)

Iranians take part in mourning ceremonies as they prepare for Ashura in the streets of Tehran on September 18. (EPA-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)

A man wearing a Soviet Air Force officer's cap stands in front of a tourist shop in central Moscow. (Reuters/Maksim Shemetov)

A fisherman works at the Beloye fishery in the Zhytkavichy district. (TASS/Viktor Drachev)

An Ultraorthodox Jew performs a Jewish ritual called "Kaparot," performed before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest of Jewish holidays, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on September 16. (EPA-EFE/Abir Sultan)

Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders perform before a game against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on September 16. (EPA-EFE/Larry W. Smith)

A young rider participates in an "alaman baigue" race in Astana. (RFE/RL /Dulat Esnazar)

Ukrainian far-right activists set fire to a dumpster during clashes with riot police in front of the Prosecutor-General's Office in Kyiv on September 17. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)

Jewish worshippers take part in the Tashlich ritual on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement in Herzliya, Israel, on September 17. (EPA-EFE/Atef Safadi)

Policemen, affected by tear gas, attempt to detain a protester during a rally against pension reforms that envisage raising the retirement age of Russian citizens, in St. Petersburg on September 16. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)

Protesters walk past an officer of the Russian National Guard during a rally against pension reforms in St. Petersburg on September 16. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)

A participant attends the Belgrade Pride Parade march on September 16. (EPA-EFE/Koca Sulejmanovic)

Iva Williamson, 4, peers behind her as she joins neighbors and pets in fleeing rising flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Leland, North Carolina, on September 16. (Reuters/Jonathan Drake)

A participant with her face decorated with fluorescent paint smiles before the YARKOcross Night Edition color race in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on September 15. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)