A sailing festival in the Persian Gulf, early preparations for Kumbh Mela in India, a vintage-plane crash in California, a German castle overlooking the Rhine, a terrible train accident in Taiwan, Central American immigrants head toward the U.S. border in Mexico, the Invictus Games under way in Australia, President Donald Trump campaigns for Ted Cruz in Texas, pumpkins for gorillas in the London Zoo, and much more.
Photos of the Week: Steam Train, Sheep Parade, Golden Rock
-
Palestinians burn tires and throw stones toward Israeli forces as they gather to support the maritime demonstration to break the Gaza sea blockade in Gaza City on October 22, 2018. #
Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency / Getty -
-
Ballerinas perform during an ice-cream factory promotional event on an observation floor of the Moscow International Business Center, also known as "Moskva-City," in Moscow, Russia, on October 25, 2018. #
Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters -
-
-
A baby Borneo orangutan named Java, born eight days ago, and her mother, Theodora, look on at the Menagerie, at the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris on October 24, 2018. Borneo orangutans are on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List as critically endangered animals. #
Eric Feferberg / AFP / Getty -
-
A small group of Honduran migrants trying to reach the U.S. border walk along train tracks in Trancas Viejas, Veracruz state, Mexico, on October 24, 2018. As a caravan of thousands of Central Americans renewed their slow march toward the U.S. on Wednesday, others chose to travel in smaller groups, following routes well worn by decades of migrants fleeing poverty and violence. #
Rebecca Blackwell / AP -
Jensi, a 14-year-old migrant girl from Honduras, bathes in a freshwater stream as she and others, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America en route to the United States, take rest in Pijijiapan, Mexico, on October 25, 2018. #
Adrees Latif / Reuters -
-
-
A red fox stands on a log in a forest area near Campbell Creek in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 22, 2018. The fox and its relatives are seen regularly on a bicycle trail near the creek. #
Dan Joling / AP -
Two women stand near a deer head and the American flag during the 98th Running of the Far Hills Race Meeting at Mooreland Farm in Far Hills, New Jersey, on October 20, 2018. #
Stephanie Keith / Reuters -
Supporters pray at the start of a campaign rally while awaiting the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Houston, Texas, on October 22, 2018. #
Leah Millis / Reuters -
-
From left, Sebastien Awwad, 35, and Benjamin Neuhaus, 26, join protesters at a rally for LGBTQI+ rights at Washington Square Park in New York City on October 21, 2018. Based on a leaked memo, The New York Times had reported that morning that the Trump administration is considering redefining gender as a "biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth," which activists say would subject transgender and gender-nonconforming people to discrimination, harassment, and violence. #
Yana Paskova / Getty -
-
Women take a selfie next to a flock of sheep during the annual sheep parade through Madrid, Spain, on October 21, 2018. Shepherds parade the sheep through the city every year in order to exercise their right to use traditional routes to migrate their livestock from northern Spain to winter-grazing pasture land in southern Spain. #
Susana Vera / Reuters -
-
The Australian actress Cate Blanchett reacts as she talks to members of the media prior the screening of the film "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" during the Rome Film Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome on October 19, 2018. #
Tiziana Fabi / AFP / Getty -
An aerial view of Honduran migrants aboard a truck as they take part in a caravan heading to the U.S., on the outskirts of Tapachula, on their way to Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 22, 2018. #
Pedro Pardo / AFP / Getty -
-
The damaged Puyuma Express train is lifted into the air, as offerings of paper money to the deceased are seen in the foreground, in Yilan, Taiwan, on October 22, 2018. Taiwan's president pushed for a swift investigation after an express train derailed on a coastal tourist route, killing 18 people in the island's worst rail accident in a quarter century. #
Sam Yeh / AFP / Getty -
-
Belarus Interior Ministry soldiers take part in the qualifying examinations for the "Madder Beret" headdress in the village of Volovshchina, Belarus, on October 23, 2018. #
Sergei Gapon / AFP / Getty -
Indian laborers pull a pontoon buoy with a rope in the Ganges river as they build a floating pontoon bridge over the river for the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad on October 24, 2018. The Kumbh Mela will see millions of Hindu devotees gather from January 15, 2019, to March 4, 2019, to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings. #
Sanjay Kanojia / AFP / Getty -
-
Emirati competitors sail their dhows as they take part in the Dalma Sailing Festival off the coast of Dalma Island in the Persian Gulf, near the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, on October 25, 2018. #
Karim Sahib / AFP / Getty
We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.