A serviceman in the Ukrainian special-operation forces poses for a picture ahead of a cybergames tournament, part of a consumer-electronics exhibition, in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 28, 2019. #

Militia members march in formation past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on its National Day, in Beijing on October 1, 2019. #

New Zealand players perform the Haka prior to the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group B game between New Zealand and Canada at Oita Stadium in Oita, Japan, on October 2, 2019. #

Photographers gather for close shots during the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final, part of the 2019 World Athletics Championships, at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on September 30, 2019. #

Ayeyar Sein, a four-month-old baby elephant that lost her parents to poachers, rests after her daily wound cleaning at the Wingabaw Elephant Camp in Bago, Myanmar, on September 30, 2019. She was rescued from a hunter's snare last month. #

A goat is seen grazing among others on a hillside as part of fire-prevention efforts in South Pasadena, California, on September 26, 2019. In about 20 days, the goats are expected to clear the 10-acre area of most combustible fuel by eating their way through the dry brush and live vegetation. California is using a variety of methods to clear fuel ahead of what is expected to be another perilous wildfire season. #

Richard Johnson, riding Invincible Don, makes a spectacular leap at the open ditch in the Best Odds Guaranteed at MansionBet Novices' Handicap Chase at the Huntingdon Racecourse in Huntingdon, England, on October 2, 2019. #

In Medan, Indonesia, students holding demonstrations against a criminal-code bill clash with police during a protest in front of the North Sumatra Parliament Building on September 27, 2019. #

In Baghdad, Iraq, security forces try to disperse Iraqi anti-government demonstrators with water cannons and tear-gas canisters as protesters try to enter the Green Zone on October 1, 2019. #

In Hong Kong, pro-democracy protesters hold umbrellas as police fire tear gas at them outside the Tai Koo MTR station on October 3, 2019. Protesters in Hong Kong continue to call for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet their remaining demands—which include an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word riot to describe the rallies, and genuine universal suffrage—since the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn and as the territory faces a leadership crisis. #

In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, men carrying flowers ride a motorcycle past a burning roadblock set up by opposition demonstrators on September 30, 2019. Demonstrators set fires Monday and chanted calls for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse to resign, the latest in a series of protests aimed at pushing Moïse from office. #

In Lima, Peru, a supporter of President Martín Vizcarra chants slogans outside Congress after the president dissolved the legislature on September 30, 2019. Opposition legislators defied the president's order and have voted to suspend him from office. #

In Athens, Greece, youths and environmental activists hold placards as they participate in a Fridays for Future rally, a global series of protests to avert a climate catastrophe, on September 27, 2019. #

Soldiers in China's People's Liberation Army march in formation during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing on October 1, 2019. #

Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox and the New England Sports Network host Guerin Austin are doused in Gatorade after Betts scored the game-winning run to defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 5–4, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 29, 2019. #

An activist from the Free the Louvre collective participates in a performance at the Louvre in Paris on September 27, 2019. About 20 activists plunged their hands into a sticky black material resembling oil, smearing it on the windows of the Louvre Pyramid to show the alleged links between the largest museum in the world and giant oil companies. #

A 13-meter-high fountain called Fons Americanus, by the artist Kara Walker, is displayed in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London, England, on September 30, 2019. #

A religious person gestures in front of a bonfire called "demera" during celebrations for Meskel, a religious holiday held by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 27, 2019. #

A Ukrainian serviceman fires a heavy machine gun during combat with Russian-backed separatists on the front line near Gorlivka, Donetsk region, on September 28, 2019. #

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica with her son Zyon, photographed after winning the gold medal in the women's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on September 29, 2019 #

Lights shine on a number of peaks of the Montserrat mountain range, about 50 kilometers from Barcelona, during the Light and Freedom pro-Catalonian-independence event on September 30, 2019. #

A woman poses in a kaleidoscope during a press preview of the interactive "Tricked!: The Spectacular Illusion Exhibition" at Augustusburg Castle in Augustusburg, Germany, on October 1, 2019. #