October 29, 2014

Smoke rises after a house was blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in Rafah near the border with southern Gaza Strip. Egypt began setting up a buffer zone along the border with the Hamas-run territory to prevent militant infiltration and arms smuggling following a wave of deadly attacks.

A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is escorted by Turkish Kurds on their way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in Kiziltepe near the southeastern city of Mardin. Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.

An unmanned rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation explodes just seconds after launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, on what was to be a resupply mission to the International Space Station. "The Antares rocket suffered an accident shortly after lift-off," NASA mission control in Houston said, describing the blast as a "catastrophic anomaly."

Turkish students carry a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, during the 91st anniversary celebrations of the creation of the Turkish Republic in Ankara.

A man shines a torch as dusk falls at the site of a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A duck paddles on Loch Faskally as autumn leaves are reflected in the water in Pitlochry, Scotland.

Construction crews prepare Pahoa Village Road as lava flow from Mt. Kilauea approaches the village of Pahoa, Hawaii, Oct. 28, 2014.

Children try to reach a big soap bubble blown at a square in front of the opera house in Zurich, Switzerland.

Performers carry a giant poppy during a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of World War I at the King Albert Monument in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Oct. 28, 2014.

The AeroMobil 3.0 is pictured during its world premiere at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. The "Flying Roadster", a unique prototype, combines the qualities of a supercar and a light sports aircraft. According to a press release the AeroMobil has a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) as a car and 200km/h (124 mph) as a plane.

Lifeguards keep vigil as Hindu devotees crowd the banks of the River Ganges to perform rituals at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India.

Visitors pose for photos in an installation consisting of 500 pumpkin lights to mark the Halloween in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province.

A house is seen partially submerged and surrounded by water hyacinths at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, Oct. 28, 2014.

Tens of thousands of Hungarians march across the Elisabeth Bridge during a protest against new tax on Internet data transfers in centre of Budapest, Oct. 28, 2014.