October 22, 2014

Bullets cross the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.

Police officers take cover near Parliament Hill after a shooting in Ottawa, Canada. A Canadian soldier was shot and killed at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa and a gunman was shot and killed in a nearby parliament building, media and witnesses reported.

Jeffrey Fowle is greeted by his son and other family members upon his arrival, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Fowle was detained for six months in North Korea after leaving a Bible at a restaurant.

A man suffering from the Ebola virus lies on the floor outside a house in Port Loko Community, on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Moroccan horsemen perform during the seventh edition of the "Salon du Cheval" in the port city of El Jadida.

A Christian pilgrim dips in the water at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River. It is also a border line near the West Bank city of Jericho.

People stand around "Umbrellas", the sculpture by Giorgos Zogolopoulos, as it is lit in pink to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Thessaloniki, Greece.

A Canadair fire-fighting aircraft drops a substance used to put out fire, in Ajaccio, France.

A woman climbs out of a giant pan artwork installation, by Andrew Hankin, titled "We're fryin' out here," on Sydney's Tamarama Beach, Australia. Artists from 16 countries prepare their works for the upcoming Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.

A police dog licks its face after getting food during the dog festival, as part of celebrations of Tihar at Nepal Police Academy in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A visitor stands next to "Leave Me Alone (Inverted with Timestamp), 2014" art works by artist Amanda Ross-Ho during the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.

Darth Vader, leader of Ukraine's Internet Party, rides atop a car in Kyiv, Ukraine. Vader is campaigning for the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections on a platform of promoting e-government and increasing financial transparency.

Before the sunrise, the captain of "Bar" hot air balloon starts the flame throwers to fill up the one of the world's largest balloon, over a camel farm in the Margham desert southeast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.