The week in pictures (October 2-9)
This week: Navratri and Durga Puja fever in India, Mourning in Haiti after hurricane Matthew wreaks havoc, the 'Nobel' men who served society, and plenty of stories of hope, love, loss and despair.
A goat eating rice from the stone lion sculpture, which is offered by devotees during celebration of Shikali Festival at Khokana Village, Patan, Nepal on Friday, October 07, 2016. People living at Khokana celebrate Shikali Festival during Dashain, the biggest religious Hindu festival in Nepal. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Members of a human tower group perform during the 26th Human Towers Competition in the old bullring of Tarragona, Spain, Oct. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Pau Barrena via Getty Images)
Renowned contemporary Artist Sudhir Katkar doing final touch of Mahatma Gandhi portrait on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti in Mumbai (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Colombian voters appeared to have shocked their government by blasting away its hopes for a historic peace deal with communist FARC rebels Sunday to put an end to 52 years of bloody conflict, referendum results showed.
Iranian Shiite Muslim women mourn during a ceremony at Sadat Akhavi Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, three days prior to the death anniversary of 7th century Shiite Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in a battle in Karbala in present-day Iraq. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
INDIA - OCTOBER 9: Kumari Kanya pooja performed at Ramkrishana Math to celebrate Maha Ashtami during the Durga Puja celebrations, on October 9, 2016 in Lucknow, India. Durga Ashtami or Maha Ashtami is one of the most auspicious days of ten-day long Durga Puja Festival. This day is also known for 'Astra Puja' (weapons' worship) as the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped on this day. (Photo by Ashok Dutta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
A Colombian flag and a white flag hang from a building in downtown Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, just days after voters narrowly rejected a peace deal he signed with rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A woman walks to a shelter with her son as they leave after their home was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Jeremie appears to be the epicenter of the country's growing humanitarian crisis in the wake of the storm. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech as he runs for the 2017 presidential election in Paris, France, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A devout Hindu walks up a staircase after bathing in the Ganges River in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Hindus bathe in the Ganges, a river considered sacred, with the hope it will wash away their sins. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Palestinians run away from teargas as Israeli border police unit raided the family home of the Palestinian gunman who killed two and wounded several other people in Jerusalem earlier in the day, in the West Bank town of al Ram, north of Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Bodies of victims of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike are loaded in an ambulance, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Yemeni security and medical officials say at least 45 people have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that targeted a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa. The officials say at least another 100 have been wounded in the Saturday strike. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrhman)
Scotties tissue advertisement and United States politics. Hillary wins, Donald wins and woman about to cry. The circus in U.S.A electoral campaign used to advertise a product. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)
South Africa pull off the second highest run chase in ODI history thanks to a sensational century by David Miller. (AP)
Mercedes engineer Andrew Shovlin sprays team driver Nico Rosberg of Germany with champagne on the podium after winning the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli completes a run to score a century on the first day of their third cricket test match against New Zealand in Indore, India, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (AP)
Revelers celebrate during the Durga Puja celebrations, on October 9, 2016 in Mumbai, India. Durga Ashtami or Maha Ashtami is one of the most auspicious days of ten-day long Durga Puja Festival. This day is also known for 'Astra Puja' (weapons' worship) as the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped on this day. (Photo by Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Women performing garba at Royal Bunglow Park by donning themselves as Radha and Krishna on October 6, 2016 in Indore, India. Durga Puja is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It is celebrated from the sixth to tenth day of bright lunar fortnight in the Bikram Sambat Calendar month of Ashwin. (Photo by Shankar Mourya/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Filipino men have plastic zip ties on their wrists following a police raid at an alleged drug den as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte near the Payatas dumpsite in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Duterte has told U.S. President Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a recent speech that was his strongest tirade so far against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, adding that he may eventually decide to "break up with America." (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine stand after the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)
A model wears a creation for Kenzo's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pope Francis walks next to rubble in the quake-struck village of San Pellegrino, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to the site of the devastating August earthquake in central Italy, praying silently alone amid the rubble in the hardest-hit area of the devastated town of Amatrice.
Relatives and neighbors of Junaid Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy, huddle around his body as tear gas shells fired by Indian police men explode near them during his funeral procession in Srinagar, Kashmir, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Indian forces fired shotgun pellets and tear gas Saturday as thousands carried the body of a young boy killed overnight during an anti-India protest in the main city of Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Orthodox Jewish pilgrims pray near lake during the celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukraine, 03 October 2016. From evening of October 2 to October 4 jews from all world celebrate of 5777-th year celebrating Rosh Hashanah. The central point of the celebrations in Ukraine is the city of Uman, Cherkasy region, where, according to the State Border Service of Ukraine, as of September 30, arrived about 19 thousand Hasidic pilgrims. Public safety during celebrations provide of 450 police officers. Every year, thousands of Orthodox Bratslav Hasidic Jews from different countries gather in Uman to mark Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, a great grandson of the founder of Hasidism. (Photo by Vitaliy Holovin/Corbis via Getty images)
An injured, who sustained splinter injuries, is being shifted to the Government medical hospital after Pakistan Army resorted to heavy shelling and firing in Shahpur, using 82 mm mortar shells which fell in a large area of Poonch near the Line of Control (LoC), on October 4, 2016 in Jammu, India. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Ousted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from his room at the Maadi Military Hospital Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, where he is hospitalized, as they celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Oct. 6, 1973 war, when Egypt and Syria declared a war against Israel for the return of what they called their occupied lands, Sinai on the Egyptian front and Golan Heights on the Syrian Front. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Clay Bavor, Google vice president of virtual reality, talks about the Daydream View virtual-reality headset during a product event, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, in San Francisco. It will differ from other headsets like Samsung's Gear VR in having a companion motion controller and compatibility with a wide range of phones, including Google's new Pixel phones. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Syrian girls from the Zaatari refugee camp, play during a friendly game of football with the Japanese U17 Women's World Cup team and five Jordanian girls, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Oct 5, 2016. With support from UNICEF the meet up is part of a program that brings together thousands of Jordanian and Syrian children in host communities through football and art activities. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, left, celebrates with Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States after defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the women's doubles final of the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
