Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week.
1. A miner is embraced by his father after escaping from a mine explosion in Soma, Turkey, May 13, 2014.
2. A Brazilian Special Riot Police unit carries out a drill ahead of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 2014.
3. A Syrian man is pictured in a covered market after civilians returned to the Old City of Homs, May 12, 2014.
4. An Iraqi man practices parkour in the central shrine city of Najaf, May 14, 2014.
5. Buddhists walk around the Borobudur temple during celebrations for Vesak Day in Magelang, Indonesia, May 15, 2014.
6. Striking miners march in Marikana in the South African platinum belt, May 14, 2014.
7. Indian eunuchs wail during a ritual at the annual eunuch festival at Koovagam, May 14, 2014.
8. A Saudi man wears a face mask to protect him from MERS infection at a camel farm outside Riyadh, May 12, 2014.
9. Bangladeshi rescuers stand in a small boat where a ferry capsized and sank on the Meghna river in the Munshiganj, May 15, 2014.
10. Palestinians take part in a rally marking the 66th anniversary of Nakba Day in Gaza City, May 15, 2014.
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