Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week.
Mount Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian
island of Sumatra erupted again, sending ash and smoke several
kilometres into the atmosphere. Long considered to be inactive, it
erupted for the first time in 400 years in the early hours of Sunday.
A total lunar eclipse was visible across
much of the Americas and Asia, resulting in a dramatic Blood Moon. Here
the Moon is seen above Kathmandu in Nepal.
A car is propped up against a tree following heavy floods in Grabels, near Montpellier, southern France.
The Sun rises over the North Sea as The
Couple, a work by artist Sean Henery, sits just off the coast at
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.
India and Pakistan accused each other of
unprovoked firing along the disputed border in Kashmir, in which at
least nine civilians were killed. A ceasefire agreed in 2003 remains in
place, but the neighbours often accuse each other of violating it.
US-led forces have continued air strikes
against Islamic State (IS) militants near the besieged Syrian Kurdish
border town of Kobane. By the end of the week, a senior local official
said IS had been pushed back towards the edge of the town as a result of
the strikes and advances by the town's defenders.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has
warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of all three
worst-affected countries, and is accelerating in almost all settings.
WHO deputy head Bruce Aylward warned that the world's response was not
keeping up with the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
A freight train derailed in Canada on
Tuesday causing some of the hazardous material it was carrying to catch
fire. The train was travelling from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, when the accident happened.
Protesters in Hong Kong continued to
demand a fully free vote in elections due in 2017 for the post of chief
executive - Hong Kong's leader. Numbers were, however, far lower than
the previous week. China has said that, under Hong Kong law, voters will
be able to vote freely but from an approved list.
Castellers Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls form a human tower called a castell during a biannual competition in Tarragona, Spain.
Switzerland's Ilaria Kaeslin performs on the uneven bars at the Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China