U.S. News & World Report's Day in Photos: Oct 2

Day in Photos: Oct. 2

 

U.S. News & World Report

 

Oct. 2, 2014 

 

Rescuers continue search on Japan's Mount ontake, Muslims prepare animals for Eid al-Adha, the 2014 Paris Motor Show and more. 

 

 

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Afghan livestock merchants display animals for sale for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Muslims around the world celebrate the religious holiday by sacrificing sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, on God's command.

Massoud Hossaini/AP

 

 

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A Turkish soldier looks for a lost baby's mother as thousands of new Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkey-Syria border crossing near Suruc, Turkey, on Thursday. More photos: http://bit.ly/1vBlN07

Burhan Ozbilici/AP

 

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Two days after a man in Texas was diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Gil Mobley, a Missouri doctor, checks in to board a plane dressed in full protection gear Thursday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was protesting what he called mismanagement of the crisis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

John Spink/AP

 

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Mercy Kennedy, 9, cries after learning her mother died on Thursday outside her home in Monrovia, Liberia. Kennedy's mother was taken away by an ambulance to an Ebola ward the day before.

Jerome Delay/AP

 

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Rescuers conduct a search operation near the peak of Mount ontake on Wednesday in central Japan, after Saturday's eruption killed at least 47. 

Kimi Takeuchi/Mainichi Shimbun/AP

 

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A student makes an emotional plea for a peaceful resolution on Thursday in Hong Kong. More protest photos: http://bit.ly/1rAI4fo

Wong Maye-E/AP

 

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Orthodox Jews perform the Kaparot ceremony Thursday in Jerusalem. The Jewish ritual is supposed to transfer the sins of the past year to the chicken and is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, which starts at sunset Friday.

Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images

 

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner celebrates after pitching the Giants to an 8-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League wild-card playoff baseball game in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

Gene J. Puskar/AP

 

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Chinese Malaysians walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival on Thursday near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The men have abstained from meat for the past nine days in order to purify their bodies in preparation for the ritual, in which women are barred from participating.

AP

 

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Press attend the Paris Motor Show Thursday.

Michel Euler/AP

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Afghan livestock merchants display animals for sale for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Muslims around the world celebrate the religious holiday by sacrificing sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, on God's command