U.S. President Barack Obama (R), First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd L), and their daughter Malia (L) meet with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban a year ago, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. October 11, 2013.

A youth plays with a game made from remnants of mortar shells and decorated with a defaced picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad at a basement in the Duma neighbourhood in Damascus, on the second day of Eid al-Adha, Syria, October 16, 2013.

Maria Alyokhina, jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, looks out from a defendants’ box as she attends a court hearing in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. October 18, 2013.

Gay rights activists kiss as they are detained by police officers during a gay rights protest in St. Petersburg, Russia. October 12, 2013.

Rocks are seen in a residential area following a landslide caused by Typhoon Wipha in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, Japan. October 16, 2013.

A Muslim pilgrim prays in the early morning atop Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the peak of the annual haj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. October 14, 2013.

Women walk outside Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace), one of Yemen’s most famous monuments, standing atop a rock hill in a valley 15 km (9 miles) northwest of capital Sanaa, Yemen. October 16, 2013.

A man cycles past The Great Walk in Windsor Park,, with Queen Elizabeth’s residence, Windsor Castle, seen behind in Windsor, southern England. October 14, 2013.

A child poses for a photo under a new art piece by British graffiti artist Banksy in the Brooklyn borough of New York, USA. October 17, 2013.

Sailing boats gather at the start of the Barcolana regatta in front of Trieste harbour, Italy. October 13, 2013.

Amateur triathletes wait for the start of the 2.4 miles (3.86 km) swim portion during the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA. October 12, 2013.

Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer makes a test jump into a 105 km/h (65 mph) headwind in the Railtec climatic wind tunnel in Vienna, Austria. October 17, 2013.

A member of the Flying Dubs, an acrobatic dunk team of the Golden State Warriors, performs before their NBA Global Game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Beijing, China. October 15, 2013.

A fisherman throws a fish during the traditional carp haul in the village of Stankov, near the south Bohemian town of Trebon, Czech Republic. October 15, 2013.

A visitor photographs part of Robert Pruitt’s «Safety Cones» at the Gavin Brown’s Enterprise from New York’s stand at the Frieze Art Fair in central London, England. October 16, 2013.