The week in photos
A woman walks along Red Square under snowfall, with St. Basil's Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow, Russia.Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters
A person dressed as Hulkbuster walks amongst attendees on day two of New York Comic Con in Manhattan, New York.Andrew Kelly/Reuters
A nature reserve established near the Chernobyl power plant after the 1986 nuclear disaster is full of elk, deer, wild boar and wolves, says a new study published in Current Biology.Sergiy Gaschak/The Associated Press
Volcanic activity, which began August 14 after 138 years of silence, continues at the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador.Rodrigo Buendia/AFP / Getty Images
An Afghan National Army officer participates in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Afghanistan.Ahmad Masood/Reuters
A man holds a child in a train heading to Serbia from the Macedonian-Greek border near Gevgelija.Robert Atanasovski/AFP / Getty Images
Malaysian youths cool off in a river in Hulu Langat as schools remain closed due to hazy conditions from fires on Indonesian plantations that are being illegally cleared by burning.Mohd Rasfan/AFP / Getty Images
Sand artist Katsuhiko Chaen creates a sand sculpture promotion for the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Tottori, Japan.Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
Hanna Scott shows winning form in the shortboard competition at the 2015 Queen of the Peak in Tofino.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Air France director, Pierre Plissonnier, nearly shirtless, climbs a fence to escape angry employees after announcing 2,900 job cuts at the airline.Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP / Getty Images
A contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships poses for a picture in Leogang, Austria.Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images
Hundreds of hot air balloons take off during the 2015 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Lucas Jackson/Reuters