A commemorative installation at the Tower of London made of 888,246 individually crafted red poppies, each representing the lost life of a British or colonial soldier killed in the First World War, was completed for Armistice Day. It will now take two weeks to dismantle.
Meanwhile, two World Trade Center window washers who spent hours dangling from scaffolding 68-floors in the air Wednesday say they are “happy to be alive.”
Here’s a look at some of the week’s most captivating and powerful photos.
The fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years later (read the story here):
Palestinians make a hole in Israeli West Bank barrier:
Remembrance Day:
New York woman marks 100th birthday with skydive:
National trade union demonstration in Brussels:
Locals gather to mark 1st anniversary Of Typhoon Haiyan:
Window washers rescued from 1 World Trade Center (read the story here):
Russian military parade in Moscow
Cured Ebola-infected nurse Teresa Romero discharged (read the latest here):
Shi’ite Muslims gather to commemorate Ashura
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