A satellite captured this animation of Super Typhoon Vongfong as the morning sun began to illuminate it, providing a clear view of the eye of the intense tropical cycloneUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison/MTSAT2Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the space station's Quest airlock in the first of three space walks for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space StationNasa/ReutersMount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen in this amazing photo taken from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra provinceYT Haryono/ReutersSmoke and dust rise after a US-led air strike in the Syrian town of KobaniReuters
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The town of Kobani is seen before and after a minaret was destroyed (AFP)The moon turns orange during a total lunar eclipse behind the CN Tower and the skyline of Toronto. The eclipse is also known as a "blood moon" due to the coppery, reddish colour the moon takes as it passes into Earth's shadowReutersA radio-controlled flying witch makes a test flight past the moon in Carlsbad, California. Reuters was invited to photograph the testing of the life-sized device by inventor Otto Dieffenbach lllReutersPeople run away from waves caused by a tidal bore which surged past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Haining, Zhejiang province, ChinaReutersA surfer walks along the beach as the sun sets in Oued Charrat, 30km from the Moroccan capital RabatAFPA visitor stands in front of a piece entitled Eternal Beauty by Tenpoint & Dis/Order during an exhibition of Ukrainian art at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now– featuring over 70 works by 38 artists – runs until 3 NovemberGettySimon Hughes, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, uses his phone before Nick Clegg delivers his keynote speech in GlasgowGettyNick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader, and his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez are applauded by delegates after he delivered his keynote speech at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow, ScotlandGettyPope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanReutersFKA Twigs performs at the Hackney Empire in LondonGettyNevada state Senator Kelvin Atkinson and his partner Sherwood Howard wait outside the Clark County Marriage License Bureau in Las Vegas. The senator proposed to his partner immediately after hearing that an appeals court had overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriageGettySafa Hojeij, co-founder of animals right group Animals Lebanon, pets one of two rescued hyenas in Aley, eastern LebanonReutersA demonstrator is pushed by a Spanish riot police officer as a van apparently carrying Excalibur, the dog owned by the Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola, leaves from her apartment complex in Alcorcon, outside MadridReutersA possible Ebola patient is brought to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in DallasGettyPeople walk inside Amstor shopping centre in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, after it was shelledReuters
