MyAJC Exclusive: 20 great photos from today's news

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MyAJC Exclusive: 20 great photos from today's news

A tourist points out a hieroglyphic on a column in the Hypostyle Hall at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. More than 130 columns bearing hieroglyphics telling the story of ancient Egypt stand in this hall. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

People dressed in colors of Russian flag march in Grozny, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. In the Chechen capital of Grozny, thousands gathered to form a 600-meter long Russian flag through the streets. Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 62nd birthday in the wilderness of Siberia, as supporters from across Russia create tributes in his honor. (AP Photo/ Musa Sadulayev)

People lay flowers made from newspapers to pay respect to Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of Novaya Gazeta, outside Novaya Gazeta head office in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Tuesday marks 8 years since Politkovskaya was killed.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, the world's tallest observation wheel, the High Roller, is seen lighted in pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month at The LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas. Flamingo Las Vegas headliner Olivia Newton-John and the Chippendales ceremoniously lit the wheel. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Steve Spatafore)

Indonesian Air Force helicopters fly in formation over the fleet of military ships in a show of force during a ceremony commemorating the 69th anniversary of Indonesian Armed Forces in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Indonesia National Military Academy cadets march during The 69th Republic of Indonesia Military Anniversary on October 7, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Republic of Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) leads The 69th Republic of Indonesian Military Anniversary ceremony for the last time. This is the biggest ceremony in the last ten years as Indonesian Army, Navy, and Air Force parade and demonstrate together. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic and John Isner of United States, respectively No. 7 and No.15 in the Emirates ATP Race to London, poses for a picture with a Chinese dragon dance group at the Bund on October 7, 2014 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Kevin Lee/Getty Images)

Rubber boots are pictured during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany for volunteer doctors who will travel to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers, while the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo Timm Schamberger/Getty Images)

A British Army medic attached to 22 Field Hospital participates in an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre near York, northern England, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. More 100 British Army medics will travel to Sierra Leone to help tackle the Ebola crisis, where they will staff a field hospital set up specifically to treat medical personnel who have caught the disease. (AP Photo/PA, Anna Gowthorpe) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE

A woman wears protective mask as she leaves Hospital Fundacion Alcorcon where a Spanish nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, near Madrid, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Apples are displayed inside at RHS (Royal Horticultural Show) London Harvest Festival Show on October 7, 2014 in London, England. Growers from across the UK come together for the show at the RHS Horticultural Halls in Westminster to exhibit their seasonable bounty in the annual fruit and vegetable competition. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A makeshift barricade is seen blocking a road into the pro-democracy protest site on October 7, 2014 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. With many protesters returning to work and school, supporter numbers have dwindled leaving a small number defying the governments request to leave the area. Student leaders and government officials agreed today to hold talks to end the two week protests. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A pro-democracy student protester sleeps on an occupied roadway surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong continued to shrink Tuesday morning but a few hundred demonstrators remained camped out in the streets, vowing to keep up the pressure until the government responds to their demands. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Turkish Kurds run in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, to avoid the effect of tear gas fired by Turkish forces to disperse them after they gathered as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, in nearby Kobani, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A Turkish Kurdish woman carries a child to a house in Mursitpinar, in the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, as the fighting between militants of the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces intensified in nearby Kobani, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Robot cheerleaders developed by Murata Manufacturing perform synchronized dancing during the annual CEATEC Japan advanced technologies shnow in Chiba Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. They are 36 centimeters (14 inches) tall but their choreography is flawless. Murata Manufacturing, a leading electronic component manufacturer, presents a group of 10 robot cheerleaders with color-changing pom-pons that use gyroscopic sensors to roll on spherical bases in unison without losing their balance. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A man visits the Samsung Electronics Co.'s showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its third-quarter operating profit is estimated to have fallen to the lowest level in more than three years, as Galaxy handsets sales slow. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Mike Tyson attends the Sportel, the World Sports Content Media Convention at Grimaldi Forum on October 7, 2014 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by Didier Baverel/Getty Images)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past palm fronds to be used to build a Sukka, a temporary structure built for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. According to Jewish tradition, during the Sukkot holiday, known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, Jews are commanded to bind together a palm frond, or "lulav," with two other branches, along with an "etrog," they make up the "four species" used in holiday rituals. The weeklong holiday begins on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

In this image taken from NASA TV, American astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Wiseman and German spaceman Alexander Gerst are performing NASA's first routine maintenance outside the International Space Station in more than a year. (AP Photo/NASA)

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A tourist points out a hieroglyphic on a column in the Hypostyle Hall at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. More than 130 columns bearing hieroglyphics telling the story of ancient Egypt stand in this hall. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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