October 18 - October 24

PowerPoint Show by Andrew

This week we take a look at puppets from Sri Lanka and France, attacks on ISIS militants in Kobani, a partial eclipse of the sun, a foamy raisin weekend at St Andrew's University, the shooting in Ottawa, Diwali celebrations, and more.

Friends Aanka Batta (left) and Kelly Vaduka take a selfie in front of illuminations as they celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali in Leicester, England, on October 23, 2014.

The Conservative Party caucus room, barricaded shortly after shooting began on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, on October 22, 2014.

Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers is applauded in the House of Commons in Ottawa on October 23, 2014. Vickers was credited with shooting the suspect during a shooting incident October 22.

Students from St Andrew's University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the "academic family" on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland.

A volunteer of the German forces Bundeswehr gets sprayed with a bleach mixture on his protective glove during training to handle the Ebola virus in Appen, Germany, on October 23, 2014.

Sunspots are seen on the Sun as the Moon crosses during the peak moment of a partial eclipse of the sun, as seen from the Mt. Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.

A US Air Force B1-B bomber plane flies above the Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, on October 18, 2014.

(1 of 4) ISIS militants stand near their flag on Tilsehir hill, in Syria, near the Turkish border on October 23, 2014, at Yumurtalik village.

(2 of 4) ISIS militants are caught on the edge of an air strike explosion on Tilsehir hill on October 23, 2014.

(3 of 4) ISIS militants are caught in an air strike on Tilsehir hill on October 23, 2014.

(4 of 4) Kurdish fighters stand by a flag of the People's Protection Units (YPG) on Tilsehir hill in Syria, near the Turkish border, after an air strike hours before, on October 24, 2014.

National Diving School director Jerome Vincent, wearing a Gandolfi space suit, trains in a swimming pool in Marseille on October 22, 2014.

African migrants sit atop a border fence during an attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, as golfers play on a course in the foreground, on October 22, 2014.

A combination photograph of windows of homes destroyed after shelling in Ukraine's Donbas region during the month of October, 2014.

The Swedish corvette HMS Visby during a search for suspected "foreign underwater activity" in Mysingen Bay, Stockholm, on October 21, 2014.

Dancers attend a dress rehearsal for the new grand show "THE WYLD" at Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, Germany.

The sun rises from behind the Hajjar Mountains as one of the world largest hot air balloons carries 24 passengers flying over the Margham desert about 60 km (37 mi) southeast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 21.

In this frame grab taken from video provided by the New York Police Department, an unidentified man approaches New York City police officers with a hatchet on October 23, 2014.

Bayern Munich's supporters cheer during their Champions League soccer match against AS Roma at the Olympic stadium in Rome on October 21.

Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, stuck in a chimney, on October 20, 2014. Nunez-Figueroa tried to sneak into a house through the chimney, got stuck and had to be rescued by fire-fighters.

Fog covers the Inntal valley in front of snow covered mountain summits in Tulfes, Austria, on October 24, 2014, following the first snowfall of the season the previous day.

Oscar Pistorius arrives outside the court in Pretoria, South Africa on October 21, 2014. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A Yemeni policeman walks on motorcycles that were seized after their owners violated a ban on motorcycles on October 20, 2014, at the police headquarters in the capital Sanaa.

Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, on October 20, 2014.

A man holds up a paper lantern before letting it float away at the RiSE Festival near Jean, Nevada, on October 18, 2014.

French-made "Long Ma", a mechanical dragon horse, spews fire during a performance between the Bird's Nest National Stadium and Water Cube (at rear) in Beijing on October 19, 2014.

Natanael Candido poses for a photo as he stands in the entrance to his house in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 20.

Traditional Sri Lankan Puppets belonging to puppeteer Premin hang backstage before a puppet show in Colombo on October 18, 2014.