People celebrate after Catalonia's parliament voted to declare independence from Spain in Barcelona on October 27, 2017. Catalonia's parliament voted to declare independence and proclaim a republic, just as Madrid was poised to impose direct rule on the region to stop it in its tracks. The motion declaring independence was approved with 70 votes in favor, 10 against, and two abstentions. Catalan opposition MPs walked out of the 135-seat chamber before the vote in protest at a declaration unlikely to be given official recognition. #

Myeshia Johnson kisses the casket of her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, during his burial service at the Memorial Gardens East cemetery on October 21, 2017, in Hollywood, Florida. Sgt. Johnson and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on October 4. #

People take pictures of elaborate floral displays made in honor of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Pak Klong Talad flower market in Bangkok on October 23, 2017. The kingdom has been preparing for the cremation of the former king following his death at the age of 88 on October 13, 2016, triggering an outpouring of grief in a nation where the charismatic leader commanded a cult-like following. #

Tom Morgan, from the Bristol-based company The Adventurists, flies in a chair tied to large party balloons filled with helium near Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 20, 2017. The stunt was a test run for a planned balloon race. #

Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dives from the 27-meter platform during the sixth and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on October 21, 2017, in Lago Ranco, Chile. #

Students from University of St Andrews indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the "academic family" on the lower college lawn on October 23, 2017, in St Andrews, Scotland. The "raisin weekend" stems from a gift of raisins (now flour and foam) traditionally given by a first year student to their academic "parents" in gratitude for their guidance. #

Members of the Israeli security forces use a foul-smelling spray known as "skunk" as they try to remove ultra-Orthodox Jews who were blocking the road in a demonstration against Israeli army conscription in Jerusalem on October 23, 2017. Several thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem and protested in other areas as part of a series of demonstrations against serving in the Israeli military. #

Pope Francis speaks to the crew aboard the International Space Station from the Vatican on October 26, 2017. Pope Francis' call marked the second papal phone call to space. Pope Benedict XVI spoke with astronauts aboard the space station in 2011, and peppered them with questions about the future of the planet and the environmental risks it faced. #

A shadowy crater floor on the Earth's moon. The central peaks of Plaskett crater rise more than 6,500 feet above the crater floor. This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was published on October 9, 2017. #

A young girl with her dog observes the "Not Walls" demonstration by activists in the U.S., in front of the border wall that divides Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, from Sunland Park, New Mexico, on October 23, 2017. #

The Bloodhound supersonic car, driven by Royal Air Force Wing Commander Andy Green, undergoes a test run at the airport in Newquay, England, on October 26, 2017. The Bloodhound supersonic car is taking part in its first high speed trials today and aims to break the current world land speed record in South Africa in 2019. #

A horse named Quinn is painted with a skeleton to help educate officers ahead of a official visit by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Hyde Park Barracks on October 24, 2017, in London, England. #

Fire engulfs the hills close to the village of Palasca on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on October 22, 2017. The fires, which ignited on the morning of October 22 near Ville-di-Paraso, have burned some 1,250 acres and continued to be fanned by strong southwesterly winds, spreading to the villages of Costa, Occhiatana, Novella and Palasca. #

Bride Katty Malang Mikunug takes a photo with friends before her wedding in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines, on October 21, 2017. Paulo Mamayo Ambor, a resident of Marawi who was displaced by the fighting between government troops and ISIS-inspired militants, wed Mikunug, a resident of a neighboring town in Saguiaran. #

Canoe-kayak athletes pass through the 6.4-kilometer-long Corinth Canal, which separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland. About 300 athletes and canoe-kayak enthusiasts took part in the event on October 22, 2017. #

A father carries his children as they watch the Mount Agung volcano in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, on October 25, 2017. It has been a month since authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the highest level after a sudden increase in tremors. It last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people. #

Sanuara Begum, 13, a Rohingya refugee, waits to receive permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue her way after crossing the Bangladesh-Burma border, at a port in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on October 25, 2017. #

People climb after jumping off a 30-meter-high bridge in Hortolândia, Brazil, on October 22, 2017. According to organizers, 245 people were attempting set a new world record for "rope jumping," in which people, tied to safety cords, jump off of a bridge. #

An Indian Hindu devotee prays to the sun god as she stands in knee-deep waters in Hussain Sagar Lake during the Chhath Puja festival in Hyderabad, India, on October 26, 2017. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. #

Police aim their weapons as they patrol during clashes in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 26, 2017. Kenyan police fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters in some opposition areas after the start of Kenya's second presidential election since August, reflecting bitter divisions in a country whose main opposition leader urged his followers to boycott the vote. #

A relative of Maseno University student Titus Okul, who was shot during a protest the day before, touches his hand at the morgue in Kisumu on October 27, 2017. According to his parents, he was expecting to graduate on December 15. One person was shot dead as fresh protests hit western Kenya on October 27, a day after a deeply divisive election rerun which was marred by low voter turnout and violence, taking the death toll to six. #

The Men's Alumni Eights team from MIT makes its way to the starting line past the Weld Boathouse during the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 21, 2017. #

The funeral urn of the late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej is transported up a ramp into the royal crematorium as officials watch during his funeral procession in Bangkok on October 26, 2017. #