TOP FRAMES: Best photographs of the week gone by from around the world

In the Top frames this week The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".

Kailash Satyarthi the Noble Prize holder, in New Delhi on Friday. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, stands with her father Ziauddin after speaking at Birmingham library in Birmingham, central England October 10, 2014. (Source: Reuters)

Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray and baton charged crowds of pro-democracy protesters on Friday evening as tension escalated after a pre-dawn clearance of a major protest zone in the Chinese-controlled financial hub.

A couple takes a selfie as protesters block an area outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong October 6, 2014. Pro-democracy protests in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong subsided on Monday as students and civil servants returned to school and work after more than a week of demonstrations, but activists vowed to keep up their campaign of civil disobedience. (Source: Reuters)

There seems to be no early end in sight to the misery of the people in Vizag and the Cyclone Hudhud-hit coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh as it will take at least another two weeks before power supply is completely restored.

A view of the devastated airport at Visakhapatnam. (Source: PTI)

Fisherwomen watch the sea waves before evacuating the place near Podampeta village, on the outskirts of Gopalpur beach in Ganjam district, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Indian authorities were evacuating hundreds of thousands of people Saturday as a powerful cyclone “Hudhud” swept through the Bay of Bengal and headed toward the country's east coast. (Source: AP)

Texas hospital health worker who may have handled Thomas Eric Duncan's fluid samples has been quarantined on a cruise ship in Belize -- another reminder of the widespread fears of the deadly virus.A doctor at the cruise ship has declared the worker symptom-free and in good health, but the worker will remain under isolation as a precaution, it said.Mount Sinabung erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province October.

Emergency personnel wearing protective clothing approach a residentil apartment after a second healthcare worker tested positive for the Ebola virus in Dallas, in a photo provided by the Dallas Police Department October 15, 2014. (Source: Reuters)

At least three exit polls put the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead but short of a clear majority in Maharashtra and Haryana on Wednesday, a ringing endorsement of the so-called 'Modi magic' that may have helped the party come into its own in the two politically crucial states.

People queued up to vote during the aseembly polls in Maharashtra. (Source: Amit Chakravarty)

An aerial view of Red fort in Delhi on Oct 5th 2014. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on a bike at Buddh International Circuit on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Oinam Anand)

Security at a house of a young Women who alleged gang raped after she married by change her religion in Village Kharkoda near Meerut. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C26) carrying India Regional Navigation Satellite System, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, early Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.(Source: AP)

Girls walk beneath a row of parched tress on a winter day in the outskirts of Jammu in this February 12, 2012 file photo. In the five months since it came to power, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has relaxed several environmental rules to make it easier for companies to build new projects. In its defence, the government says it is not sacrificing India's natural habitat but approving projects which are necessary for the country's development, while ensuring proper checks and balances are put in place. (Source: Reuters)

Indian villagers take shelter inside an army bunker at Devi Garh village near Jammu October 7, 2014. Thousands of Indians fled their homes in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire again, a day after the highest civilian death toll in a single day in more than a decade. (Source: Reuters)

Relatives and neighbours of Jhanvi hold a photograph of her as they celebrate outside her home in Raghubir Nagar on Sunday. (Source: Express phto by Oinam Anand)

Muslim pilgrims walk on a bridge as they head to cast stones at pillars symbolizing Satan during the final day of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mina on the third day of Eid al-Adha, near the holy city of Mecca, October 6, 2014.

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj pilgrimage by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. (Source: Reuters)

Visitors view the autumn foliage of acer trees in the Old Arboretum at Westonbirt in south west England October 14, 2014. The Japanese maples are some of the first species to turn red and orange at this famous tree collection, originally planted out in the nineteenth century Victorian heyday of plant hunting. (Source: Reuters)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the campaigning rally for all BJP candidates of Sangli at Tasgoan-Kavthemahankal constancy at Tasgoan near Sangli on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

Artists perform odissi dance during Ananya festival at Old Fort on Sunday. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)

A man is seen through bloodstained and shattered glass of a vehicle damaged by a remote-controlled bomb, at the site of an incident in Kabul October 14, 2014. At least two civilians were killed and three others were wounded interior ministry said in a statement. (Source: Reuters)

President Pranab Mukherjee with Queen Sonja, King Harald V, and HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit, attending a state banquet at Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway on Monday. (Source: PTI)

A model walking the ramp in Tarun Tahiliani during the recently concluded Wills Lifestyle India Fashion week. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Congress President Sonia Gandhi met with her supporters while addressing her first campaign rally in Kolhapur district last week. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

Mount Sinabung erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province October 8, 2014. Picture taken October 8, 2014. (Source: Reuters)