The Week in Pictures: Oct. 2 - 9

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A volcano sparks evacuations, a rare sight in empty Hong Kong streets, Yom Kippur prep causes giggles, a red deer goes green and more.

Image: Syrian Kurds take cover from the rain in the southeastern town of Suruc

Syrian Kurds take cover from the rain in the southeastern town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province, after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey on Oct. 2. Kurdish fighters backed by U.S.-led air strikes were locked in fierce fighting to prevent the besieged border town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, from falling to the Islamic State fighters.BULENT KILIC / AFP - Getty Images

Oct. 9, 2014, 3:34 PM EDT

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