October 17, 2013

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C, R) is greeted by a supporter upon his arrival with his wife Yulia (2ndL) at a railway station in Moscow after his trial in the provincial northern city of Kirov. A court in Kirov converted his five-year sentence into a suspended term.

5 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C, R) is greeted by a supporter upon his arrival with his wife Yulia (2ndL) at a railway station in Moscow after his trial in the provincial northern city of Kirov. A court in Kirov converted his five-year sentence into a suspended term.

Astronaut Mike Hopkins, aboard the International Space Station, shares this picture of the northern lights saying "The pic doesn't do the northern lights justice. Covered the whole sky. Truly amazing!"

6 Astronaut Mike Hopkins, aboard the International Space Station, shares this picture of the northern lights saying "The pic doesn't do the northern lights justice. Covered the whole sky. Truly amazing!"

7 Members of the honor guard use a string to ensure that they are standing in a straight line outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

An engineer makes an adjustment to the robot "The Incredible Bionic Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The robot is the world's first-ever functioning bionic man made of prosthetic parts and artificial organ implants.

8 An engineer makes an adjustment to the robot "The Incredible Bionic Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The robot is the world's first-ever functioning bionic man made of prosthetic parts and artificial organ implants.