TOUCHING A KAFFIYEH: Palestinian children held up a large kaffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress, during Nakba celebrations in Ramallah, in the West Bank, Monday. Nakba commemorates the uprooting of Palestinians who lost their homes in the Arab-Israeli War. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)

WATER TWISTER: A water spout formed in the water off of Bondi Beach in Sydney Monday. The rare site lasted about five minutes. (James Alcock/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

AT ATTENTION: Chinese soldiers prepared to perform a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday. (Stephen Shaver/UPI )

PASSING BY: As traffic zoomed by, men slept on a street median in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)