Ma'a Nonu of New Zealand runs to score a try during the Rugby World Cup final against Australia at Twickenham Stadium in London Saturday. Dylan Martinez/Reuters /Landov hide caption
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Saturday
Oliver Elementary School in Birgmingham, Ala., where Ann Marie Corgill taught until Friday. The recent Alabama Teacher of the Year says she quit her job after being told she wasn't highly qualified to teach fifth grade. Google Maps hide caption
A member of the Romanian metal band Goodbye to Gravity performs as fireworks erupt on stage before a fire broke out at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, Friday night. Reuters /Landov hide caption
The Metrojet Airbus A-321 with registration number EI-ETJ that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is seen here last month, at an airport in Turkey. The Russian airliner crashed while carrying 224 passengers and crew, the Egyptian civil aviation authority says. Reuters /Landov hide caption
Friday
A car passes through a mallow field in the Atacama region of Chile on Oct. 21. Mario Ruiz/EPA/Landov hide caption
Michael Pearson, chairman and chief executive officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, speaks during the company's annual general meeting in May. Christinne Muschi/Reuters /Landov hide caption
Film director Roman Polanski, 82, seen here leaving an earlier court hearing in Krakow, can't be extradited to the U.S., a Polish court ruled Friday. Janek Skarzynkski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (center left), Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (center right) meet with foreign ministers for talks on Syria at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on Friday. Brendan Smialowski/AP hide caption
This digitally colorized image shows the yellow-colored Yersinia pestis bacteria, the pathogen that causes bubonic plague, on part of a flea's digestive system. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via CDC hide caption
Thursday
Faced with an aging population, China has eased its one-child policy. Here, an elderly man is seen holding a baby as he rides a bicycle in Beijing last month. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right), seen here with UEFA President Michel Platini after he was re-elected in May, says Platini's European federation has sought to undermine him. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images hide caption