Pics of the Week: Oct. 2, 2018

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  • Russian and Kyrgyz troops take part in the Issyk-Kul Antiterror 2018 military drills at Tamchi airport, some 240km of Bishkek, on September 25, 2018. (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Nigerian soldiers stand on armoured vehicles during a parade marking the country’s 58th anniversary of independence, on October 1, 2018, on Eagle Square in Abuja. (SODIQ ADELAKUN/AFP/Getty Images)
  • n this handout image provided by the Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy Commander, Nathan Gray lands his F-35B onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on September 26, 2018 in Portsmouth, England. Two F-35B Lightning II fighter jets have successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, laying the foundations for the next 50 years of fixed wing aviation in support of the UKs Carrier Strike Capability. (LPhot Kyle Heller/Ministry of Defence via Getty Images)
  • ‘Turkish Stars’, F-5 fighter airplanes, the aerobatic team of the Turkish Air Force, fly in formation over Istanbul’s new airport, during the Teknofest aviation, space and technology fair, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
  • A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) fires a Javelin anti-tank missile near Al Asad Air Base (AAAB), Iraq, Sept. 26, 2018. The Javelin was a part of a live-fire, react to contact training exercise involving M2A1 and M240B machine guns. AAAB is a CJTF-OIR enhanced partner capacity location dedicated to training partner forces and enhancing their effectiveness. (1st Lt. Leland White/Army National Guard)
  • Indian Army Commandos pose during the display of arms and military equipment at the Gobindgarh Fort in Amritsar on September 29, 2018. Regiment of Artillery displayed different types of military equipments and weapons to general public marking the second anniversary of the surgical strikes against terror camps across the Line of Control. (NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)
  • South Korean army soldiers perform during the 70th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon/Pool)
  • This photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, An Su-30 fighter jet of the Russian air force launches a missile during maneuvers in southern Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said the drills included launches of missiles and bombing runs on sea and land targets. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
  • Cypriot soldiers travel on Russian-made tanks during a military parade celebrating 58 years of independence in Nicosia in the divided island of Cyprus, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded in response to a coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece. Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
  • The crew of Japanese ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, talk with Filipino journalists as they arrive at Manila’s south harbor, Philippines Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
  • A U.S. Marine Cops CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) transports a Humvee in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-19 in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 22, 2018. (Pfc. Claudia Nix/Marine Corps)
  • RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell sits in the cockpit of a new F35B Lightning fighter jet as he prepares to take off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth as it sails at sea in the Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, on September 27, 2018. The carrier is currently participating in flight trials with two new F35-B’s and eventually be able to embark up to 24 of the supersonic jets. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
  • Thai Marines unload army vehicles from a sea vessel as units change shifts to patrol the coast along the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, near the Malaysian border, on September 29, 2018. (MADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • In this photo released on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Monday it launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria targeting militants it blamed for a recent attack on a military parade. (Sepahnews via AP)