Carlo Allegri

Photographers around the world looked up to the sky this past weekend to capture the "supermoon." This is the phenomenon when the moon makes its closest approach to Earth, appearing 30 percent brighter and about 14 percent larger than a typical full moon. It occurs about once every 14 months and is technically called a perigee full moon. At 221,823 miles from Earth, the supermoon was a feast for the eyes.-Leanne Burden Seidel (24 photos total)
A cotton candy vendor walks in from of the moon during the Los Angeles Angels' baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, June 22 in Anaheim, Calif. (Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press)    

Simple and efficient, rail travel nonetheless inspires a sense of romance. By train, subway, and a seemingly endless variety of trams, trolleys, and coal shaft cars, we've moved on rails for hundreds of years. Industry too relies on the billions of tons of freight moved annually by rolling stock. Gathered here are images of rails in our lives, the third post in an occasional series on transport, following Automobiles and Pedal power. -- Lane Turner (47 photos total)
An employee adjusts a CRH380B high-speed Harmony bullet train as it stops for an examination during a test run at a bullet train exam and repair center in Shenyang, China on October 23, 2012. (Stringer/Reuters)     

As Sandy bore down on the northeastern U.S., the city that never sleeps may have been awake, but it certainly wasn’t out enjoying the weather. Scenes from a locked-down New York.

CLOTH OF MANY COLORS: A worker arranged a sari, a traditional garment for women, on a line to dry after it was dyed at a workshop in Shardarpara village, south of Kolkata, Friday. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

FIGHTING WITH WATER: Belgian policemen stood guard at the entrance to a cabinet office as firefighters sprayed water at them during a demonstration in Brussels against pension overhauls, part of Belgium’s austerity plan. (Zuma Press)

GETTING READY FOR THE RUNWAY: A model prepared backstage before the Peter Som fall/winter 2012 collection show during New York Fashion Week Friday. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

HANGING OUT: Sheep grazed in a field near a coal-fired power plant in Neurath, Germany, Friday. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

SNOWY SQUARE: A woman walked across a snow-covered square in the center of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Friday. (Petr Josek/Reuters)