Each week, the Bloomberg Photo Service covers exclusives, events and breaking news stories. The full slate of assignments will be available over the wire and in Media Source. Here is a selection from this week.
Photos 20 October 2017
Saturday, October 14
Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, gestures ahead of a Bloomberg Television interview in Silangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago's infrastructure and natural resources, Widodo said, brushing off claims he was increasingly becoming an economic nationalist. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
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Sunday, October 15
A CSX Corp. freight train passes through Anchorage, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. CSX is scheduled to release earnings figures on Oct. 17. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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Monday, October 16
A worker inspects photovoltaic solar panels in an array at the Senergy Santhiou Mekhe PV solar plant in Thies, Senegal, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. The electricity produced at the 30 megawatt site, West Africa's largest to date, will be bought by the Senegal National Electricity Company (SENELEC) and injected into the national network. Photographer: Xaume Olleros/Bloomberg
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Tuesday, October 17
Protesters hold up candles during a vigil to demand the release of imprisoned seperatist leaders Jordi Sanchez, head of the Catalan National Assembly, and Jordi Cuixart, head of Omnium Cultural, in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. The Spanish state is turning up the pressure on the separatist leaders as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tries to persuade Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont to drop his push for independence. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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Wednesday, October 18
People walk outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned of severe challenges, as he kicked off a twice-a-decade party meeting that may signal if he will appoint a successor to rule after 2022. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Thursday, October 18
A customer reads Spanish political news in a coffee shop in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Spains government issued a statement on Thursday morning invoking Article 155 of the Constitution to restore the legality of the semi-autonomous region. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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Friday, October 19
Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, pauses during a news conferenceat a European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. May told European Union leaders they must take urgent steps to move Brexit talks forward, warning them that both sides need a deal they can sell to their own people. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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