Settembre 01, 2014
1 People mourn inside School Number One during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the 2004 hostage crisis in the southern Russian town of Beslan.
2 A fisherman collects dead "popocha" fish at the lagoon of Cajititlan in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Jalisco State, Mexico. At least 48 tons of fish have turned up dead in the lagoon in western part of the country and authorities are investigating whether a wastewater treatment plant is to blame.
3 Anti-government protesters beat a riot policeman after clashes during the Revolution March in Islamabad, Pakistan.
4 A Sri Lankan family is silhouetted against a street lamp as they walk in the Galle Face Green sea promenade at dusk in Colombo.
5 Workers dry the court after a suspension of play delay due to rain at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 31, 2014.
6 A piece of a mortar projectile is seen on a road near the airport in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Separatists claimed another victory with what they said was the withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers from the airport at Donetsk, the main city in the industrial southeast.
7 Workers from a company outsourced by Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex try to remove fuel after a pipeline spill of premium gasoline contaminated the Hondo River near the town of Tierra Blanca, Aug. 31, 2014.
8 A Sikh man performs a stunt with fire during the celebrations of the 410th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, the religious book of Sikhs, in the northern Indian city of Amritsar.
9 Soldiers of Belarus special mission unit take part in a demonstration at the cadet of the Suvorov Military School during the traditional school year opening ceremony in Minsk.
10 A man grabs a flag as he slips off the "gostra", a pole covered in grease, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St. Julian, patron of the town of St. Julian's, outside Valletta, Malta, Aug. 31, 2014.
11 French cyclist Claude Bares, rides on his bicycle at the Alto Irpavi velodrome in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 31, 2014.
12 A journalist tries to use the new device using 3D-heptics technology which gives users tectale and kinethetic feeling virtually at a press preview in Tsukuba, suburban Tokyo. Japan's high-tech venture Miraisens unveiled a 3D technolog that promises users to enjoy "bodily sensation" through reaction feelings of touching, pushing and pulling virtual objects. The new technology "fools human brains" by creating illusions with different patters of vibration from a small device on a fingertip and 3D images.
Settembre 02, 2014
1 A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man smokes a chillum (pipe) at Pushkar in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan.
2 May Myat Noe, Myanmar's first international beauty queen, winner of the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World, sits with her crown that she allegedly ran away with, during a press conference in Yangon. The dethroned beauty queen said she won't return her $100,000 crown until the pageant's organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a thief.
3 Paragliders take to the skies on the slopes of Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain, South Africa.
4 A sculpture of a giant hippopotamus, "HippopoThames", built by artist Florentjin Hofman is towed up the Thames past the Houses of Parliament in central London.
5 A fan yawns as he watches the match between Kei Nishikori of Japan, and Milos Raonic of Canada, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.
6 People on electric bikes cross a busy traffic intersection on a rainy day on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, China.
7 A close up of lava from an eruption of Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Aug. 1, 2014.
8 Landscapers trim grass in front of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's latest creation, a 25-meter (82 feets) white rabbit, as it leans up against an old aircraft hangar as part of the Taoyuan Land Art Festival in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
9 Performers from the Cirque du Soleil pose for photographers during a press call to promote their forthcoming show 'Kooza', outside the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
Settembre 03, 2014
1 An anti-government protester takes a morning bath with others at a public pump during the Revolution March in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2 Estonian press photographers cover the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama on Air Force One at Tallinn Airport during sunrise in Tallinn.
3 Lebanese mourners raise up their hands and weapons as others carry the coffin of Sgt. Ali Sayid who was beheaded by Islamic militants, during his funeral procession at his home town of Fnaydek, in Akkar north Lebanon. Sgt. Ali Sayid went missing around the same time that some two dozen soldiers and police were seized by militants from Syria who overran the border town of Arsal for several days last month.
4 Cars sit on a street that collapsed after heavy rain in the Gulf port city of Veracruz, Mexico, Sept. 2, 2014.
5 Final preparations are made to the main conference room in the Celtic Manor Hotel, ahead of the NATO summit, in Newport, Wales.
6 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, front row center, and his new Cabinet members, including five women, head for a group photo session following the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo.
7 More than 1,000 Paramilitary policemen take part in an exercise in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.
8 A newly born female white rhino runs in Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel. She was born three weeks ago, after more than twenty years without a female white rhino birth in the Safari, Sagit Horowitz, the safari spokeswoman said.
9 Sri Lankan policemen take part in a drill display during a ceremony marking the 148th anniversary of the police department in Colombo.
10 North Koreans enjoy a ride at the Kaeson Youth Amusement Park in Pyongyang.
11 A youth rides a bicycle in the hills in Kathmandu, Nepal.
12 British television presenter Rachel Riley shows a virtual-reality headset called Gear VR during an unpacked event of Samsung ahead of the consumer electronic fair IFA in Berlin, Germany.
13 South African Cara Bianca Frew rides Leopold Pierreville during the individual jumping competition of the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, in the northwestern French city of Caen.
14 Lightning strikes over buildings during heavy rainfall in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China, Sep. 2, 2014.
Settembre 04, 2014
1 Unmarked military vehicles burn on a country road in the village of Berezove, eastern Ukraine, after a clash between pro-government troops and Russian-backed separatist militia.
2 Kashmiri residents struggle to withstand sudden and strong water currents while wading through floodwaters in an effort to move to safer places in Srinagar, India.
3 A Chinese honor guard holds a red flag during an official welcoming ceremony for Malaysia's King Abdul Halim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
4 Members of the Afghan security force keep watch at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Ghazni Province. Taliban insurgents detonated two powerful truck bombs outside the office of the country's spy agency and a police compound in the central town, killing 18 people and wounding around 150, the provincial governor said.
5 A man takes pictures of floodwater released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, after heavy downpours in the upper reaches of the dam caused the highest flood peak of the year.
6 The Turanor PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, travels on the Venetian Lagoon in Venice, Italy.
7 Devices produced by U.S. manufacturer of computer networking equipment Netgear are displayed on a web during the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, Germany.
8 Leng Yuting, 26, posing underwater for her wedding pictures at a photo studio in Shanghai, China, ahead of her wedding next year.
Settembre 05, 2014
1 A girl pauses and watches a photographer as her family members salvage the items from their temporary tent after the recent flood in Srinagar, India. The Himalayan region has been hit by its worst monsoon flooding in more than two decades.
2 Ukrainian army soldiers ride a tank on a road near where pro-Russian separatists fired heavy artillery, on the outskirts of the key southeastern port city of Mariupol. Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed on a cease-fire aimed at halting nearly five months of war.
3 An injured coal miner leaves after he was trapped inside the Raspotocje coal mine in Zenica, Bosnia. Thirty-four Bosnian coal miners were trapped half a kilometer underground after an earthquake triggered a rock burst, leaving rescue teams struggling to clear debris to reach them.
4 An Indian Catholic woman offers prayers as she touches a portrait of Mother Teresa on the 17th anniversary of her death at the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India.
5 Venezuela's goalkeeper Daniel Hernandez fails to block a goal by South Korea's Lee Dong-gook during the friendly soccer match at Bucheon Stadium in Bucheon, South Korea. South Korea defeated Venezuela 3-1.
6 People wait in line to buy moon cakes, a Chinese traditional dish as part of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanghai.
7 A newspaper, flowers and cards are part of a sidewalk memorial for comedian Joan Rivers at the doorstep of her apartment building in New York. Rivers, 81, died Thursday at a New York hospital following complications from surgery.
8 Yemeni government supporters chant slogans after performing Friday prayers during a rally against Houthi Shiite rebels in Sanaa.
9 People touch the funeral car transporting the remains of Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati to a cemetery in Buenos Aires. Cerati died on Thursday, four years after a stroke put him in a coma and ended the career of one of Latin America's most influential musicians.
10 A beer tent under construction is pictured 15 days before the opening of the Munich Oktoberfest in Germany. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital for the world's biggest and most famous beer festival, which opens Sept. 20.
11 Cofidis' Spanish cyclist Dani Navarro celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 13th stage of the 69th edition of "La Vuelta" Tour of Spain, a 188,7 km ride from Belorado to Obregon - Parque de Cabarceno.
12 An employee cleans the ring during the Pas de 2 Free final vaulting competition at the World Equestrian Games at the Zenith in Caen, France.
13 A visitor tries the new Samsung Gear VR (virtual reality) device at the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, Germany.
14 Two swans glide on the misty waters of Lake Geneva at sunrise in Lausanne, western Switzerland.
Settembre 07, 2014
1 Pro-democracy activists brace themselves during a drill to simulate the scenario of being sprayed with a water cannon at the upcoming "Occupy Central" movement rally in Hong Kong.
2 A soldier on horseback performs a sword attack during the Cavalry Day show in Warsaw, Poland.
3 Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drinks champagne from his winner's trophy after winning the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza, Italy.
4 A white stork feasts on a cricket it caught on the pitch, during the cricket One Day International final between South Africa and Australia in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sept. 6, 2014.
5 A Kashmiri flood victim looses his balance on his makeshift boat after he was hit by a wave as he tries to travel to a safer place in Srinagar, India. Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region after heavy rain hit villages across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in two decades.
6 A Kurdish peshmerga fighter takes up position against the Islamic State on the Khazir frontline leading to Mosul, Iraq.
7 History enthusiasts ride vintage "Taxi de la Marne" during a parade, as part of activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of the Marne in Paris, France. Parisian taxis were requisitioned by the French Army to transport troops from Paris to the First Battle of the Marne in early September 1914 during WWI.
8 A rabbit jumps during the Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, Germany.
9 Chimney sweeps standing on rooftops take part in a parade during the 33th International Meeting of Chimney Sweeps in the small village of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Vigezzo Valley, Italy. Some 1,000 chimney sweeps, coming from all over the world, celebrate and remember their particular ancient job, recalling the sacrifice of generations of chimney sweeps who emigrated from the valley since the 14th Century.
10 German Oliver Struempfl competes to set a new world record in carrying one liter beer mugs over a distance of 40 m (131 ft 3 in) in Abensberg.
11 Hot air balloons makes their way past the rising moon as the sun sets near Encinitas, California, USA, Sept. 6, 2014.
12 A tourist walks across the Manshuk Mametova glacier, about 3,550 meters (11,647 feet) above sea level, in the mountains of Tien Shan outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sept. 6, 2014.
13 Participants run through the "Electroshock Therapy" obstacle made of hanging electrical wire holding some 10,000 volts in the finish of the "Tough Mudder" endurance event series in Arnsberg, Germany, Sept. 6, 2014.
Settembre 08, 2014
1 An aerial view shows a damaged bridge across the River Tawi at Mandal village on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
2 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush stand to leave after speaking during the launch of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
3 People release paper lanterns ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yichun, Jiangxi province, China, Sept.7, 2014.
4 Birds fly while the sun sets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
5 A shopowner displays a Yes sign above his shop in Eyemouth, Scotland. Polls predict a very close vote in the upcoming landmark referendum on Scottish independence from Britain on September 18.
6 Fireworks explode above St. Basil's Cathedral during the final day of the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 7, 2014.
7 A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street amid heavy rains in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Storms that flooded several Phoenix-area freeways and numerous local streets during the morning commute set an all-time record for rainfall in Phoenix in a single day.
8 A great-grandmother, now in her nineties and having spent a lifetime rice farming, sits contentedly in her garden in northeastern Thailand without the need for internet, television or telephone, Sept. 4, 2014. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/VOA
9 Devotees carry an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during a procession through the streets before immersing it in the waters of the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India.
10 A man climbes a vertical wall at the 'Bleau' indoor climbing gym, in Ghent, western Belgium.
11 Festival goers throw their t-shirts in the air at the request of performer Major Lazer, at Bestival, held at Robin Hill Adventure Park, Isle of Wight, England, Sept. 7, 2014.
12 Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar (89) is brought down by San Francisco 49ers strong safety Antoine Bethea (41) in the first half of an NFL football game, in Arlington, Texas, USA, Sept. 7, 2014.
Settembre 09, 2014
1 A traveler couple kiss as they sit on a large pot with sunflowers outside Schiphol Airport's passenger terminal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2 Israeli children hold toy guns as they pretend to play war games next to newly built protection cement walls around a kindergarten in the center of Kibbutz Nahal Oz located near the border with Gaza Strip.
3 The Tribute in Light rises behind buildings adjacent to the 1 World Trade Center and a reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, Sept. 8, 2014.
4 Former Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan (C) shaves her head during a protest to call for people to join the "Occupy Central" movement rally in Hong Kong, China.
5 The moon rises with an orange glow as people watch from a rock cliff at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
6 Flood-affected people row boats past partially submerged buildings in floodwaters in Srinagar, India,
7 A section of Scottsdale, Arizona appears flooded following heavy rains that left motorists stranded during their morning commute, Sept. 8, 2014.
8 A Pro-Russian rebel looks at pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane near the village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine.
9 Security forces supporting Yemeni Shiite Houthi anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration near the government headquarters in Sanaa.
10 Circus director Jaromir Joo lays under three boa constrictors and two python snakes on St James Square in Brno, Czech Republic.
Settembre 10, 2014
1 A woman holds a mock iPhone 6 plus (L) and an iPhone 5s as she waits in a line, ahead of the September 19 release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, in front of an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, Japan.
2 A young girl wears a 'Yes' hat, covered in 'Yes' badges, as Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond campaigns in Edinburgh, Scotland.
3 A truck evacuating Kashmiri flood victims to higher ground travels through a flooded street in Srinagar, India.
4 Children who fled the fighting in the eastern regions of Ukraine, wear firefighter suits during an excursion to a fire station in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
5 Colored chicks are seen for sale at a roadside stall in the Indian town of Amritsar. Stall-owner Ashok earns approximately 200 INR ($3.28 USD) per day selling chicks.
6 Pope Francis kisses a baby at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
7 Performers painted to look like tigers dance during festivities marking the end of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Trichur city in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
8 Firefighters extinguish a fire, after a blast hit a chemical plant in the northern German city of Ritterhude. The blast hit the chemical plant and damaged several nearby buildings.
9 Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli soldiers, after the funeral of 22-year-old Palestinian Issa al-Qatari, at the Amari refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
10 Bagpiper and busker David Whitney of Aberdeen, Scotland, plays the bagpipes near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in central London. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on September 18, when Scotland will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Settembre 11, 2014
1 Sophia Demos sits with her daughter, Evniki Tsokanis, 4, among a sea of American flags during a memorial in Matthews, N.C., on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks.
2 A flock of gulls greet a fishing boat "L'Ansylye" as it arrives in the port of Trouville in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville.
3 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev looks out of the Russian Soyuz TMA-12M space capsule shortly after landing, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
4 Supporters of the "Yes" campaign are confronted by a police officer as they try to disrupt a "No" campaign rally that leader of the Labour party Ed Miliband was to address in Glasgow, Scotland.
5 A woman pushes a girl in a stroller past a destroyed armored vehicle left behind by the Ukrainian army in Lutuhyne, some 20 km south of Lugansk, Ukraine.
6 Oscar Pistorius reacts in the dock as Judge Thokozile Masipa delivers her verdict during his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa.
7 NASA's Orion spacecraft, preparing for it's first flight, moves toward the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Orion is scheduled for a test flight in early December.
8 President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and others, stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
9 An artwork titled “Scattered Light,” created by American artist Jim Campbell, is lit at an exhibition in Hong Kong's Central district.
10 Britain's Princes William (L), Charles (C) and Harry look at a mobile phone during the Invictus Games in the Lee Valley Athletics Centre in north London, England.
Settembre 12, 2014
1 The word "Yes" is scrawled on the sand as people look out over the bay at Luskentyre beach on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on Sept. 18, when the country will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.
2 Escorted by police and security, Oscar Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent and convicted him of culpable homicide.
3 Ukrainian school girls take part in a rally against war in the southern coastal town of Mariupol.
4 A protester holds a placard as demonstrators are stopped by riot policemen on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during their anti-U.S. protest march. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish officials to push an international coalition to combat the Islamic State militant group.
5 An aerial view taken from a Pakistani air force helicopter shows a flooded area in Multan, Punjab province. Floods that have killed 450 people in India and Pakistan began to recede Wednesday giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of standed villagers.
6 Members of the The Fort McHenry Guard Field Musicians perform at the base of the Battle Monument during the Star Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore, Maryland. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. national anthem, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is hosting tall ships, fireworks displays, concerts, historic tours and other events.
7 Students cling at a fence while they are detained at the Education Ministry building during its occupation in downtown Santiago, Chile. Around 15 students occupied the building as part of a protest against a financial crisis at their university.
8 Kosovo Security Force members arrange coffins containing the mortal remains of 24 Kosovo Albanians killed during the 1998-99 war with Serbia, in the village of Merdare, Kosovo. The remains were found at a Rudnica mass grave in Serbia and identified 15 years after the war.
9 An Indian woman carries her child on her back and works in a rice paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. After floods that accompanied monsoon rains, people have gone back to working in their agriculture fields in Assam.
10 Palestinian Muslim worshipers attend Friday noon prayer beneath the fallen minaret of the al-Susi mosque in Gaza City, which was hit by Israeli strikes during the latest round of deadly fighting with Hamas militants.
11 Denmark's Alexander Taarnberg catches the ball under pressure from Daniel Hendrix (L) of the U.S. during their wheelchair rugby semi-final at the Invictus Games at the Olympic Park in east London. The Invictus Games are a competition for injured members of the armed forces.
12 People walk at the Redipuglia Military Sacrarium, Italy, where Pope Francis will mark the centenary of World War I with a mass on Saturday.
13 AmeriCorps volunteers take a pledge during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton marked the 20th anniversary of the national service program, heralding the impact volunteering can have on both individuals and the nation.
14 Genetically-engineered fish (Pterophyllum Scalare var.) glow in a tank during the 2014 Taiwan Aquarium Expo in Taipei.
Settembre 14, 2014
1 Palestinian students look inside a classroom that witnesses said was shelled by Israel during its offensive, on the first day of the new school year east of Gaza City.
2 A competitor competes in the Mud Madness race, at Foymore Lodge in Portadown, County Armagh.
3 A flood-damaged bridge on an overflowing flood channel is seen from an Indian Air Force helicopter on the outskirts of Srinagar.
4 A cat watches from behind a dusty window of an apartment building in Bucharest, Romania.
5 People vote at a polling station during the Swedish general elections in Stockholm.
6 A Pakistani looks at a sack of relief goods dropped from a helicopter in the flooded village of Multan district.
7 Two women taking a selfie get hit with tomatoes during a tomato fight in front of the Royal Palace turning Amsterdam's central Dam Square into a red pulpy mess, the Netherlands.
8 A visitor touches the artwork "Nevskiy Prospect" by artist Elena Pavlova during the paper arts festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
9 An Indian man splashes into a pool of mud during a ‘Mud Run’ organized by an group that promotes adventure sports in Hyderabad.
10 Mitch Winehouse looks at a statue of his late daughter, Amy Winehouse, after it was unveiled in Camden's Stables Market, in London, England.
11 Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah powers through a water crossing in his Ford on the final day of the (WRC) Rally of Australia, near Lowanna on the New South Wales central coast.
12 A giraffe hides from the rain in its paddock at the Moscow Zoo, Russia.
13 Mahindra Moto3 rider Miguel Oliveira of Portugal crashes during the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico circuit in central Italy.
14 Surfers ride a wave as a whale-shaped kite flies above them during the annual Festival of the Winds at Sydney's Bondi Beach, Australia.
Settembre 15, 2014
1 Light effects are seen on a cover of a Malaysia's national car maker Perodua's new model "Axia" during its launch in Kuala Lumpur.
2 Captain Bui Sy Tung checks the alignment of the honor guard before a welcoming ceremony for Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.
3 A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter launches mortar shells towards Zummar, controlled by Islamic State (IS), near Mosul, Iraq.
4 A family from San Jose, California, cover themselves with pillows as they sit on the concrete stairs in the service area of a resort after the designated area for shelter was destroyed by winds in Los Cabos, Mexico. Hurricane Odile raked the Baja California Peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains as locals and tourists in the resort area of Los Cabos began to emerge from shelters and assess the damage.
5 A fishing boat passes the Super Shuttle Ferry 7 which capsized in strong winds and huge waves unleashed by Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Luis, in Manila Bay, Philippines. The entire 15-person crew of the ferry was rescued.
6 A model has her makeup and hair done backstage before the presentation of the Jonathan Saunders Spring/Summer 2015 collection during London Fashion Week, Sept. 14, 2014.
7 Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton hold up some steaks at the 37th Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa, Sept. 14, 2014.
8 A man looks through his belongings at his flooded home in Zazina village, central Croatia.
9 South Korean landing craft make their way to the shore through a smoke screen during a ceremony to mark the 1950 Incheon landing in waters off Incheon.
10 Revelers make a heart shape with their hands as they dance during the Holi Festival of Colors in Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 14 2014.
11 Kite surfers enjoy strong northeast winds off Chapin Beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod Bay, Sept. 14, 2014.
12 Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri, top right, crowns Miss New York Kira Kazantsev as Miss America 2015 during the Miss America 2015 pagean in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Sept. 14, 2014.
Settembre 16, 2014
1 An aerial view of lava flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland. The Bardarbunga volcano system has been rocked by hundreds of tremors daily since mid-August, prompting fears the volcano could explode.
2 Members of the anti-war activist group CodePink interrupt a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA.
3 A Syrian refugee child eats inside his family's tent at an informal settlement in Deir al-Ahmar, Bekaa valley, Lebanon.
4 A woman from the Burji ethnic tribe fetches water from a well near Marsabit in northern Kenya.
5 Children are seen on the hills on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.
6 Shi'ite fighters, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State), take part in field training in the desert in the province of Najaf.
7 Horns are seen in Shimon Keinan's shofar manufacturing workshop in Givaat Yoav in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.
8 Members of the military police march during a parade commemorating Independence Day in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 15, 2014.
9 Sri Lankan dancers perform a traditional dance during a welcome ceremony following the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake.
10 A jet aerial tanker drops its load of fire retardant on a fire near Pollack Pines, California, Sept. 15, 2014. The fire has consumed more than 3,000 acres and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes.
11 A child looks for metal scraps among cables on a barge in Manila, Philippines.
Settembre 17, 2014
1 Egyptians walk past a graffiti with modern and Pharaonic motifs on Mohammed Mahmoud Street near Tahrir Square, in downtown Cairo.
2 A man passes by a damaged vehicle on a street covered with mud due to heavy floods in Tekija village, Serbia.
3 A poor Filipino girl holds bread and drinks she received during a feeding program by Dominican nuns in Manila, Philippines.
4 A homeless man sleeps as riot police face off against members of Brazil's Roofless Movement during a protest against their forced eviction from an abandoned building they were occupying, in downtown Sao Paulo, Sept. 16, 2014.
5 Pope Francis waves to nuns at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter's square at the Vatican.
6 A firefighter battling the King Fire watches as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California, USA, Sept. 16, 2014.
7 Troops hold colored cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at the Zocalo square in downtown Mexico City, Sept. 16, 2014.
8 A protester holds a smoke flare during a rally near the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv, against the law to provide separatist-held regions with a special status.
9 Katy Perry performs on stage at "The Prismatic World Tour" at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Sept. 16, 2014.
10 Taiwan Navy's Perry-class frigate fires chaff during the annual Han Kuang military exercises off the east coast of Hualien, central Taiwan.
11 Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones celebrates with fans after a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Baltimore won 8-2 to clinch the American League East.
Settembre 18, 2014
1 Ryan Randall plays the bagpipes outside a polling station in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland votes whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.
2 French President Francois Hollande addresses a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
3 An aide helps Chinese President Xi Jinping tie his shoe, with his wife Peng Liyuan standing beside, after visiting Rajghat, the memorial to India's independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, more popularly called Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India.
4 Tibetan exiles are detained by police during a protest outside the venue of a meeting between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India.
5 A man looks for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was a vacuum bomb dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Maarat Al-Nouman, south of Idlib.
6 Pennsylvania State Police salute outside St. Peters' Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, as the casket carrying slain State Police Corporal Bryon Dickson, 38, is carried into the cathedral for his funeral service. The survivalist suspected of the ambush attack last week that killed Dickson and seriously wounded another is a member of a Cold War re-enactment group, state police said.
7 A man runs through burning charcoal barefooted as he participates in a traditional ritual called "Lianhuo", or "fire walking", in Pan'an county, Zhejiang province, China, Sept. 17, 2014.
8 Residents recover pieces of wood after high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Coyuca de Benitez, on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, Sept.17, 2014. Tropical Storm Polo is forecast to become a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, just days after a severe storm battered the Baja California peninsula.
9 Bible Lands Museum director Amanda Weiss (R) holds an ancient Siddur, or Jewish prayer book, as she puts it on display at the museum in Jerusalem. Dating back some 1,200 years, the ninth century A.D. Siddur is the oldest Jewish prayer book known to exist. Originating in the Middle East, it contains around 50 pages written in Hebrew.
10 Baby Hamadryas baboons reach for milk bottles as a zookeeper feeds them at a zoo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept. 17, 2014.
11 Wood pieces and cars stuck under a bridge over the Bitoulet River in Lamalou-les-Bains, southern France. Five people died when storms turned a peaceful river that bordered their camping site in southern France into a raging torrent that swept them away, rescue workers said.
12 A model wears a creation for Just Cavalli women's Spring/Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy.
13 Members of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) forensic unit carry equipment into a house that was involved in pre-dawn raids in the western Sydney suburb of Guilford September 18, 2014.
14 A firefighter battling the King Fire sprays water on a backfire in Fresh Pond, California, USA, Sept. 17, 2014. Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand against a blaze that threatened at least 2,000 homes and has displaced hundreds of residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe.
15 The Singapore Flyer observation wheel is shrouded by haze.
16 Hobby gardener Silvia Manteuffel measures her giant pumpkin in a garden near Fuerstenwalde, eastern Germany. Her first attempt of growing a pumpkin led to the giant plant weighing around 260 kilograms.
Settembre 19, 2014
1 Supporters from the "No" Campaign react to a declaration in their favor, at the Better Together Campaign headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland voted on Thursday on whether to stay within the United Kingdom or end the 307-year-old union.
2 Specialist Trader Neil Gallagher points to the ticker symbol for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. during the company's initial public offering (IPO), under the ticker "BABA," at the New York Stock Exchange in New York.
3 Rescuers use a rubber dinghy to rescue trapped residents after heavy monsoon rains, spawned by tropical storm Fung-Wong, flooded Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines and most parts of the metropolis.
4 Exiled Tibetan youth hold banners and shout slogans during a protest against a visit to India by Chinese President Xi Jinping, outside a hotel in New Delhi.
5 Helmets and a picture of a fallen rescue worker are placed along with a pennant of Mexico's flag at a memorial to mark the 29th anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City. The 1985 quake killed at least 10,000 people.
6 Pearly Kings and Queens plant poppies at the Tower of London. 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' is an evolving art installation where 888,246 poppies will be planted in the moat by volunteers with the last poppy being planted on Nov. 11, 2014. Each poppy represents a British or Colonial fatality in World War I.
7 A Catalonian separatist supporter gestures as others wave Estelada flags in front of Catalonia's Parliament before the approval of a regional consultation law in Barcelona, Spain.
8 Artists perform during the opening ceremony for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
9 Local resident Andreas Gibson celebrates with employees outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store after being the first to exit with an iPhone 6 in hand on the first day of sales in Manhattan, New York.
10 A worker talks on a mobile phone in front of decorations at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Hundreds of thousands foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flock to the square to celebrate National Day, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1.
11 A displaced Iraqi child, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, wears a mask as he plays at Baherka refugee camp in Irbil.
12 Participants wave during the Cycle for Survival kick-off event as instructors lead rides in New York's Times Square. Cycle for Survival is a national movement to raise funds to beat rare cancers. More than $50 million has been raised since its founding in 2007.
13 A man works on a Pandal, a temporary platform, being built for the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, India. The festival will be celebrated from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, and is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus.
14 The Mont Blanc massif at sunrise is seen from Geneva, Switzerland.
Settembre 21, 2014
1 Women dressed in traditional attire pose as they take part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
2 An actor performs during the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Germany. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital over the next two weeks for the 181th Oktoberfest, which runs until Oct. 5.
3 Afghanistan's presidential election candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, right, hug after signing a power-sharing deal at presidential palace in Kabul.
4 A contrail is seen behind the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon supply ship as it flies into space after lifting off from the launch pad on a resupply mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
5 Pope Francis reaches for a poster of Mother Teresa as he is driven through the crowd, in Tirana, Albania.
6 Empty streets are seen during a three-day lockdown to prevent the spread on the Ebola virus in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
7 Potatoes display images of U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd R) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (3rd L), created by cartoon artists Daria Chebunina and Tatiana Mironenko, during a food fair in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Sept. 20, 2014.
8 In this handout picture taken from a drone, environmental protesters form the words "Beyond Coal + Gas" during a meeting in a park in Sydney, Australia, as part of a global protest on climate change.
9 Revelers dressed as stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire march during a Star Wars Parade in Madrid, Spain, Sept. 20, 2014.
10 Fishes jump past a tourist during sunset by the island of Koh Tao, Thailand, Sept. 20, 2014.
11 Photographers take pictures at the presentation of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2015 collection during Milan Fashion week, Milan, Italy.
12 Babies held by amateur sumo wrestlers cry during the "baby-cry sumo" competition at the Irugi shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
13 Greenkeepers work on the 1st fairway in preparation for the start of the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Gleneagles, Scotland.
14 Kazuyuki Takeda of Japan competes in the artistic gymnastics men's individual qualifications and team final event at Namdong Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
15 Contestants appear on stage during the Miss Egypt competition pre-final at the Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 20, 2014.
Settembre 22, 2014
1 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embrace during the opening plenary session labeled "Reimagining Impact" at the Clinton Global Initiative 2014 (CGI) in New York.
2 In this photo provided by the Spanish Defense Ministry, aid workers and doctors transfer Manuel Garcia Viejo, a Spanish priest who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, from a military plane to an ambulance as he leaves the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase, near Madrid.
3 A Syrian Kurdish woman carries her belongings after crossing into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
4 A Kurdish woman runs away from a water cannon near the Syrian border after Turkish authorities temporarily closed the border at the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
5 Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during an annual military parade marking the 34th anniversary of outset of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran.
6 Japan's Mami Umeki competes with Mongolia's Munkhtuya Battulga (blue) during their women's -78 kg bronze medal judo contest at the Dowon Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
7 Pierrelatte's zoo director Samuel Martin holds African dwarf crocodiles, three days after their birth at the zoological center La Ferme aux Crocodiles in Pierrelate, southeastern France.
8 Students stage a rally at the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus in Hong Kong. Thousands of students boycotted classes to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict electoral reforms in a weeklong strike marking the latest phase in the battle for democracy in the southern Chinese city.
9 Activist Gloria Fallon, from Chicago, holds a parachute banner which reads 'Justice' while taking part in the Flood Wall Street demonstration in Lower Manhattan, New York. Hundreds of protesters assembled in New York City's financial district, with some planning to risk arrest during an unsanctioned blockade on Wall Street to call attention to what organizers say is capitalism's contribution to climate change.
10 Japan's Miho Teramura competes in one of the heats of the women's 50m butterfly swimming event during the 17th Asian Games at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Centre in Incheon, South Korea.
Settembre 23, 2014
1 Men wrestle during an annual buffalo-racing ceremony at Virhear Sour village in Kandal province, Cambodia. The ceremony, which started more than 70 years ago, is held to honor the Neakta Preah Srok pagoda spirit.
2 Japan's swimmers compete in the free combination synchronized swimming event final during the 2014 Asian Games at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Centre in Incheon, South Korea.
3 A young Syrian Kurdish refugee boy carries an infant after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
4 The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile to conduct strikes against ISIL targets as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst)
5 An employee holds an Hermes diamond and Himalayan Nilo Crocodile Birkin handbag at Heritage Auctions offices in Beverly Hills, California, Sept. 22, 2014.
6 China's Shang Chunsong prepares to compete in the uneven bars event of the women's individual all-around final artistic gymnastics competition at the Namdong Gymnasium Club during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
7 Traffic moves at dusk in New Delhi, India.
8 A pro-Russian rebel walks in front of a factory destroyed during recent shelling, in the town of Nizhnaya Krinka, eastern Ukraine.
9 Defending champion Ellen van Dijk of The Netherlands competes in pouring rain to take seventh place in the women's individual time trial event over 29.5 kilometers (18.3 miles) at the Road Cycling World Championships in Ponferrada, north-western Spain.
10 The CuatroTorres residential building complex is demolished during a controlled implosion, in the city of Medellin, Colombia.
11 Bronze medalist Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan competes in the Men's 200m breaststroke final at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
12 Dancers perform during a Chinese circus show at the National Theatre in Yangon, Myanmar.
Settembre 24, 2014
1 U.S. Air Force pilots with the Thunderbirds perform the calypso pass maneuver in F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a practice session prior to the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
2 People watch from behind the gate of the house of the business tycoon and Islah party leader Hameed al-Hamar after Shi'ite Houthi rebels took control of it in Sana'a, Yemen.
3 A resident walks upon the debris of buildings which were damaged in what activists say was one of the U.S. air strikes in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Iraq.
4 Castellers "Colla Jove de Barcelona" form a human tower during a demonstration at the festival of the patron saint of Barcelona "The Virgin of Mere" at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain.
5 Folk dancers perform Dandiya, a traditional dance, during a rehearsal ahead of Navratri festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Navratri, held in honor of Hindu Goddess Durga, is celebrated over a period of nine days.
6 Women dressed in traditional attires balance pitchers on their heads as they take part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
7 European Ryder Cup player Sergio Garcia putts on the 18th green during practice ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland.
8 An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will send Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.
9 Los Angeles firefighters watch as smoke from a dock fire continues to rise at the Port of Los Angeles in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California, USA, Sept. 23, 2014.
10 Thai chefs cook vegetarian food from a giant cooking bowl during the vegetarian festival celebration in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand.
11 "Unconditional Surrender," an 8-meter (25-foot) cast-bronze sculpture, based on the iconic photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, showing a sailor and a nurse in a lip-locked embrace on VJ Day, outside the Caen Memorial in Normandy, France.
12 Models sit on the catwalk during Dries van Noten's Spring/Summer 2015 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, France.
13 Japan's Takeshi Terashima (L) tries to block the ball against South Korea's Kim Young-Man (R) in the men's team sepaktakraw preliminary match during the 2014 Asian Games at Bucheon Gymnasium in Bucheon, east of Incheon, South Korea.
14 Ram Singh Chauhan (61) displays his approximately 18 foot long moustache in Ahmedabad, India.
Settembre 25, 2014
1 North Korea's gold medalist Kim Un Hyang cries during the medal ceremony for the women's beam final of the artistic gymnastics competition at the Namdong Gymnasium Club during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
2 A man works on a temporary platform, being built for the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India.
3 A Greek Army Apache helicopter takes part in an air show at Athens Paleo Faliro coastal suburb. The show was a pre-event for Athens annual Flying Week during the weekend at an airfield north of Athens.
4 Afghan refugee children gather under a stall used by a food vendor to shelter from the rain, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
5 Boats sail past the Cavalli Palace, center left, as seen from the Rialto bridge in Venice, Italy. Venice city officials are closing a walkway fronting the picturesque Grand Canal on Sept. 29 to keep crowds away from George Clooney's wedding to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
6 Kazakstan's Zhazira Zhapparkul kisses the weights after lifting 145kg on her third attempt in the women's clean and jerk 75kg weightlifting competition at the Moonlight Garden Venue during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
7 A Turkana man sleeps on the western shore of Lake Turkana close to Todonyang near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in northern Kenya.
8 A ball boy tries to catch a grasshopper on the court during a break in the quarter-final match between Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
9 Alaa, an ambulance driver, feeds cats in Masaken Hanano in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 24, 2014. Alaa spends about $4 on meat everyday to feed about 150 abandoned cats in the Masaken Hanano neigborhood that has been abandoned because of shelling from forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad.
10 Lightning strikes over the sea along the coast of the Haitian capital, Port au Prince, Sept. 24, 2014.
11 Japan's Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd's latest concept robots, "the Murata Cheerleaders", demonstrate how they balance on balls and synchronize as a team by utilizing its latest sensing and communication technology, during an unveiling event in Tokyo, Japan.
12 A Romanian shepherd leans on a stick while watching his sheep in Cincu, central Romania.
13 A view of a 4,100-meter-long wedding dress train trailed along shrubs and forming a heart shape (top), during a promotional event for tourism in a valley in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Sept. 24, 2014.
14 South Korea's Lee Bo-na ejects empty cartridges during the women's double trap shooting competition at the 17th Asian Games at Gyeonggido Shooting Range in Incheon, South Korea.
Settembre 26, 2014
1 Muslim Khaloar Abdarahim holds a placard which reads "Not in my name" as he poses inside the Arrahma Mosque after Friday prayers in Nantes, western France after a gathering to pay tribute to French mountain guide Herve Gourdel. Thousands of French Muslims rallied across the country to protest the Islamic State, which many say does not represent their religion.
2 A Kurdish Syrian refugee carries an infant after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province. Nearly 140,000 Syrian Kurds have fled into Turkey since last week, the fastest exodus of the entire three-year civil war.
3 Soldiers patrol through the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris. France is considering whether to extend its airstrikes to Syria and is increasing security in public places after militants linked to the Islamic State group beheaded a French hostage.
4 A Cambodian rights activist (R) shouts slogans in front of police at a protest next to the Australian embassy in Phnom Penh. Australia plans to start sending asylum-seekers to Cambodia by the end of the year and will pay the Southeast Asian nation Aus$40 million (US$35 million) to accept them.
5 George Clooney, third right, his fiancee Amal Alamuddin, Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber cruise past St. Mark's Square as they arrive in Venice, Italy. Clooney and Alamuddin are expected to get married this weekend in Venice, one of the world's most romantic settings.
6 People look on from a vantage point as pro-democracy demonstrators are seen surrounded by police after storming into a courtyard outside Hong Kong's legislative headquarters. Students have been protesting for the last five days against Beijing's refusal last month to grant the former British colony full democracy.
7 The monuments of Washington are silhouetted through the lifting fog over the nation's capitol as seen from an overlook in Arlington, Virginia. From left are, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, the Capitol, the Smithsonian Castle, and the Library of Congress.
8 Spectators wearing Scottish caps watch play in the fourball golf matches at Gleneagles in Gleneagles, Scotland during the 2014 Ryder Cup competition between Europe and the U.S.
9 Models present creations for Issey Miyake during the 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.
10 New recruits of the Philippine Navy Seals cross a rope as part of a physical training exercise at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Sangley Point, Cavite city, south of Manila.
11 Cricketers play on an ice-covered crater of Kilimanjaro mountain, Tanzania. The game is an attempt to play the world's highest game of cricket, breaking the previous record set in 2009 on Mount Everest.
12 Residents prepare traditional sweets called malban, ahead of Eid al-Adha, in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon.
13 An Indian actor dresses for "Ramlila," a theater performance depicting the Hindu epic Ramayana, as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in New Delhi. The festival commemorates the victory of the Hindu god Rama over demon king Ravana, and a celebration of the victory of good over evil.
14 Developer Robin von Hardenberg holds a tablet computer that runs his Timetraveler augmented reality app at Bernauer Street in Berlin. The app superimposes historic footage of scenes that unfolded when the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 onto today's location when pointing the tablet at the specific spot.
Settembre 28, 2014
1 U.S. actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin leave the Aman Hotel in Venice, Italy. Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney and Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Alamuddin married in Venice on Sept. 27, 2014 before partying the night away with their A-list friends in one of the most high-profile celebrity weddings in years.
2 The boat carrying George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin, is surrounded by media and security boats as they cruise the Grand Canal after leaving the Aman luxury Hotel in Venice, Italy.
3 A car lies in a sinkhole in the road outside the Crimean capital Simferopol. A sinkhole about eight meters wide and deep opened up on the road between Nikolayev and Yevpatoria highway, killing six people tavelling in a car which fell into the pit, according to local media.
4 Pope Francis, right, hugs Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
5 Rescue workers and Self-Defense Force soldiers search for missing climbers and survivors among ash covered mountain cottages on the top of Mount Ontake in Nagano prefecture.
6 The Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force Aerobatic Team, performs at the Malta International Airshow 2014 at Malta International Airport, outside Valletta, Sept. 27, 2014.
7 A boy pushes a bicycle as another one carries a carpet along a deserted street in Aleppo's al-Sakhour district, Syria.
8 Residents of the St. Paul Bridge neighborhood wearing personal protective equipment take a man suspected of the Ebola virus to the Island Clinic in Monrovia, Liberia.
9 German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft over Lake Murten during a training flight at its base in Payerne, Switzerland, Sept. 27, 2014.
10 Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon, stands atop a supply truck during a photo opportunity at the premises of a shopping mall in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
11 Workers use towels in an attempt to dry the track during a downpour before the men's and women's 100m finals at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, South Korea.
12 French adventurer and researcher Stephane Rousson prepares his "Aerosail" in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France prior to his planned attempt to cross the Mediterranean from Nice to Calvi, on the French Mediterraean island of Corsica.
13 A woman is covered in paint as she takes part in a Color Run event in east London.
14 Paratroopers from 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade land after a jump at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy. The U.S. Army paratroopers conducting an airborne operation with T-11 parachutes from C-130 Hercules Aircraft of the 86th Airlift Wing are stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Davide Dalla Massara)
15 Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 27, 2014.
Settembre 29, 2014
1 A Ukrainian serviceman gets a haircut at a military camp near the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine.
2 A Turkish Kurd protester runs away from tear gas fired by riot police near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province.
3 U.S. actor George Clooney and British lawyer Amal Alamuddin arrive at the palazzo Ca Farsetti in Venice, for a civil ceremony to officialize their wedding.
4 A soccer fan cheers Japanese women's soccer team with a national flag during the women's semi-final soccer match against Vietnam at the Incheon Football Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
5 A dog wipes out at the 6th Annual Surf City surf dog contest in Huntington Beach, California, USA, Sept. 28, 2014.
6 A dog is carried back into the water after riding a wave at the 6th Annual Surf City surf dog contest in Huntington Beach, California, Sept. 28, 2014.
7 Visitors look at a blooming Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), one of the world's largest and rarest tropical flowering plants, at Basel's Botanical Garden, Switzerland. The flower emits strong odor likened to rotting meat, and wilts and dies after two days.
8 A diver floats to the surface during a practice session at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
9 Men build a traditional swing using bamboo poles during the Dashain, Hinduism's biggest religious festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
10 A sculpture of a giant hippopotamus, "HippopoThames", built by artist Florentjin Hofman is towed up the Thames past the Houses of Parliament in central London.
11 An elderly Thai woman laughs out loud as she is asked how old she is. At 105-years-old, an age verifiable on her identity card, she is still able to make others around her smile as she sits in the shade on a bamboo bed in the village of Satuek, Buriram province, northeast Thailand. (Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2014, by Matthew Richards/VOA reader/Thailand)
12 South Korea's Lee Seungchul (BLUE) competes in a bout against Uzbekhistan Jamshid Kenjaev (RED) in the men's freestyle 61kg wrestling round 1 event during the 2014 Asian Games at the Dowon Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea.
13 A scorpion fish is pictured on the seabed of the Plane island near Marseille, southern France.
14 Meerkats look at visitors in Erfurt's zoo in Germany.
Settembre 30, 2014
1 Vehicles drive by as a display of Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen north of the Arctic Circle, over the village of Mestervik in northern Norway.
2 Visitors walk under the umbrellas on display over Cheonggye stream during a campaign to raise money to help underprivileged children in Seoul, South Korea.
3 An injured boy sits next to another near a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sheikh Khodr area in Aleppo.
4 Pro-democracy demonstrators gather for the third night in Hong Kong to demand full universal suffrage after Beijing said it would allow elections for the semi-autonomous city's next leader in 2017 but would vet the candidates.
5 Independent humanitarian medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) personnel carry a man suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus inside MSF's Ebola isolation and treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia.
6 Syrian Kurds get into a truck after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey. Several mortar rounds hit both side of the southeastern town of Suruc, in the Sanliurfa province.
7 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (C) acknowledges the public as Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen (back-C) speaks through a megaphone while she and other models fake a demonstration as they present creations for Chanel 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
8 China's Gao Xinglong competes in the men's long jump final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
9 Aerial view of a river in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto
10 An Indian electrician arranges loudspeakers during a Dusshera festival loudspeaker competition ahead of the forthcoming Dusshera festival in Allahabad.
11 Firefighters take part in a training at an underground gas storage depot in the village Opari, some 70 kms south-west from Lviv, Ukraine.
12 A school of fish swim in a fish tank during the inauguration of the aquarium of Sevilla, Spain.
13 This long exposure picture shows vehicles on roads during rush hour on the eve of the National Day holidays in Shanghai, China.
