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Images of SEPTEMBER 2013 - week 1- 2

September 2013Week 1 - 2October 1, 20131

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Janda Hussein, a 24-year-old Syrian woman, holds her daughter as she poses for a picture at a detention center in the city of Lubimets, some 30 km (19 miles) northwest from Kapitan Andreevo-Kapikule border checkpoint with Turkey, August 28, 2013. As Washington weighs a military strike against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the human fallout of two and a half years of conflict that has sent millions to flight is no longer contained to the Middle East. Due to lack of capacity at Bulgaria's three refugee centres, many Syrians are sent to stricter detention centres which they are not allowed to leave, kept for months behind walls topped with razor-wire and windows with bars.REUTERS/Stoyan NenovOctober 1, 2013228AugClick to continue

A herdsman leads goats and sheep along a road in Hejing county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region, China, August 30, 2013.REUTERS/China DailyOctober 1, 2013330AugClick to continue

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches U.S. President Barack Obama's speech with his family in Ghouta, Damascus August 31, 2013. Obama on Saturday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S. Congress, in a decision that likely delays U.S. action for at least 10 days.REUTERS/Mohamed AbdullahOctober 1, 2013431AugClick to continue

Justo Marquez, 50, carries a cross during a peace march as he walks along the road of the Gibraltar International airport, after entering the British territory of Gibraltar, at its border with Spain in Gibraltar, south of Spain September 1, 2013. Marquez began his peace march on Thursday from Malaga to resolve Spain's dispute with Gibraltar by carrying a three-meter high cross on an 135km (83 miles) peace march to The Rock. Marquez is carrying a sign that reads, "No more hunger. No more war. Peace in the world".REUTERS/Jon NazcaOctober 1, 201351SepClick to continue

Two Spanish tourists walk past a broken traffic signal lying on the ground as they try to find the correct direction to the Spanish border to enter the British territory of Gibraltar in La Linea de la Concepcion, southern Spain, September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Jon NazcaOctober 1, 201361SepClick to continue

A Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his weapon in the old city of Aleppo, September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Molhem BarakatOctober 1, 201371SepClick to continue

Dust envelops art installations during the Burning Man 2013 arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Jim UrquhartOctober 1, 201381SepClick to continue

Princess Charlene of Monaco walks on the beach during a swimming event for her foundation in Capbreton, Southwestern France, September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Regis DuvignauOctober 1, 201391SepClick to continue

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia celebrates his victory over Evgeny Donskoy of Russia at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Kena BetancurOctober 1, 2013101SepClick to continue

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts after winning a point against compatriot Sloane Stephens at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Eduardo MunozOctober 1, 2013111SepClick to continue

A family walks through a cemetery in Kabul September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOctober 1, 2013121Sep

University of South Florida student Ashley Maxwell takes measurements at the edge of a hole where human remains were discovered in a shallow, unmarked grave in the Boot Hill cemetery at the now closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, September 1, 2013. The yellow marker denotes the location where skull fragments and a tooth were found. Other items located included metal hardware consistent with what would have been found on a coffin in the mid twentieth century.REUTERS/Edmund D. Fountain/PoolOctober 1, 2013131Sep

People take part in a group yoga practice at the Grand Palais in Paris, September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Benoit TessierOctober 1, 2013141Sep

Girls, displaced by recent fighting between Congolese army and the M23 rebels, cover themselves from the cold in Munigi village near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 1, 2013. Fighting erupted on Saturday between eastern Congolese rebels and the army, which said it would push on with an offensive to recapture all territory controlled by insurgents despite their call for a ceasefire.REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaOctober 1, 2013151Sep

Nissan Jonathan Ole Meshami (L) of the Maasai Cricket Warriors team from Kenya hits the ball during a match against English team 'The Shed', during the "Last Man Stands" cricket tournament at Dulwich sports ground in South London September 1, 2013.REUTERS/Philip BrownOctober 1, 2013161Sep

A woman is seen through a fabric sheet as she walks past a rally calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza City September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Mohammed SalemOctober 1, 2013172Sep

Shuttlecocks are scattered inside a damaged gymnasium at Hokuyo junior high school after what seemed to be a tornado in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo September 2, 2013. Houses were ripped open, cars overturned and several people were hospitalised after what is believed to be a rare tornado ripped through Koshigaya and Noda, an hour's drive from central Tokyo on Monday, Japanese media reported. Thousands of homes were reported to be without power.REUTERS/Toru HanaiOctober 1, 2013182Sep

A group of exotic dancers relax backstage at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 2, 2013. United States' first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported.REUTERS/Stephen LamOctober 1, 2013192Sep

Gareth Bale of Wales kisses his new Real Madrid club jersey at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, September 2, 2013. Thousands of Real Madrid fans flocked to the Bernabeu to welcome Gareth Bale on Monday after the nine-times European champions sealed the purchase of the Wales winger from Tottenham Hotspur for what the London club said was a world record fee.REUTERS/Sergio PerezOctober 1, 2013202Sep

A man jumps over a water stream on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiOctober 1, 2013212Sep

Cc cn nh pha bc ca Tokyo, Nht Bn h hi sau trn gi lc.-Sep2,2013October 1, 2013222SepThe House in the northern part of Tokyo, Japan after the damage wind gust. Sep2, 2013

Chic cu th trn min ng Deir Ezzor ca Syria b h hi.-sep2,2013October 1, 2013232SepThe bridge in the town of Deir Ezzor Syria's eastern region were damaged.Sep2, 2013

Siert Bruins, a suspected Nazi war criminal, gestures before the start of his trial in the western German city of Hagen, September 2, 2013. A 92-year-old who served in the Waffen-SS, Adolf Hitler's elite Nazi troops, went on trial on Monday on charges of having shot in the back and killed a Dutch resistance fighter at the end of World War Two. In an televised interview with broadcaster Das Erste, Bruins says he was present at the murder of Aldert Klaas Dijkema but says another soldier, now dead, shot him.REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayOctober 1, 2013242Sep

October 1, 2013252SepAmerican tennis player Serena Williams thrilled after winning fellow tennis players Sloane Stephens award at the U.s. Open in New York. Sep2, 2013

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Adam HungerOctober 1, 2013262Sep

October 1, 2013272SepRemovable footwear stores in Manila, Philippines. Sep2, 2013

October 1, 2013282SepPakistani children play rocking near the temporary tent in a poor neighborhood in the city of Lahore. Sep2, 2013

Roger Federer of Switzerland walks off the court after losing in three sets to Tommy Robredo of Spain at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Eduardo MunozOctober 1, 2013292Sep

A Syrian refugee helps another apply make-up as she prepares for her wedding at a beauty parlour at the Domiz refugee camp in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk, September 2, 2013. The Syrian refugee crisis may worsen if there is no international reaction in response to last month's alleged chemical weapons attack, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. The two-year Syrian conflict has escalated, driving 2 million refugees abroad, uprooting 5 million within the country and taking at least 100,000 lives, Davutoglu said. Every day, about 5,000 Syrians cross the borders into Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.REUTERS/Haider AlaOctober 1, 2013302Sep

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad , 64, walks to dry sand, completing her swim from Cuba as she arrives in Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Andrew InnerarityOctober 1, 2013312Sep

A man shows what he says are the remains of a pilot's parachute after a jet fighter which the Free Syrian Army said belongs to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, crashed in Deir al- Zor September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Mohamad AlfaratiOctober 1, 2013322Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter is seen sleeping as a fellow fighter walks through a hole in a wall in Kafr Naboudeh in Hama countryside, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Loubna MrieOctober 1, 2013332Sep

Hai tc phm iu khc ca ngh s L Chn, ngi i Loan, c dng ti qung trng Vendome Paris, Php.-sep2,2013October 1, 2013342SepTwo sculptures by artist Li Chan, Taiwan, was erected in the square de la Concorde in Paris, France. Sep2, 2013

Congolese armed forces (FARDC) soldiers ride on their pick-up truck as they advance to a new position while battling M23 rebels in Kibati near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaOctober 1, 2013352Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter carrying his weapon peeks through the curtains of a bedroom in Deir al-Zor September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Khalil AshawiOctober 1, 2013362Sep

Armadillo-T, a foldable electric vehicle, folds up its rear at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, south of Seoul September 2, 2013.With a click on a smartphone, the experimental "Armadillo-T" electric car made in South Korea will park itself and fold nearly in half, freeing up space in crowded cities. The quirky two-seater, named after the animal whose shell it resembles, may never see production but it is part of a trend of developing environmentally friendly vehicles for urban spaces.REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiOctober 1, 2013372Sep

Barbie collector Jian Yang stands on a stool as he arranges part of his collection at his home in Singapore, September 2, 2013. The white exterior and spartan grey staircase of Jian Yang's tidy rowhouse give no hint of the shock that lies within - a pink living room floor and his collection of more than 6,000Barbiedolls. The 33-year-old Singaporean favours minimalist decor but the Barbies and 3,000 dolls of other kinds dominate three sides of the main room and spill over to fill nine mirrored cabinets in his dressing room and the shelves of his study.REUTERS/Edgar SuOctober 1, 2013382Sep

Smoke rises from burning NATO supply trucks after a Taliban attack at Torkham district, in Jalalabad province, September 2, 2013. Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, officials said, less than a week after targeting a Polish base in a nearby province.REUTERS/ StringerOctober 1, 2013392Sep

A woman wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York, September 2, 2013.REUTERS/Eric Thayer

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A boy stands next to an idol of Hindu Lord Shiva at a temple submerged in the waters of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, September 2, 2013. According to the residents, the floods are caused by the rise in water levels of the river Ganges after heavy rains in Allahabad.REUTERS/Jitendra PrakashOctober 1, 2013412Sep

Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, September 3, 2013 ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year which starts at sundown on Wednesday.REUTERS/Ammar AwadOctober 1, 2013423Sep

An aerial view of the image of Pope Francis by Italian artist Dario Gambarin is seen in a threshed wheat field in Castagnaro, near Verona, September 3, 2013. Gambarin used a tractor with a plow and a harrow to create the image on a 25,000 square meters field.REUTERS/Stringer


Water bottles are lined behind university freshmen during their break from a military training at a campus in Hefei, Anhui province, China, September 3, 2013.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 2013443Sep

Female Jewish worshippers pray in front of the men's section at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City September 3, 2013 ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year which starts at sundown on Wednesday. Leading up to Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, which follows Rosh Hashanah, Jews offer prayers of repentance and ask God to forgive their sins in daily prayer service called Slichot.REUTERS/Ammar AwadOctober 1, 2013453Sep

Ovidiu Carstina, director of the local museum, points to bullet holes at the spot where Romania's late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on Christmas Day in 1989 at a former military barracks in Targoviste, about 75 km (47 miles) northwest of Bucharest September 3, 2013. The former cavalry barracks, used during the communist era as a military headquarters, has been transformed into a museum and opened to the public.REUTERS/Radu Sigheti


A Somali policeman runs from the scene of an accidental explosion at a petrol storage facility within the former United States residential housing in capital Mogadishu, September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Feisal OmarOctober 1, 2013473Sep

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with as he poses with a Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, September 3, 2013. Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft's Windows Phone software, a withered Nokia collapsed into the arms of the U.S. software giant, agreeing to sell its main handset business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion). Nokia, which will continue as a maker of networking equipment and holder of patents, was once the world's dominant handset manufacturer but was long since overtaken by Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for more powerful smartphones.REUTERS/Dado RuvicOctober 1, 2013483Sep

Laborers work at a coal dump site outside Kabul September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOctober 1, 2013493Sep

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, reacts after speaking at the opening of Birmingham Library in central England September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Darren StaplesOctober 1, 2013503Sep

A Christian volunteer stands with her child in a vineyard during grape harvest in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Har Bracha, near Nablus September 3, 2013. Coming from various countries, the volunteers, who belong to a Christian organisation that supports farmers in West Bank Jewish settlements, take part in harvests every year.REUTERS/Nir EliasOctober 1, 2013513Sep

Children cross a street, led by a chaperon, in Lima's district of Miraflores, Peru, September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Mariana BazoOctober 1, 2013523Sep

An Afghan man attends a gathering launched by a political party ahead of an election campaign in Kabul September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOctober 1, 2013533Sep

President Barack Obama walks to Marine One before departing for Sweden and the G20 Summit in Russia, from the White House in Washington September 3, 2013.REUTERS/Joshua RobertsOctober 1, 2013543Sep

A man sits down to have lunch by candlelight, during a massive blackout in Caracas September 3, 2013. A large-scale blackout on Tuesday affected a great part of the capital Caracas and various states of the country, affected locals told Reuters.REUTERS/Jorge SilvaOctober 1, 2013553Sep

A six-year-old boy, whose eyes were gouged out, is cuddled by his mother, who is holding onto donations from the public, at a hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, September 3, 2013. Chinese police suspect the boy's aunt of gouging out his eyes, Xinhua state news agency said on Wednesday, the latest twist in the investigation of a crime that shocked the country.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 2013563Sep

Afghan children climb onto a fence while playing as they sell tea in Kabul September 4, 2013. A tea vendor earns $1 on average a day.REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOctober 1, 2013574Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter spray paints an improvised mortar shell, as his fellow fighter watches him, in Aleppo September 4, 2013.REUTERS/Hamid KhatibOctober 1, 2013584Sep

A resident of Boeung Kak Lake cries during a protest in Phnom Penh September 4, 2013. Cambodian protesters scuffled with police on Wednesday during a protest over a long running luxury housing estate. The protesters were mostly women from the Boeung Kak community who called for a resolution to the disputes and appealed for the release of jailed activist Yorm Bopha. Bopha, a resident and an activist who joined forces with the protesters was arrested and jailed for one year on a charge of causing injury to a motorcycle taxi driver.REUTERS/Samrang PringOctober 1, 2013594Sep

A rubber farmer rests on a tire at a road block where he and others spent the night during a protest in Surat Thani, early September 4, 2013. Thousands of rubber farmers held protests and blocked some roads in several Thailand's southern provinces demanding that the government support prices of the commodity.REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaOctober 1, 2013604Sep

Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) dog squad put up a demonstration in a corn field carved into a maze in Chilliwack, British Columbia September 4, 2013. The annual maze design in a local farmer's field was cut in the shape of a RCMP officer on horseback to mark their 140th anniversary.REUTERS/Andy ClarkOctober 1, 2013614Sep

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus comes to the net against Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia during their women's quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 4, 2013.REUTERS/Adam HungerOctober 1, 2013624Sep

French President Francois Hollande (L) and German President Joachim Gauck hug after a ceremony at the cemetery of the French martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, September 4, 2013. Six hundred forty-two inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Glane, men, women and children, were massacred by soldiers of a German Waffen-SS Panzer division who also destroyed the entire village on June 10, 1944. A new village was built nearby after the war, but the remains of the original village has been maintained as a permanent World War II memorial and museum.REUTERS/Philippe WojazerOctober 1, 2013634Sep

A boy inspects a hunting rifle at the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in Abu Dhabi September 4, 2013.REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahOctober 1, 2013644Sep

Secretary of State John Kerry reacts as he waits for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to arrive as he appears at a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 4, 2013. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will likely vote later on Wednesday on a draft resolution authorizing the use of military force in Syria, several members of the panel said. Pictured behind are protesters against the use of U.S. military force in Syria.REUTERS/Jason ReedOctober 1, 2013654Sep

A performer dressed as Jesus Christ stands next to a man using an ATM machine in Madrid September 4, 2013. Spain's economy has been in recession since mid-2011, the second since a decade-long property bubble burst in 2008, though the government has said it expects to see quarterly growth in the second half of 2013.REUTERS/Susana VeraOctober 1, 2013664Sep

Pranav Mistry, head of the think tank team, Samsung Research America presents the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch during its launch at the 'Samsung UNPACKED 2013 Episode 2' at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, September 4, 2013. The IFA consumer electronics and home appliances fair will open its doors to the public from September 6 till 11 in the German capital.REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschOctober 1, 2013674Sep

A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Deir al-Zor September 4, 2013. The crater was caused by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture taken September 4, 2013.REUTERS/Khalil AshawiOctober 1, 2013684Sep

Nick Vujicic, an Australian motivational speaker who was born without limbs, swims with sharks at the Marine Life Park in Singapore September 5, 2013. Vujicic dived with sharks in a customized acrylic enclosure that takes in a 360-degree view of the shark habitat at the aquarium. Vujicic is in Singapore to give a motivational talk to a 5,000 strong audience on Saturday.REUTERS/Edgar SuOctober 1, 2013695Sep

October 1, 2013705SepA person standing on the back of a whale has died in Kokrobite, a seaside village just outside the capital, Accra, Ghana. Sep5, 2013

Riot police guard the site of an explosion near the house of Egypt's interior minister at Cairo's Nasr City district September 5, 2013. The Egyptian interior minister survived an assassination attempt unscathed on Thursday when a car bomb blew up his convoy and he said afterwards that a wave of terrorism by opponents of the military-installed government was just beginning.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshOctober 1, 2013715Sep

A police officer and a rescue worker talk among the wreckage of some of the 100 vehicles involved in multiple collisions, which took place in dense fog during the morning rush hour, on the Sheppey Bridge in Kent, east of London, September 5, 2013. Eight people were seriously injured and dozens hurt in the multiple crashes.REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettOctober 1, 2013725Sep

A clothes rack is seen backstage before the Desigual Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week September 5, 2013.REUTERS/Eric ThayerOctober 1, 2013735Sep

October 1, 2013745SepVillagers Tanza, province in the Philippines, Cavit together pull the sharks to drift ashore and died.Sep5, 2013

Orthodox Christian worshippers gather before the start of a procession outside Jerusalem's Old City September 5, 2013. About two hundred Orthodox Christians took part in an annual procession in which an icon of the Virgin Mary is carried from a church at the foot of the Mount of Olives believed by Christians to mark the tomb of the Virgin Mary back to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.REUTERS/Ammar AwadOctober 1, 2013755Sep

October 1, 2013765SepA Nepalese rested after performing the rituals of holidays Aunsi Kuse, or Father's Day, at the Hindu temple in the capital Gokarneshwar Kathmandu.Sep5, 2013

October 1, 2013775SepAround 50,000 Indonesian workers join protesters in the capital, Jakarta, demanding higher wages and to annul the operation moved jobs overseas. Sep5, 2013

October 1, 2013785SepThe words Tokyo 2020 We Believe, made of 2,020 candle, was lit up in Tokyo, Japan. Sep5, 2013

October 1, 2013795SepThe International Olympic Committee will elect the city host the 2020 summer Olympic Games in the session on 7 September.

October 1, 2013805SepSculptures Cyclone Twist of Alice Aycock at exhibitions in Chatsworth House in Central England.Sep5, 2013

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims a weapon as he takes a defensive position in Deir al-Zor September 5, 2013.REUTERS/Khalil AshawiOctober 1, 2013815Sep

Models rehearse before the Desigual Spring/Summer 2014 collection show during New York Fashion Week September 5, 2013.REUTERS/Eric ThayerOctober 1, 2013825Sep

Workers leave the site after pasting up posters of top candidates running in the upcoming German general elections in Berlin, September 6, 2013. Pictured are German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Peer Steinbrueck of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Angela Merkel, dropping her trademark modesty as the election looms, urged Germans this week to re-elect what she repeatedly called her "clever" government which she promised would shield their businesses and jobs from tax hikes by the center left. German voters will take to the polls in a general election on September 22.REUTERS/Thomas PeterOctober 1, 2013836Sep

Palestinian militants sit in a truck during a protest against peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as possible U.S. attacks on Syria, in the northern Gaza Strip September 6, 2013. The protest was organized by Hamas militants and other Palestinian factions.REUTERS/Suhaib SalemOctober 1, 2013846Sep

Malala Yousafzai (phi), thiu n ngi Pakistan tng b Taliban bn trng thng ca v c xy gio dc cho tr em gi, c khi nguyn gii Nobel Ha bnh nm 2011 Tawakkol Karman ngi Yemen (tri) trao Gii thng Ha bnh Thiu nhi Quc t nm 2013 ti thnh ph The Hague, H Lan.sep6October 1, 201385Malala Yousafzai (right), the young woman who had been wounded, Pakistan's Taliban shot of because of theological education for girls, Khoi Nguyen Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Tawakkol Karman the Yemen (left) awarded the international children's peace prize in 2013 in The Hague, the Netherlands. sep66Sep

A television journalist does her make-up before reporting about an inflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floating on a lake at the venue of the 9th China International Garden Expo in Beijing, September 6, 2013. The 18-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the city on Friday, will be shown at the expo until September 23, after which it will be transported to the Summer Palace for display for another month, local media reported.REUTERS/Petar KujundzicOctober 1, 2013866Sep

Ch Komondor l ging ch canh gc truyn thng ca Hungary vi b lng di tht. Hnh chp ti Budapest, Hungary.sep6October 1, 2013876SepKomondor dog breed is guarded tradition of Hungary with long fur face. Image taken at Sep6 Budapest, Hungary.

A frog is captured during a lift off of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, September 6, 2013. REUTER/Chris Perry/NASA/Handout via ReutersOctober 1, 2013886Sep

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past President Barack Obama during a group photo at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg September 6, 2013.REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueOctober 1, 2013896Sep

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Issa, 10 years old, carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, September 7, 2013. Issa works with his father in the factory for ten hours every day except on Fridays.REUTERS/Hamid KhatibOctober 1, 2013917Sep


A bedroom damaged by shelling from forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, according to activists, is seen in Ariha countryside, September 7, 2013. Ariha, which was previously controlled by the Free Syrian Army, is witnessing ongoing clashes after it was wrested controlled by forces loyal to Assad due to its importance as part of a supply route from the coastal area of Latakia to Aleppo, activists said.REUTERS/Houssam Abo DabakOctober 1, 2013937Sep

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan (3rd R) celebrates with members of the Tokyo bid committee as Jacques Rogge President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces Tokyo as the city to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Game during a ceremony in Buenos Aires September 7, 2013.REUTERS/Ian Walton/PoolOctober 1, 2013947Sep

An aerial view shows people sitting in formation to the words "thank you" and displaying signs that collectively read "Arigato" (Thank You) during an event celebrating Tokyo being chosen to host the 2020 Olympic Games, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 8, 2013. Tokyo was awarded the 2020 summer Olympic Games on Saturday, beating Istanbul in a head-to-head vote after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a charismatic plea to the International Olympic Committee and promised Japan's crippled nuclear plant was "under control."REUTERS/KyodoOctober 1, 2013958Sep

Afghan policemen look on near a crater at the scene of suicide attack in Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province, September 8, 2013. At least four Afghan intelligence agents were killed and more than one hundred people were wounded, the provincial government said in a statement.REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOctober 1, 2013968Sep

The Turanor PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, travels on the Seine river in Epinay-sur-Seine, near Paris September 8, 2013. PlanetSolar, a catamaran powered exclusively by solar energy, completed the first solar-powered trip around the world on May 4, 2012 after traveling over 60,000 km (37,282 miles) in 584 days.REUTERS/Benoit TessierOctober 1, 2013978Sep

Buddhist monks walk in lines past people who have gathered for a mass alms-offering ceremony in Bangkok September 8, 2013. The event was part of the project of alms offering to 2,000,000 monks in 77 provinces across Thailand. The project was initiated in 2008 with the cooperation of the Thai Sangha (monastic community), Buddhist organizations, as well as many public and private sectors. Food and funding received from the project will be given to monks from 323 temples as well as soldiers, policemen and people in the four Southern provinces and natural disasters victims and the ceremony was a great opportunity for the people of Bangkok to make merit by offering alms to 10,000 monks and promoting Buddhist culture for future generations.REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomOctober 1, 2013988Sep

Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in their women's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Adam Hunger


Former England soccer captain David Beckham holds his daughter Harper while waiting for a presentation of the Victoria Beckham Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week, September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Lucas JacksonOctober 1, 20131008Sep

Secretary of State John Kerry talks with members of the Arab League Peace Initiative following their meeting at the United States Embassy in Paris, September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Susan Walsh/PoolOctober 1, 20131018Sep

Emergency crews work at the scene of a Royal Canadian Air Force Air Cadet glider crash in Langley, British Columbia September 8, 2013. According to a police spokesperson, the pilot of the glider, who was not seriously injured, crashed on the roof of a building while approaching a nearby airport.REUTERS/Andy ClarkOctober 1, 20131028Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a shooting position in Ogiwl, Aleppo, September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Hamid KhatibOctober 1, 20131038Sep

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye, wearing a traditional Korean dress called a "Hanbok", gives a speech at a fashion show held as part of a cultural event, at Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower in Hanoi September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Luong Thai Linh/PoolOctober 1, 20131048Sep

The crescent moon and planet Venus (L) appear behind Roman pillars of the Temple of Hercules at the Citadel in Amman September 8, 2013. People in Jordan witnessed late Sunday evening an astronomical event whereby planet Venus was accompanied by a crescent moon just after sunset. The moon and Venus appear as the two brightest objects in the night-time sky, according to local media.REUTERS/Muhammad HamedOctober 1, 20131058Sep

A girl stands in front of a building damaged by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the northern town of Ariha in Idlib Province September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Houssam Abo DabakOctober 1, 20131068Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter walks through a hole in the wall in Ogiwl, Aleppo, September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Hamid Khatib


A model rehearses before a presentation of the Thakoon Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week, September 8, 2013.REUTERS/Lucas Jackson


Airport staff works around a Thai Airways plane that skidded off the runaway while landing, as another takes off in the distance, at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport September 9, 2013. Thirteen passengers were slightly injured when a Thai Airways A330-300 flying from Guangzhou skidded off the runaway while landing in Bangkok according to local media.REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaOctober 1, 20131099Sep

A speedboat travels past a ferry carrying North Koreans celebrating the National Independence Day of North Korea on the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, September 9, 2013. North Koreans celebrate the 65th anniversary of their nation's founding on Monday.REUTERS/Jacky Chen



Residents flee as winds whip flames from the Morgan fire along Morgan Territory Road near Clayton, California in unincorporated Contra Costa County September 9, 2013. The blaze, burning in dense, dry scrub, grass and timber in and around Mount Diablo State Park, had scorched some 3,700 acres (1,500 hectares) by Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of about 100 homes at the edge of the town of Clayton.REUTERS/Noah BergerOctober 1, 20131129Sep

An employee monitors molten iron being poured into a container at a steel plant in Hefei, Anhui province September 9, 2013. China's average daily crude steel output stood almost unchanged at 2.119 million tonnes between Aug. 21-31, compared with 2.118 million tonnes between Aug. 11-20, data from the China Iron & Steel Association showed on Monday.REUTERS/Stringer


Civilians try to enter Turkey illegally at the Bab Al-Salam border crossing September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Molhem BarakatOctober 1, 20131149Sep

A view is seen of a parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards and a mass rally in Pyongyang September 9, 2013 in celebration of the 65th anniversary of North Korea in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on Monday.REUTERS/KCNAOctober 1, 20131159Sep

North Korea's Worker-Peasant Red Guard members attend a parade marking the 1948 establishment of North Korea, in Pyongyang in this photo taken by Kyodo September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Kyodo


Secretary of State John Kerry reacts during his joint news conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London September 9, 2013. Kerry said on Monday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could avoid a military strike by turning over all his chemical weapons within a week but immediately made clear he was sure that would never happen.REUTERS/Alastair Grant/PoolOctober 1, 20131179Sep

V binh danh d ca Afghanistan mang vng hoa trong mt bui l ti Kabul k nim 12 nm lnh o Ahmad Shah Massoud b m st. ng l nhn vt trung tm trong cuc khng chin chng Lin X chim ng Afghanistan t nm 1979 n 1989.October 1, 20131189SepAfghanistan's honor guard carried a wreath of flowers at a ceremony in Kabul commemorating the 12 year leadership of Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated. He is the central figure in the resistance against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989.

Acrobats on a tightrope cycle towards a telecommunications tower during the annual International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki in northern Greece September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Alexandros AvramidisOctober 1, 20131199Sep

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Eduardo MunozOctober 1, 20131209Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter plays pool as his fellow fighter jokes around by aiming his weapon towards the balls as they rest in the old city of Aleppo September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Hamid KhatibOctober 1, 20131219Sep

A man touches the wall at the 9-11 Empty Sky memorial across from New York's One World Trade Center at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 9, 2013. New York will mark the 12th anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center on Wednesday.REUTERS/Gary HershornOctober 1, 20131229Sep

A helicopter drops water on the Morgan fire as it advances down a rugged hillside at Mount Diablo State Park near Clayton, California September 9, 2013. The small, but fast-growing brush fire threatens about 50 to 75 homes according to a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman.REUTERS/Noah BergerOctober 1, 20131239Sep

Syrian jets bomb Aleppo district after rebels seize base. Sep9,2013October 1, 20131249Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter works as he prepares a rocket in a makeshift weapon factory in Aleppo September 9, 2013.REUTERS/Loubna MrieOctober 1, 20131259Sep

October 1, 20131269SepMy parents dog column back porch to put children return to school on the day opened in New York City, United States of America. New York City has a million students attending public schools.

October 1, 20131279SepAn artist performer Pilates at one point waiting for the bus in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, to promote An international artist Association of Pilates. About 100 delegates from 16 countries will attend the event to 9/11.

October 1, 20131289SepAn Indian flower seller across the Marsh after the flood waters receded in the Sangam in Allahabad.

October 1, 20131299SepPromote Syrian-American rally in front of the White House in Washington, opposed the military intervention of the us in the conflict in Syria.

October 1, 20131309SepA man standing at the free national park in Jersey City, New Jersey photo shoot audition commemoration by lighting every year to commemorate the attacks on 11 September 2001, in lower Manhattan, New York, on September 9, 2013.

A firefighter tries to pull a worker into a window after he was trapped on a hanging platform in Liu'An, Anhui province, September 9, 2013. The platform was hanging from the building at a height of 18 metres outside a building when it accidentally went out of control when workers operated it, according to local media.REUTERS/Stringer


People launch a cube-shaped paper lantern in Qionghai, Hainan province September 9, 2013. People designed the 12 meter-per-side lantern made of 36 smaller lanterns ahead of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, according to local media.REUTERS/Stringer


October 1, 201313310SepA huge Lantern called "Moon Is Up" is being assembled in Victoria Park in Hong Kong to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 19. The giant Lantern featuring 7,000 empty water bottle with LED lights, 20 meters in diameter, located at an altitude of 10 meters.

A worker collects catfish for disposal in a polluted pond in Haikou, Hainan province, September 10, 2013. Local government acted to kill all catfish at the fishpond after the water inside the pond were tested below standards, according to local media.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 201313410Sep

Pictures of victims of human rights abuse are displayed before a ceremony to commemorate 40 years of the military coup at the "Parque Por La Paz" (Park for Peace) on the grounds of the former Villa Grimaldi torture center in Santiago, September 10, 2013. Four decades after a military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile, a fierce debate over his long rule has shaken up the presidential election, with some right-wing politicians under fire for their past support of the former dictator.REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoOctober 1, 201313510Sep

A relative of a victim of human rights abuses touches a memorial wall for people who disappeared during a ceremony to commemorate 40 years of the military coup at the "Parque Por La Paz" (Park for Peace) on the grounds of the former Villa Grimaldi torture center in Santiago, September 10, 2013. Four decades after a military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile, a fierce debate over his long rule has shaken up the presidential election, with some right-wing politicians under fire for their past support of the former dictator.REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoOctober 1, 201313610Sep

A young Free Syrian Army fighter sleeps on a mattress in the old city of Aleppo September 10, 2013.REUTERS/Nour KelzeOctober 1, 201313710Sep

October 1, 201313810SepA soldier of the Government in the position of fighting while about 200 Islamic militant outrage since a peace deal with the Philippine Government fall apart, some of the hostages as shields in a confrontation with Government forces to that point on Monday in the port city of Zamboanga, Southern Philippines.

Residents carry their belongings past government soldiers taking up positions in downtown Zamboanga September 10, 2013. Houses were set ablaze on Tuesday as fighting erupted between Philippine security forces and Muslim rebels occupying five districts of the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, witnesses said.REUTERS/Josh Lemiere


The mother of one of the four men, found guilty of the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi last year, cries upon seeing the news on a court verdict on a TV inside her house at a slum in New Delhi September 10, 2013. Four men were found guilty on Tuesday of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi last year, according to a defence lawyer in a case that sparked global outrage and protests in India over the lack of safety for women in the world's largest democracy.REUTERS/Mansi ThapliyalOctober 1, 201314010Sep

A model presents a creation from the Vera Wang Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York, September 10, 2013.REUTERS/Keith BedfordOctober 1, 2013141

People check out several versions of the new iPhone 5C after Apple Inc's media event in Cupertino, California September 10, 2013.REUTERS/Stephen Lam


Belgium's Queen Mathilde (R) and King Philippe (C) touch a statue called 'Maca' during their Joyous Entry, a local name used for the royal entry, in the province of Walloon Brabant in Wavre September 10, 2013. A formal first visit to a city by an inheritor of the throne of Belgium upon his accession is referred to as a Joyous Entry.REUTERS/Yves Herman


A girl plants some of the 3000 flags placed in memory of the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks, at a park in Winnetka, Illinois, September 10, 2013.REUTERS/Jim YoungOctober 1, 201314410Sep

Palestinian tunnel workers smoke cigarettes as they rest inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip September 10, 2013. Egyptian security forces have stepped up a crackdown campaign on smuggling tunnels on the border between Egypt and Gaza Strip since last July, Hamas officials said.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaOctober 1, 201314510Sep

An Audi A8 is reflected in the ceiling during a media preview day at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) September 10, 2013. The world's biggest auto show is open to the public September 14 -22.REUTERS/Pawel KopczynskiOctober 1, 201314610Sep

The Tribute in Light is illuminated next to the Statue of Liberty (C) and One World Trade Center (L) during events marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, September 10, 2013.REUTERS/Gary HershornOctober 1, 201314710Sep

Houses are seen on the rooftop of a factory building in Dongguan, Guangdong province, September 10, 2013. The houses were completed two years ago. According to local media, the government said the size of the houses was not in line with the original design submitted, thus the construction should be deemed illegal.REUTERS/China DailyOctober 1, 201314810Sep

A rabbit hops to avoid a five-month-old leopard cub during a test of cubs' wild natural instincts at a wildlife park in Qingdao, Shandong province, September 10, 2013. The test is part of the park's body examination procedure on recent born tigers, lions and leopards, according to local media.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 201314910Sep

October 1, 201315011SepSoyuz TMA-08m with cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov of Russia Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Alexander's engineer Misurkin (Russia) and engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA (USA) landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (L), and Russian cosmonauts Commander Pavel Vinogradov (C) and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-08M capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, in this handout photo dated September 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station.REUTERS/NASA/Bill Ingalls/HandoutOctober 1, 201315111Sep

October 1, 201315211SepLithuanian fans support the team in the match to win the right to attend the World Cup group G between Lithuania and Liechtenstein in Marijampole, Lithuania.

In this image made in camera with the multiple exposure function, models present creations from the J. Mendel Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Eric ThayerOctober 1, 201315311Sep

President Barack Obama (L) honors the 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States with his staff as they bow their head during a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 11, 2013. Joining the president are first lady, Michelle Obama, (2nd L), Vice President Joseph Biden, (2nd R), and his wife, Jill Biden (R).REUTERS/Larry DowningOctober 1, 201315411Sep

A weapon concealed in a bag of rice carried by a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebel lies on a road after the rebel was captured at a military checkpoint in downtown Zamboanga September 11, 2013. Rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state put a dozen civilians tied together by rope on display as a human shield on Wednesday as a standoff with security forces in the southern Philippine city entered its third day.REUTERS/Erik De CastroOctober 1, 201315511Sep

Free Syrian Army fighters climb a flight of stairs to take positions near Hanano Barracks, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Muzaffar SalmanOctober 1, 201315611Sep

A flood-affected woman ties a fishing net to fish in a flooded paddy field at Sildubi village in Morigaon district of the northeastern Indian state of Assam September 11, 2013. At least 500 villages have been affected in Assam state due to the flooding of the Brahmaputra river and its other tributories, local news reports said.REUTERS/Utpal BaruahOctober 1, 201315711Sep

Protesters grab the shield of a police officer on the ground during a protest against President Enrique Pena Nieto's education reform in Mexico City September 11, 2013. Pena Nieto signed into law on Tuesday a government bill to overhaul an education system that badly lags global peers, despite teacher protests seeking to derail it. Thousands of teachers have marched in the capital in recent days to protest against the education reform.REUTERS/Oswaldo RamirezOctober 1, 201315811Sep

October 1, 201315911SepMonument lighting the sky in New York City on the occasion of 12 years anniversary of the terrorist attacks September 11, 2001.

October 1, 201316011SepTempe Beach Park in the city of Tempe, Arizona, U.S., nearly 3,000 flags have plugged the names of those killed to celebrate 12 years of terrorist attacks on 9/11.

A Free Syrian Army fighter sleeps inside a house in Aleppo's Qastal al-Harami neighborhood September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Nour KelzeOctober 1, 201316111Sep

Carrie Bergonia looks over the name of her fiance, firefighter Joseph Ogren, during ceremonies at the 9/11 Memorial marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York September 11, 2013REUTERS/Chris Pedota/PoolOctober 1, 201316211Sep

Models present creations from the Betsey Johnson Spring/Summer 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week September 11, Lott2013.REUTERS/Joshua October 1, 201316311Sep

Britain's Prince Harry (L) and Prince William (R) take part in a trade on the trading floor of BGC Partners in London September 11, 2013. The company, formerly part of Cantor Fitzgerald, holds a Charity Day each year to commemorate the 658 employees who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.REUTERS/Chris Jackson/poolOctober 1, 201316411Sep

Indian actress Parineeti Chopra hugs fans as she arrives for a screening of her film "A Random Desi Romance" at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Mark Blinch


People stand near a Libyan Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi after an explosion in Benghazi September 11, 2013. The explosion damaged the Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi, local officials said on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. consulate in the country's second largest city. Officials said the car bomb exploded at dawn, badly damaging the ministry office and several other buildings in the center of Benghazi, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-FetoriOctober 1, 201316611Sep

October 1, 201316711SepLibyans gathered outside the Foreign Ministry building was a large explosion demolition in the eastern city of Benghazi.

An aerial view of Cairo's traffic and houses is pictured through the window of an airplane September 11, 2013. Egypt's population has reached 85 million with the Cairo governorate coming in with the highest number at 8.9 million people, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshOctober 1, 201316811Sep

A member of the European Parliament attends a debate on the state of union, in Strasbourg, September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Vincent KesslerOctober 1, 201316911Sep

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels lie on the ground after they were captured at a military checkpoint in downtown Zamboanga September 11, 2013. Rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state put a dozen civilians tied together by rope on display as a human shield on Wednesday as a standoff with security forces in the southern Philippine city entered its third day.REUTERS/Erik De CastroOctober 1, 201317011Sep

A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he takes a position inside a room near Hanano Barracks, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo September 11, 2013.REUTERS/Muzaffar SalmanOctober 1, 201317111Sep

A rider performs during a show dedicated to the first Asian Kokpar championship in Astana September 11, 2013. Kokpar, also known as Buzkashi, is a traditional central Asian sport played between two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded goat into a scoring circle.REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovOctober 1, 201317211Sep

October 1, 201317311SepA swimming across a floating sculpture in Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, England, on September 11, 2013.

October 1, 2013174Toy soldiers in an art installation in front of the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile.11Sep

October 1, 201317511SepIndian engineers working with the Mars orbiter satellite centers in Space Research Organization in Bangalore, India. Worth more than 71 million dollars, Mars orbiter ambitious India is expected to be launched during the period between October 21 10 and November 19, 2013 from Sriharikota in southern India.

October 1, 201317611SepNew iPhone 5C Phone colors in juxtaposition with the launch of Apple in Beijing, China.

October 1, 201317712SepVillagers by boat to the port of Zamboanga after leaving their homes to flee the fighting between the government troops and the National Liberation Front Moro in downtown Zamboanga city, southern Philippines.sep12

October 1, 201317812SepPolice officers found the missing in a river in Namie, near the Fukushima nuclear plant, two and a half years after the earthquake and horrific tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people in northern Japan.

A man rides a motorcycle carrying his children along the top of a dam which is flooded by an overflowing river near Junyue township of Pengzhou, Sichuan province September 12, 2013. Residents have been crossing the river along the top of the dam to save on travel time, after fresh floods crushed a bridge near the dam in July, local media reported.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 201317912Sep

October 1, 201318012SepA Jewish according to Orthodox Super shakes the chicken on the top according to the ritual of Kaparot near Tel Aviv, Israel. Jewish ultra Orthodox believe this ritual transferred the guilt of a person in the last year on the chicken. The ceremony was performed before the Great feast of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, begins at sundown on Friday.Sep 12




A Royal Mail post box is set into the wall around the churchyard in the village of Sydenham, September 12, 2013. Britain embarked on its largest privatisation in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock market flotation would take place in coming weeks, giving the public a chance to buy into the postal network. Ten percent of the shares will be given to Royal Mail staff.REUTERS/Eddie KeoghOctober 1, 201318412Sep

October 1, 201318512SepThe Afghan people enslave tingle Kabul Stadium to watch the national soccer team, hitting India. The result of Afghanistan's South Asian Championship victory.

Afghan football fans celebrate winning the South Asian Football Federation championship after their team defeated India during the final match, in the streets of Kabul September 12, 2013. President Hamid Karzai embraced Afghanistan's victorious football team on Thursday, hours after they united the nation in a rare moment of shared joy, but officials also told jubilant Afghans to stop firing guns into the air in celebration. The national men's team beat India 2-0 to win the championship in Kathmandu late on Tuesday, Afghanistan's first international football title, sending tens of thousands of joyous Afghans into the streets.REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOctober 1, 201318612Sep

New Jersey firefighters spray water at a burning building as they work to control a massive fire in Seaside Park in New Jersey September 12, 2013. The fire engulfed several blocks of boardwalk and businesses on Thursday in Seaside Park, a shore town that was still rebuilding from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.REUTERS/Eduardo MunozOctober 1, 201318712Sep

France's President Francois Hollande (2ndL) holds an humanoid robot "Nao" from Aldebaran Robotics company as he visits an exhibition on French industrial design and technology at the Elysee Palace in Paris, September 12, 2013. At 2ndR, French Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg.REUTERS/Charles PlatiauOctober 1, 201318812Sep

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets explanations from BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer as she sits inside the new BMW i3 electric car during the official opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt September 12, 2013. The world's biggest auto show is open to the public September 14 -22.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachOctober 1, 201318912Sep

A home and car are stranded after a flash flood in Coal Creek destroyed the bridge near Golden, Colorado September 12, 2013. Flooding in Colorado left two people dead, prompted hundreds to be evacuated, caused building collapses and stranded cars, officials said.REUTERS/Rick WilkingOctober 1, 201319012Sep

A dead fish washed ashore is seen in Keehi Lagoon after a massive molasses spill from a Matson cargo ship in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 12 ,2013. Health officials warned swimmers, surfers and snorkelers in Hawaii to stay out of the waters near Honolulu after the leak of 1,400 tons of molasses killed hundreds of fish, potentially attracting sharks.REUTERS/Hugh GentryOctober 1, 201319112Sep

Indian policemen take shelter along a roadside during a heavy rain shower after a protest by the supporters of Awami Ittihad Party (AIP), a pro-India party, in Srinagar September 12, 2013. Dozens of AIP supporters on Thursday protested against the recent killings in south Kashmir allegedly by Indian security forces, supporters said.REUTERS/Danish IsmailOctober 1, 201319212Sep

An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter August 26, 2013.REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiOctober 1, 201319312Sep

Free Syrian Army fighters run to take cover in a village in Aleppo's countryside September 12, 2013.REUTERS/Hamid KhatibOctober 1, 201319412Sep

Government soldiers fire their weapons towards positions held by Muslim rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) during a firefight in Zamboanga city, in southern Philippines, September 12, 2013. Fighting between security forces and the rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state escalated in Zamboanga city on Thursday and spread to a second island, officials said. U.S.-trained commandos exchanged gunfire with a breakaway faction of the MNLF holding dozens of hostages in Zamboanga City, on the southernmost island of Mindanao, army spokesman Domingo Tutaan said.REUTERS/Erik De CastroOctober 1, 201319512Sep

October 1, 201319612SepPeople hustle put out the fire while government troops continued to advance Muslim rebels in Zamboanga city, the southern Philippines.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a point next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) as they speak to the media before their meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria, in Geneva September 12, 2013. Syria applied on Thursday to sign up to the global ban on chemical weapons, a major first step in a Russian-backed plan that would see it abandon its arsenal of poison gas to avert U.S. military strikes.REUTERS/Larry DowningOctober 1, 201319712Sep

October 1, 201319812SepHer hands Jyoti Amge, aged 19, in the city of Nagpur, India. With a height of just over half a metre, Amge is currently holds the Guinness World's lowest woman alive.

October 1, 201319912SepThe two Koreans eating live Octopus in an event promoting a food festival in Seoul.sep 12.2013

October 1, 201320013SepThe master won the giant vegetable, taking photos in the first period of autumn flower show in Harrogate, Northern England.

Peter Glazebrook of Newark poses with his first prize giant onion during the first day at the Autumn flower show in Harrogate,northern England, September 13, 2013. The annual three day event features show gardens, flower displays, giant vegetables, expert gardening and cooking advice and demonstrationsREUTERS/Nigel RoddisOctober 1, 201320113Sep

October 1, 201320213SepMerchants set off inside a shop selling his weasel fur in the fur market, Coincide, Zhejiang Province, China.

A worker is covered by pieces of fur as he trims raccoon dog fur outside a store at a fur market in Chongfu township, Zhejiang province September 13, 2013. The 100-square-meter Chongfu township, which houses over 100,000 residents in Eastern China's Zhejiang province, is known as the biggest fur designing, researching, producing and exporting center in China. The township is the home of 1,469 fur companies, according to its government website.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 201320313Sep

Free Syrian Army fighters play football in the Aleppo district of Salaheddine September 13, 2013.REUTERS/Muzaffar SalmanOctober 1, 201320413Sep

October 1, 201320513SepPalestinian children playing in a car damaged in the ragged refugees Sarooj district, Gaza City.




October 1, 201320913SepImage of the garment workers hanging in Korail slum in Gulshan area in Dhaka, September 13, 2013. The photographs in honor of Bengali women who labor hard and support for the struggle for social and economic justice.

October 1, 201321013SepCanadian fans to cheer in the semifinals of tennis Davis Cup Tournament between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Vasek Pospisil of Canada in Belgrade, Serbia.

October 1, 201321113SepAntares rocket is ejected in NASA's space base in wallops island Island, Va., to prepare Cygnus spacecraft launch. Antares rocket will ship Cygnus scheduled on September 17 to deliver cargo to resupply the International Space Station.

October 1, 201321213SepWorkers threshing Sukakarya village, Bekasi, West Java province of Indonesia.

October 1, 201321313SepArtists Save Dough (third row, right) and others red paint all over people like colored seat in a work named "the Red Theatre" in Beijing, China.

Boulder County workers look at a destroyed house in Jamestown, Colorado, after a flash flood destroyed much of the town, September 14, 2013. Colorado farming communities along the South Platte River were ordered to evacuate ahead of a predicted surge in the flooding, which may have claimed a fifth life and has left many still unaccounted for, authorities said on Saturday.REUTERS/Rick WilkingOctober 1, 201321414Sep

October 1, 201321514SepDancers perform on the steps of a work of art titled "endless staircase" during boot Design Festival London, England.

Pakistani religious students attend a lesson at Darul Uloom Haqqania, an Islamic seminary and alma mater of several Taliban leaders, in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province September 14, 2013. The seminary, founded in 1947, is now one of biggest and most respected Islamic institutions in South Asia. It propagates a hard-line curriculum based on the radical Deobandi strain of Sunni Islam.REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra


October 1, 201321714SepA fighter belonging to the Syrian army Ethics freedom fighting with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria.

October 1, 201321814SepVictoria Park, Hong Kong. Sep14, 2013

October 1, 201321914SepRally on freedom Bridge in Budapest, Hungary; Sep14

October 1, 201322014SepGeneva, Switzerland. Sep14

October 1, 201322114SepAn Afghan boy who lifted a crooked bent piece of metal thrown from a car bomb explosion at a place in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Sep14

October 1, 201322214SepYantai in Shandong, China. Sep14

Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the Bay of Bengal for its immersion during the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 15, 2013. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing and later immersed in a river or the sea symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind.REUTERS/BabuOctober 1, 201322315Sep

A member of the 'Ansar Dimachk' Brigade, part of the 'Asood Allah' Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at one of the battlefronts in Jobar, Damascus September 15, 2013.REUTERS/ Mohamed AbdullahOctober 1, 201322415Sep

A NATO supply convoy burns after it was attacked in Hub, about 25 km (16 miles) from Karachi, September 15, 2013. More than a dozen oil tankers and containers carrying NATO supplies caught fire after the convoy was attacked by rockets, police said, according to Pakistan's newspaper The News.REUTERS/StringerOctober 1, 201322515Sep

Police officers use water cannons during clashes with protesters near the Royal Palace in central Phnom Penh September 15, 2013. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) are protesting to continue with their demand for an independent probe into the July elections which they say were rigged to prolong the rule of the prime minister.REUTERS/Samrang PringOctober 1, 201322615Sep

Fans cheer from the shore after Emirates Team New Zealand (C) raced against Oracle Team USA in Race 10 of the 34th America's Cup yacht sailing race in San Francisco, California September 15, 2013. Team New Zealand defeated Team USA and now leads the series 7-1. Picture taken with a fisheye lens.REUTERS/Stephen Lam


The spire of Saint Wojciech church collapses as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the church in Bialystok, eastern Poland, September 15, 2013.REUTERS/Agieszka Sadowska/Agencja GazetaOctober 1, 201322815Sep

Mount Sinabung spews ash and hot lava as it erupts near a mosque in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province September 15, 2013. Around 1,000 people from six villages have been evacuated from their homes to a safety area after the volcano erupted and no casualties are reported, local media said on Sunday.REUTERS/YT HaryonoOctober 1, 201322915Sep

Miss America contestant, Miss New York Nina Davuluri (L) reacts with 2013 Miss America Mallory Hagan after being chosen winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 15, 2013.REUTERS/Lucas Jackson


Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over Canada's Milos Raonic after their Davis Cup semi-final tennis match in Belgrade September 15, 2013.REUTERS/Marko Djurica


A man looks at smoke rising into the sky from what activists said was Free Syrian Army fighters destroying a tank that belonged to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Qaboun area, eastern Ghouta, September 15, 2013.REUTERS/Bassam KhabiehOctober 1, 201323215Sep

People watch a fireworks display by team USA over the sky during the Putrajaya International Fireworks Competition outside Kuala Lumpur September 15, 2013.REUTERS/Bazuki MuhammadOctober 1, 201323315Sep

Water lanterns float as the Supertrees of the Gardens by the Bay are reflected in the water during festivities ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Singapore September 15, 2013. The Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese harvest festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar during a full moon, which falls on September 19 this year.REUTERS/Edgar SuOctober 1, 201323415SepTHE ENDImages of SEPTEMBER 2013week 1- 2Sources: reuters.com , boston.com , pps: chieuquetoi,bachkien,vinhbinh

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