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Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
The mascot of the 2014 World Cup is a yet to-be-named Brazilian endangered armadillo. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
The Soyuz TMA-04M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin lands near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, on September 17, 2012. A woman took today command of the ISS for only the second time as three US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe. AFP PHOTO / POOL/ SHAMIL ZHUMATOV
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
This handout picture released by Yeosu City and taken on September 17, 2012 shows waves generated by Typhoon Sanba slamming into the coast in Yeosu, about 460 km (286 miles) south of Seoul. Typhoon Sanba, packing winds of 137 kilometres (85 miles) per hour, slammed into South Korea on September 17, bringing torrential rains across the country and shutting down flights and ferry services. AFP PHOTO / YEOSU CITY
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A dancer from the Australian Ballet performs a new traditional production of "Swan Lake" by choreographer Stephen Baynes in Melbourne on September 17, 2012. The new production of Swan Lake, which was the first ever ballet performed by the Australian Ballet in 1962, will have its world premiere production on September 18 before heading to Sydney on November 30 as the company celebrate's its 50th birthday. AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE PANKERT
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Mei Xiang, a Giant Panda is seen in the Giant Panda Habitat and Asia Trail 11 October, 2006 at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Mei Xiang, a Giant Panda lent to the United States by China and living at the National Zoo in the US capital, has given birth to a cub, zoo officials said Monday. The birth occurred at about 10:46 pm local time Sunday (0246 GMT Monday), according to the zoo's chief veterinarian, Suzan Murray. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A resident cleans her window sill, as the wall of her house is splattered with dirt, after the controlled explosion of a WWII bomb in Viersen, Germany, 18 September 2012. The explosion caused severe damage of the surrounding buildings rendering two houses uninhabitable. Around 8,000 people had to evacuate. EPA/MARIUS BECKER
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Britain's Prince William drinks a coconut from a tree planted by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her 1982 tour, following his arrival with wife Catherine in Funafuti in Tuvalu on September 18, 2012. Nearly half the population of 10,500 turned out to greet the future king and his wife, a day after their lawyers lodged a criminal complaint in Paris against a French magazine that published photos of Catherine sunbathing topless. AFP PHOTO / TONY PRCEVICH
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
This combination of pictures shows outfits worn by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, during her recent nine-day Southeast Asian and Pacific tour marking Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. AFP PHOTO
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Red river hog mother Dagamba stands next to her baby Tonka on September 18, 2012 at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. Tonka was born on September 1, 2012 at the zoo. In the wild, the pigs live in Africa, preferring areas close to rivers or swamps. AFP PHOTO / OLE SPATA
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Rebels tore down a Syrian flag at a border gate on the Turkish frontier today as they battled to seize control of the crossing, and schools on the Turkish side shut down as bullets flew into the northern neighbour's soil. AA Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Nepalese Hindu women dance at the Pashupatinath temple during Teej festival celebrations in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A Bornean river turtle (Orlitia borneensis) is in the focus of photographers as it is presented to the media on September 18, 2012 at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. The animal hatched from one of nine eggs laid in April 2012. The eggs were put in an incubator, and between mid-August and the beginning of September, baby turtles hatched from all eggs. Eight of the animals survived the first critical days. According to the zoo, it is the first breed of this turtle species in Germany. AFP PHOTO / ARNO BURGI GERMANY OUT
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
The crew of the Greenpeace ship My Arctic Sunrise construct a heart with the flags of the 193 country members of the United Nations on an ice floe north of the Arctic Circle.The 'heart' of flags is suspended by wires a few centimetres from the ice surface and symbolises an emotional appeal for united global action to protect the Arctic'. Greenpeace International is hosting an event in New York on the eve of the UN General Assembly which will present the latest science on changes in the Polar regions and then discuss an appropriate response from the international community. AFP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
African Penguins wait for food in a recovery pen at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town, South Africa 19 September 2012. EPA Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A model wears a creation part of the Mila Schon Women's Spring-Summer 2013 fashion collection, during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A man takes a photograph of portraits of former US president George W. Bush and current US president Barack Obama, during the exhibition Faces of Power, by Greek photo artist Platon Antoniou, shown at the Photokina 2012, in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
TOPSHOTS Real Madrid's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho (L) celebrates after Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League Group D football match Real Madrid vs Mancherter City at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
An Indian Hindu devotee performs prayers over a cobra during a Nag-Panchami ritual at a Shiva Temple in Jammu on September 20, 2012. The Hindu festival of Nag-Panchami is observed during the monsoon season and devotees give prayers and tributes to snakes. AFP PHOTO/ STR
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Canadian singer Leonard Cohen performs during his concert in Istanbul, DHA Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Amur tiger twin cubs (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Siberian tiger, sit side by side during a press presentation in the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, central Germany Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The two Amur tiger babies were born on July 20, 2012. The still nameless tigers have achieved a weight of about 9 kilogram in the meantime. The Amur tiger is the largest living felid. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A sparrow eats a breadcrumb from the hand of a holidaymaker on Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2012. EPA/KAY NIETFELD
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Bodybuilders strike a pose during a bodybuilding competition in Srinagar September 20, 2012. A total of 70 participants are competing in different bodybuilding categories, organisers said. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Professional cyclist Kathryn Bertine of Saint Kitts and Nevis, right, poses with cycling fan and bicycle constructor Didi Senft of Germany on the course of the road race of the Road World Championship Cycling near Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Thursday Sept. 20, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
People pass by a graffity outside Athens' Academy on September 20, 2012. Greece was fighting hard on September 20, 2012 against IMF pressure for new pay cuts, in critical talks on further rescue funding, a finance ministry source said. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A hobby (a type of small falcon) has struck a window in Iğdır. It was injured but is now receiving treatment at Kafkas University Nature and Bird Protection Rehabilitation Center, and will be released when it has recuperated.
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
A girl is photographed as she attends an anti-U.S. demonstration with religious students in the compound of the Red Mosque in Islamabad September 22, 2012. About 200 religious students from the Jamia Hafsa seminary gathered at the Red Mosque to protest against an anti-Islam film made in the U.S. mocking the Prophet Mohammad. The girl's headband reads, "the Prophet above is calling us". REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
TOPSHOTS Visitors wearing traditional Bavarian clothes get the first beers in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 22, 2012. The world's biggest beer festival Oktoberfest will run until October 7, 2012. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
TOPSHOTS Cyclists compete during the Women's Elite Road race World Championships on September 22, 2011 in Valkenburg. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won ahead of Rachel Neylan of Australia and Italy's Giorgia Bronzini. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Kobi Farhi, (2L), lead singer of the Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land holds a flag of Turkey as he performs during a music festival in Ankara, on September 22, 2012. Farhi has applied to acquire Turkisk citizenship. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Libyans climb up electricity towers to watch the march against Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. aP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies near parasailers in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23
Topless activists of the Ukrainian women movement Femen protest against anti women's politic near the official Femen Centre opening today in Paris, on September 18, 2012 in Paris. AFP PHOTO KENZO TRIBOUILLARD
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