New York City
September 7, 2015
Women dance in costume during the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. The annual parade celebrates Caribbean culture and history.
Gaza Strip
September 8, 2015
Palestinian workers in a sandstorm remove the debris of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during last summer’s 50-day war. The heavy sandstorm swept across the Middle East, killing two people and hospitalizing hundreds in Lebanon and disrupting fighting and airstrikes in neighboring Syria. Clouds of dust also engulfed Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus, where aircraft were diverted as visibility fell to 500 meters.
New York City
September 8, 2015
Serena Williams is seen through her racquet as she celebrates her victory over her sister and compatriot Venus Williams during their quarterfinals match at the U.S. Open.
New York City
September 10, 2015
A model presents a creation from the BCBGMaxAzria Spring/Summer 2016 collection during New York Fashion Week.
Gucheng, China
September 8, 2015
Students cast shadows as they play basketball at a playground at Dalu primary school in Anhui province. The school, which opened in 2006 and never acquired a legal license, may face a shutdown order from the government. There are more than 160 students in the school, mostly “leftover children,” whose parents left their hometown to earn a living, local media reported.
Tianjin, China
September 9, 2015
Spectators use cellphones to take pictures and videos as Z-19 helicopters from the People’s Liberation Army perform during an aerobatic display at the China Helicopter Exposition.
Osaki, Japan
September 11, 2015
An aerial view shows houses and rice fields flooded by the Shibui River, caused by Typhoon Etau in Miyagi prefecture. Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 25 people missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee. Helicopters crisscrossed skies over the largely rural city, some 220 miles north of Tokyo, where rescuers in rubber boats ferried people to safety.
Brussels
September 7, 2015
Policemen are hit by eggs as farmers from all over Europe protest outside a farm ministers’ emergency meeting at EU Council headquarters. Thousands of farmers gathered to call for more help with low prices and high costs.
Jersey City, New Jersey
September 11, 2015
People read the victims’ names of the 9/11 Empty Sky memorial at sunrise across from Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center, in Liberty State Park. Relatives of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks gathered in New York, Pennsylvania, and outside Washington to mark the 14th anniversary of the hijacked airliner strikes carried out by al Qaeda militants.
Palembang, Indonesia
September 10, 2015
Students stand on the roof of a wooden boat as haze blankets the Musi River while they travel to school on Sumatra island. Indonesia is investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket of smog over Southeast Asia, threatening them with sanctions if they are found responsible. The thick haze from Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands has forced the repeated cancellation of flights in the area and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.
Pulo Geronggang, Indonesia
September 11, 2015
Workers bring water pipes to extinguish fires as they walk through a burnt palm-oil plantation in Ogan Komering Ilir. Indonesia said it will send more than 10,000 troops to fight fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke makes thousands sick, delays flights, and pushes air quality to unhealthy levels around Southeast Asia.
Baza, Spain
September 6, 2015
Revellers covered in grease take part in the annual Cascamorras festival, which was inspired by a dispute between the town and nearby Guadix over the possession of an icon of the Virgin of Piedad. The Cascamorras refers to representatives from Guadix, who were sent to Baza to recover the statue. As the Cascamorras had to stay perfectly clean to gain possession of the statue, Baza residents attempt to make them as “dirty” as possible.
