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The Week in Pictures: September 19, 2015

From the wrath of Chile's quake and tsunami to California’s epic wildfires, the most compelling images from the past seven days.

Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

By The Daily BeastSep 19, 2015

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-01_v3golw — Middletown, California
September 14, 2015

A firefighter is seen through destroyed cars as he searches for victims in the rubble of a home burned by the Valley Fire. The Northern California wildfire ranked as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken West this year has killed one woman and burned more than 400 homes to the ground, fire officials said.
David Ryder / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-02_wsgol4 — Krasnoyarsk, Russia
September 13, 2015

A member of the Exit Point amateur rope-jumping group jumps from a 144-foot waterpipe bridge in the Siberian Taiga area. Rope-jumping, an extreme sport, involves jumping from a high point using an advanced leverage system combining mountaineering and rope safety equipment.
Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-03_we8dsk — Istanbul
September 15, 2015

Migrants lie in protest, paying tribute to Aylan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian child whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey, as they are stopped by security forces at a bus station. Turkish security forces stopped hundreds of people, mainly Syrians, from travelling toward western Turkey's border with Greece in a bid to reach Europe, potentially opening up a new front in the escalating migrant crisis.

Yagiz Karahan / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-04_ljol0q — Carver, Massachusetts
September 14, 2015

Nick Johnson gathers cranberries in a bog at Gilmore Cranberry Co. at the beginning of the harvesting season. According to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, 200 million pounds of cranberries are grown annually in the Bay State.

Brian Snyder / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-05_x427ga — New York City
September 16, 2015

A model has her hair done before The Blonds Spring/Summer 2016 collection during New York Fashion Week.
Carlo Allegri / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-06_baprtp — Coquimbo, Chile
September 17, 2015

Ships are seen on the street after an earthquake hit areas of central Chile. Residents sifted through rubble Thursday and saved what they could from homes destroyed by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake that killed 11 people, forced 1 million from their homes, and sent giant waves crashing into coastal areas.
Ivan Alvarado / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-07_stzt87 — Jalalabad, Afghanistan
September 16, 2015

Afghan girls study at an open area, founded by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee.
Parwiz Parwiz / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-08_lv8vtv — Simi Valley, California
September 16, 2015

Donald Trump (L) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talk simultaneously during the second official GOP debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-09_ch2ex2 — Jerusalem
September, 13, 2015

An Israeli policewoman prevents a Palestinian woman from entering the compound that houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque, known by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. Israeli police raided the plaza Sunday in what they said was a bid to head off Palestinian attempts to disrupt visits by Jews and foreign tourists on the eve of the Jewish New Year.
Ammar Awad / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-10_xdpdzu — Mecca, Saudi Arabia
September 17, 2015

Members of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual hajj pilgrimage in the holy city.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters

galleries/2015/09/19/the-week-in-pictures-september-19-2015/150918-wip-11_u3f1on — Frankfurt, Germany
September 15, 2015

BMW CEO Harald Krueger collapses at a presentation during the media day at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

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