September 24, 2014
A Kurdish Syrian refugee waits for transport during a sand storm on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province. The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was making contingency plans in case all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani fled into Turkey to escape advancing ISIS militants.
September 20, 2014
A Shiite fighter from Saraya al-Salam is pictured during clashes with ISIS militants.
September 25, 2014
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (R) embraces President Barack Obama (L) after the president announced Holder’s resignation in the White House State Dining Room.
September 23, 2014
Miganur Rahman, a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant, performs the nighttime Islamic Isha prayer while commuting through the Times Square subway station in Midtown Manhattan.
September 24, 2014
Shiite Houthi rebels swim at the house of the business tycoon and Islah party leader Hameed al-Hamar after they took control of it. The leader of a Shiite rebel group on Tuesday hailed the takeover by his fighters of much of the Yemeni capital after four days of fighting last week as a “successful revolution” for all citizens.
September 22, 2014
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands guard as his colleagues train before deploying to fight ISIS, at a temporary military camp near the front line in northern Iraq.
September 19, 2014
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.
September 25, 2014
A woman is seen in silhouette walking through Grand Central Station. Iraq has received “credible” intelligence that ISIS militants plan to launch attacks on subway systems in Paris and the United States, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. Abadi said the information, which he received Thursday morning, came from militants captured in Iraq. He said he had asked for further details and concluded it appeared credible. Two senior U.S. security officials, contacted by Reuters following the comments from Abadi, said the United States had no information to support the threat.
September 22, 2014
A dancer poses for a photograph as part of the “Dance as Art” photo project in Times Square. The project is a celebration of dancers and their place in the New York experience.
September 24, 2014
A person wearing a Batman mask speaks prior to a Los Angeles City Council vote at City Hall to increase minimum wage. The council tentatively approved a $15.37 an hour minimum wage for workers at hotels with more than 150 rooms in a 12-3 vote. The issue will come back for a final vote October 1.
September 22, 2014
An employee holds an Hermès diamond and Himalayan Nilo Crocodile Birkin handbag at Heritage Auctions offices. The handbag has 242 diamonds with a total of 9.84 carats.
September 23, 2014
A deer is seen bugling in the morning mist in Richmond Park. Tuesday marked the autumn equinox, where day and night are of equal lengths.
September 23, 2014
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.
September 22, 2014
Esperanza Aguirre, the former Madrid regional government president and president of the Popular Party in the region, is hit by a microphone as she arrives at Plaza de Castilla Preliminary Court. Aguirre arrived to declare for a traffic incident in Gran Via street that took place last April.
