High waves generated by Typhoon Sanba beat upon a coast in Yeosu, about 460 km south of Seoul, South Korea. Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate and hundreds of travel services were cancelled as Sanba made landfall. (Reuters/Office of Yeosu City)
A Occupy Wall Street activist marches with demonstrators through the financial district in New York City during the one-year anniversary of the movement. (Reuters)
A Libyan woman, Salwa Bugaighis, carries a wreath with a photo of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens on it as she and others gather to pay their respect to the victims of the Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP)
A man takes a photograph of a large banner adorning the front of Beijing’s Silk Street Market declaring that the famous knock-off designer ware store refuses ‘to sell Japanese goods’ due to issues over the disputed East China Sea islands. Some Japanese firms have temporarily shut factories and shops in China after angry protests over the territorial dispute. (Reuters)
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. (Reuters)
Muslim protesters clash with police in front of the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Teargas and water cannons were used by police to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (Reuters)
Public transport workers raise their hands as they march protesting during a partial national rail strike in Barcelona, Spain. Hundreds of train services were canceled as rail and subway workers protest wage cuts and reforms. (AP)
A woman looks out from the stand of Carl Zeiss on the press day of the world’s largest fair for imaging in Cologne, Germany. More than 1,200 exhibitors from 45 countries will show their latest products at the Photokina 2012 from September 18-23. (Reuters)
An aerial view at dusk shows the illuminated Marina Bay Street Circuit ahead of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. The F1 night race will take place from September 21-23. (Reuters)
Work by French artist JR is seen displayed on the roof of a pedestrian bridge in Hong Kong. The French street ‘photograffeur’ is in Hong Kong for his first solo exhibition to open on September 18, 2012. (AFP)
