
Villagers run past a landslide area as high winds cause rocks to continue falling after a series of earthquakes hit Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, China on September 7. (AFP)
Villagers run past a landslide area as high winds cause rocks to continue falling after a series of earthquakes hit Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, China on September 7. (AFP)
Texas Rangers’ Ian Kinsler, bottom left, beats the tag by Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas after hitting a triple during the 10th inning of a baseball game, September 6, 2012, in Kansas City, Missour. (AP)
Villagers stand in neck-deep water in a protest against the state government’s move to increase water levels of regional dams, causing flooding of their farmland, at Khandwa village of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. (AFP)
A boy looks at an art installation made of unwanted toys at the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji, known for his creations that recycle unwanted toys and waste materials, in Tokyo. More than 100,000 unwanted toys collected by social groups across Japan for the past 13 years were used in the exhibition. (Reuters)
An African penguin being washed by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds after it was found covered in oil on Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa. Around 55 penguins have been found covered in oil from a spillage by the Turkish bulk carrier the Seli One. (AP)
Firefighters work to douse a fire in Alvaiazere, central Portugal. Portugal’s Civil Protection Service says firefighters have extinguished two major forest blazes that raced across thick woodland for more than 30 hours and claimed the life of one person. (AP)
A full moon is seen behind tree branches in Skopje, Macedonia. (AFP)
A model displays a Spring/Summer design by Amaya Arzuaga during the Madrid’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain. (AP)
An Egyptian boy carries a child in Wadi El-Rayan, southwest of Fayoum, 60 miles (100 kilometers), south of Cairo. Wadi El-Rayan is a protected area famous for its waterfalls and is home to many historically significant sites including, Roman and Pharaonic ruins and a valley with fossilized whale bones. (AP)
A woman pastes a picture of disappeared activists on a photo collage, creating a portrait of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a protest in Manila, commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared.
Malaysian students wave their national flags during rehearsal for Malaysia Day celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia will celebrate its 55th National Day on August 31. (AP)
An Albanian boy uses a branch in an effort to put out a blaze raging near the city of Memaliaj. Albania has battled multiple forest fires since June after several heat waves and months of drought. (AFP)
Partially reflected in a glass shelf, journalists cover a news conference of members of Syrian opposition groups presenting the program ‘The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria’, in Berlin, Germany. (AP)