A woman places her hand on one of the panels containing the names of victims of the attacks, on the first day that the 9/11 Memorial was opened to the public at the World Trade Center site in New York. (Reuters)

A local man sits at a traditional tea house on a back alley during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in Shanghai, China. (AP)

A man stands on a harbor wall as waves crash around him during gale force winds in Portstewart , Northern Ireland.  (Reuters)

Somali men, who were fleeing Somalia and were captured by anti-Gaddafi fighters in Kofra City, sit at the headquarters of the Libyan Red Crescent in Benghazi. The men are staying at the headquarters as they seek asylum in Libya. (Reuters)

A vendor sells flowers at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Newlyweds Nadia Zubi and Ameen Imseeh, react during a portrait session between the pillars of the Citadel in Amman, Jordan. The site, which towers over central Amman, includes some of the earliest fortifications known to man. (AP)

A hippopotamus sits in water at Tripoli's zoo.  Animals in the zoo, which was considered one the best in Africa, have suffered as the situation worsened in the Libya conflict. The manager of the zoo is appealing for international help. (AFP)

A woman sits back to enjoy the view near a giant dragon-shaped lantern set up to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, China. (AP)

A protester during a demonstration in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Protesters urged the Philippine government to support the creation of a U.N. body to investigate human rights abuses in Burma. (Reuters)

Steeve Guenot of France (top) fights against T. Valimaki of Finland during the elimination match of the Freestyle World Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP)

A worker walks on the roof of the construction site of Poland's National Stadium, built for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, in Warsaw.  (Reuters)