Posted September 13th, 2012 at 3:01 pm (UTC-4)
Yemeni protesters try to break through the U.S. embassy in Sana’a during a protest over a film mocking Islam. Yemeni forces managed to drive out angry protesters while police fired warning shots to disperse thousands of people as they approached the main gate of the embassy. (AFP)
A back side wall of a local mobile phone shop is covered with old cellphones in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)
The collapsed cupola of Haiti’s National Palace crashes to the ground during its demolition in Port-au-Prince, September 12, 2012. Two and a half years after a devastating earthquake ravaged Haiti, demolition began at the National Palace. (Reuters)
Stonework of the National Cathedral frames a tribute to U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong during a service in Washington. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died August 25. (Reuters)
A Nepalese artist has his face painted during a protest outside the Katmandu District administration office in Katmandu. The protesting artists alleged that their fellow artist Manish Harijan had received death threats from activists of Nepal-based World Hindu Federation after the aritist displayed combo images of Hindu deities and Western superheroes. (AP)
Forest fires on the Arjuna and Welirang mountains are seen from the Pecalukan village of the Pasuruhan district in Indonesia’s East Java province. (Reuters)
A woman uses a pair of scissors to cut the face of a man who was accused of theft in Tactic, in Alta Verapaz region, about 189km (117 miles) from Guatemala City. (Reuters)
The Mars Hand Lens Imager on NASA’s Curiosity rover, with the Martian landscape in the background (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
(L-R) Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and his wife Queen Haminah Hamidun and Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pose together for a picture during an official dinner at the royal residence, the Istana Negara, in Kuala Lumpur. (AFP)
Audience watch a model during the J. Mendel Spring/Summer 2013 show at New York Fashion Week, September 12, 2012. (Reuters)