A Palestinian protester walks away from a water canon used by Israeli troops to disperse protesters during a weekly demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. (AP)

Three bolts of lightning strike over the Washington, D.C. skyline, September 1, 2012. (Brian M.K. Allen/USA/VOA reader)

A teacher stands amid rows of newly admitted students wearing traditional ethnic Han Chinese costumes as they attend a celebration ceremony for the 2563rd anniversary of Confucius’ birthday at a school playground in Jinjiang, Fujian province. (Reuters)

A car drives through a flooded area after heavy rainfalls in Bobadilla, near Malaga, southern of Spain. (AFP)

A soldier carries marijuana plants to be destroyed after a large pot plantation was seized in Hostotipaquillo, Mexico, September 27, 2012. (AP)

Nepalese gather around the burning wreckage at the crash site of a Sita Air airplane near Katmandu. A plane carrying trekkers to the Everest region crashed and burned just after takeoff in the capital, killing the 19 people on board, authorities said. (AP)

A fisherman throws a fishing net into the Kathajodi River, riding on a country boat on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. (AP)

Workers stand on one of the spheres of Brussels’ Atomium during a site cleaning, Belgium. The 102-meter (335 feet) tall structure and its nine spheres symbolize a crystal molecule of metal with its atoms being magnified about 165 billion times. (Reuters)

Blake Aldridge of Great Britain diving from the 27.5 meter platform during the seventh and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Wadi Shab in Oman. (AFP/Dean Treml/HO/Red Bull)

A member of the media takes snapshots of the Citroen multicity project Tubik, on the eve of the opening of the Paris Auto Show in France. (AP)

A model displays a body art creation during the International contest of hairdressers, nail and body art designers in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Reuters)