The day in photos

The day in photos

Sep 9, 2014

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Visitors stroll around illuminated decorations at the popular Victoria Park to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the festival. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A castle glows in the Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival. AP

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A teaddy bear is placed next to wreckage at the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine September 9, 2014.Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 broke apart over Ukraine due to impact from a large number of fragments, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday, in a report that Malaysia's prime minister and several experts said suggested it was shot down from the ground. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Stuffed animals rest near wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters

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Riot policemen stand guard near shoes left behind by followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement after they clashed near the cabinet building in Sanaa September 9, 2014. Yemeni troops and Shi'ite Muslim rebels shot at each other at the Western entrance to the capital Sanaa, residents and security sources said, hours after soldiers killed at least four protesters outside the cabinet building. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Riot police examine shoes left behind after a Shi’ite Houthi protest in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters

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A Ukrainian serviceman takes his position a in Debaltseve, September 9, 2014. Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the past four days, the military said on Tuesday, underscoring the strains in a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists that officials insist is still broadly holding. The ceasefire, agreed on Friday, is part of a peace plan meant to end a five-month conflict that has killed more than 3,000 people and caused the sharpest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

A soldier takes his position in Debaltseve, Ukraine. Reuters

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A visitor stands on the art installation "Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem September 9, 2014. The installation by artists Doug and Mike Starn is made of 10,000 bamboo stalks and cover an area of more than 700 sq. meters. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: SOCIETY)

A visitor stands on the art installation “Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You” at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Reuters

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A man dressed as a horror clown poses before a so-called "Monster Casting" session for the Filmpark Babelsberg theme park in Potsdam September 9, 2014. The theme park is casting people for an upcoming horror show. REUTERS/Hannibal (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man costumed as a creepy clown attends a casting call at Filmpark Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany. Reuters

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A necklace with a cross is seen hanging from a 9/11 Memorial art piece outside a firehouse near the World Trade Center site in New York, September 9, 2014. On Thursday people will mark the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in 2001. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A cross necklace hangs from a piece of art outside a firehouse near the World Trade Center. Reuters

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A human United States flag is formed by 7,000 Baltimore area school children wearing red, white, and blue rain ponchos at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland September 9, 2014. The event is part of the 200th Star Spangled Banner events celebrating the origin of the U.S. National Anthem all week in Baltimore. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Baltimore, Md., students form a human United States flag to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the national anthem. Reuters

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event announcing the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (United States - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS)

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the iWatch in Cupertino, Calif. Reuters

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U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) (L) takes note of the "I Voted" sticker worn by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to mark his participation in New York primary elections, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ELECTIONS)

Sen. Mark Warner notes Sen. Chuck Schumer’s “I Voted” sticker in Washington. AP

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Visitors to The London Eye ferris wheel view the near full moon in Whitehall on September 8, 2014 in London, England. A supermoon or harvest moon involves a full moon coinciding with it's closest approach to the Earth on it's elliptical orbit. This is the third sighting of a supermoon this year with it occuring in full tonight. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The moon rises behind the London Eye Ferris wheel. Getty

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 09: Polish tall ship Dar Mlodziezy passes through the Thames Barrier on September 9, 2014 in London, England. 50 ships have left London after the Tall Ships Festival - part of 'Totally Thames', a month long arts and cultural festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Ships sail the Thames River in London for the Tall Ships Festival. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) meets with (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama and the Congressional leaders met to discuss the Untied States' response to the Islamic State ahead of the president's remarks to the country tomorrow night. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders in Washington. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 09: Vice President Joseph Biden speaks about the Violence Against Women Act, with the framed document beside him at the National Archives September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Vice President Biden delivered remarks on the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the Violence Against Women Act in Washington. Getty

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The moon rises with an orange glow as people watch from a rock cliff at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The supermoon, known to scientists as a perigee moon, occurs when Earth's neighbor appears at its largest and brightest compared to other full moons when it orbits closer to our planet. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

The moon rises in Sydney, Australia. AP

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Indian soldiers carry a rescued flood victim at the Air Force Station in Srinagar, in Indian Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday and have put more than half a million people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Soldiers carry a rescued flood victim in Srinagar, India. AP

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The Tribute in Light rises behind buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center complex and a reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in New York. The tribute, an art installation of 88 searchlights aiming skyward in two columns, is a remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The Tribute in Light rises behind the World Trade Center reflecting pool late Monday night. AP

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In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a 4-week-old greater one-horned rhino calf named Petunia stays by her mother's side while exploring the Asian Plains exhibit for the first time on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego. (AP Photo/Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo Safari Park)

A month-old rhino stays close to her mother at the San Diego Zoo. AP

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A Bangladeshi boy dives into the River Padma from a ferry on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

A boy dives into the Padma River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AP

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Two ponies peer out from their pasture as snow continues to fall in Cremona, Alberta, Canada, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for Calgary, and much of the rest of Southwestern Alberta. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)

Ponies peer from their pasture on a snowy Cremona, Alberta, Canada, day. AP

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A child plays with a ball besides a buffalo sculpture decorated with pumpkins during the autumn exhibition 'Wild West' at the horticultural exhibition 'ega' (Erfurt Garden Construction Exhibition) in Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Gardeners created different fairy tales with more than 20.000 pumpkins. The exhibition started on Sept. 7, 2014 and last until Oct. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Pumpkins adorn Erfurt, Germany. AP

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A woman poses for photos next to an illuminated decoration at the popular Victoria Park to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the festival. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong is lit up for the Mid-Autumn Festival. AP

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The moon rises in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Tuesday's moon will be the third and final "supermoon" of 2014. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

The moon rises in Nairobi, Kenya. AP

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