The day in photos

Jessica Sager

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Sep 18, 2014

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U.S. President Barack Obama touches the spiked hair style of a child while visiting the Clarence Tinker elementary school children while at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

President Barack Obama visits an elementary school at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Reuters

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Chaff is set off from a Knox-class frigate during the Han Kuang military exercise held about 10 nautical miles eastern of the port of Hualien, eastern Taiwan September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN - Tags: MILITARY MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Chaff is set off from a Knox-class frigate during a military exercise near Hualien, Taiwan. Reuters

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'Yes' and 'No' campaigners hold balloons after a 'No' campaign rally in Glasgow, Scotland September 17, 2014. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on September 18, when Scotland will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ELECTIONS)

“Yes” and “No” campaigners hold balloons at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland. Reuters

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A man passes by a damaged vehicle on a street covered with mud due to heavy floods in Tekija village September 17, 2014. One person died in Serbia and authorities scrambled to evacuate hundreds of people from villages threatened by rising rivers, officials said on Tuesday, in scenes recalling the devastating May flooding that killed dozens. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic (SERBIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A car rests in mud and wreckage after floods in Tekija, Serbia. Reuters

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Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California September 16, 2014. The fire led officials to call on about 400 people to evacuate from areas threatened by the blaze, Cal Fire spokeswoman Alyssa Smith said. It has charred more than 11,500 acres (4,654 hectares) and was 5 percent contained on Tuesday. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Firefighters battle the King Fire in Fresh Pond, Calif. Reuters

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Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain gestures to fans as he passes teammate Nico Rosberg of Germany during interviews after a publicity event to unveil watches that they co-designed in Singapore September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: SPORT MOTORSPORT F1 BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton photobombs Nico Rosberg in Singapore. Reuters

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Military personnel listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a military briefing at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Military personnel listen to President Barack Obama at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. Reuters

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Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute, and Chief Investigator of the trials, holds a phial containing the Ebola vaccine at the Oxford Vaccine Group Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) in Oxford, southern England September 17, 2014. The first volunteer in a fast-tracked British safety trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline received the injection on Wednesday, trial organizers said. REUTERS/Steve Parsons/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: HEALTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Professor Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute, holds a vial of Ebola vaccine in Oxford, England. Reuters

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: New York City police officers stand guard in Times Square on September 17, 2014 in New York City. A blog affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) mentioned Times Square as a target for bombing. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

A police officer stands guard in Times Square in light of ISIS threats. Getty

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US Secretary of State John Kerry testifies about US policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the Islamic State Group (IS) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies in Washington about US, Iraq and Syria relations. Getty

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This Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows geologists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory surveying the lava flow from the June 27th flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, Hawaii County spokesman Kevin Dayton said the slow-moving lava is expected to bypass homes in the Kaohe Homesteads subdivision, and the lava is about 19 days from reaching Pahoa Village Road. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory surveys lava flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii. AP

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An Exile Tibetan woman wears a mask during a protest to highlight Chinese control over Tibet, coinciding with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Xi was traveling Wednesday to India, where he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to discuss trade, infrastructure and territorial disputes. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

An exiled Tibetan woman wears a mask during a protest in New Delhi, India. AP

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Displaced flood victims fight for a bag of rice given to them by volunteers outside a roadside camp on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.17, 2014.The floods engulfed much of Kashmir two weeks ago, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless in both the Indian- and Pakistani-administered areas of the disputed territory. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Displaced flood victims fight for a bag of rice in Srinagar, India. AP

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Egyptians walk past recent graffiti with modern and Pharaonic motifs in Mohammed Mahmoud Street near Tahrir Square, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Street art in Cairo, which flourished following the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, has mostly been painted over by authorities, but on Mohammed Mahmoud street artists use the whitewashed walls for new art works. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Residents walk past graffiti in Cairo, Egypt. AP

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PIC BY BROCK AFENTUL / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED The hilarious moment a toucan managed to take a selfie on a mobile phone) A toucan proved its no simple bird brain after managing to take a selfie on a mobile phone. Captured on the front facing camera of a Samsung S4, the hilarious image shows the cheeky bird peering curiously down at the screen. Owner, Brock AfentuL, 22, from Princeton Louisiana, discovered the playful picture after leaving the baby bird with his phone. In just the few minutes he was away, the 10-week-old toucan somehow managed to activate the phones camera feature and take a snap shot by picking at it with its bill and feet. SEE CATERS COPY

A toucan takes a selfie in Princeton, Louisiana. Caters News

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Vice President Joe Biden signs the Nuns on the Bus tour bus during a stop, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Vice President Joe Biden signs the “Nuns on the Bus” tour bus in Des Moines, Iowa. AP

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President Barack Obama walks up the stairs to visit first lady Michelle Obama who was aboard the plane, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama, who had just returned on Air Force One from a trip to US Central Command in Tampa, Fla., drove the short distance in his motorcade. The first lady's office says her visit to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., was delayed because of a maintenance issue with the airplane she was assigned. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama visits First Lady Michelle Obama on a plane in Tampa, Fla. AP

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Students explore the inside of a hot air balloon at the Tanglewood Elementary School in South Glens Falls, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 17,2014. (AP Photo/ The Post Star, Steve Jacobs)

Students explore the inside of a hot air balloon in South Glens Falls, N.Y. AP

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A skunk with a beer can stuck on its head is seen in a handout picture taken by Officer Matt Hatfield of the Oxford Police Department in Oxford, Ohio September 14, 2014. The skunk was found near a college fraternity house and an animal control officer was able to free the skunk without getting sprayed, according to Oxford police. Picture taken September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Oxford Police Department/Matt Hatfield/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A skunk has a beer can stuck on its head in Oxford, Ohio. (Don’t worry — he got out!) Reuters

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A European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) wraps its prey, a mosquito, in silk on September 16, 2014 in Lille, France. AFP PHOTO / DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)

A European garden spider wraps a mosquito in its web in Lille, France. Getty

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Sal Martinez draws water out of pool Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at Eagle's Nest Resort in Porterville, Calif. The park is offering the residents pool water to flush toilets and for other non-potable uses. (AP Photo/The Porterville Recorder, Chieko Hara)

Sal Martinez draws water from a pool at Eagle’s Nest Resort in Porterville, Calif. The park offers residents pool water to flush toilets during the drought. AP

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Police vehicles pull up to a row of burning tires on a highway that Bahraini anti-government protesters blocked near Jidhafs, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital Manama, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Skirmishes between police and protesters erupted in several villages Wednesday, with unrest stepping up as the government takes legal steps to shut down opposition political societies, cracks down on activists and as jailed political prisoners reportedly carry out hunger strikes. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Police approach burning tires in Jidhafs, Bahrain. AP

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A silhouette of the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East is seen during ceremonies commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's invasion of the eastern part of Poland at the outbreak of World War II, in Warsaw September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Pempel, Poland, marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in World War II. Reuters

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: A dog wearing Yes badges is seen as supporters gather on Buchanan Street during the final day of campaigning for the scottish referendum ahead of tomorrows historic vote on September 17, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The referendum debate has entered its final day of campaigning as the Scottish people prepare to go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether or not Scotland should have independence and break away from the United Kingdom. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

A dog sports “Yes” badges in Glasgow, Scotland. Getty

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