The day in photos

The day in photos

Oct 6, 2014

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It this photo made Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, a two-headed snapping turtle sits on a rock in Hudson, Maine. Kathleen Talbot, of Hudson, found the baby reptile earlier in the week while she was watching hatchlings cross the road to make sure they arrived safely at the other side. (AP Photo/WLBZ-TV, Dan Frye)

A two-headed snapping turtle rests on a rock in Hudson, Maine. AP

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Crowds stand alongside the first fairway to watch the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland September 26, 2014 REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT GOLF TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Crowds watch the 40th Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland. Reuters

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China's Tu Xiao competes in the men's trampoline event during the gymnastics competition at the Namdong Gymnasium Club during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 26, 2014. Picture taken using in-camera multiple exposures. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Tu Xiao competes in the men’s trampoline event at the Namdong Gymnasium Club in Namdong, South Korea. Reuters

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Models present creations by Japanese designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae as part of his Spring/Summer 2015 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: FASHION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Models wear creations by Yoshiyuki Miyamae in Paris Fashion Week. Reuters

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A Palestinian protester runs during clashes with Israeli troops following a protest against the near-by Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Palestinian protester runs from Israeli troops in Kofr Qadom, West Bank. Reuters

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A girl poses with goggles at a paintball club in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters

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A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a self-propelled artillery gun near the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk, September 26, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery gun in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Reuters

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People shout slogans as they take part in a protest against Pakistani government during the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Protesters rally against the Pakistan government outside the UN headquarters in New York. Reuters

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A model presents a creation from AF Vandevorst's Spring/Summer 2015 women's ready-to-wear collection during Paris Fashion Week September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: FASHION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A model presents a creation from AF Vandevorst at Paris Fashion Week. Reuters

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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 25: (TURKEY OUT) Kurdish Syrian refugees camp at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014. Nearly 140,000 Syrian Kurds have fled into Turkey since last week, the fastest exodus of the entire three-year civil war. The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was making contingency plans in case all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani fled into Turkey to escape advancing Islamic State militants. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)

Kurdish Syrian refugees camp at the Turkish-Syrian border. Getty

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US President Barack Obama speaks during the Global Health Security Agenda Summit at the White House in Washington,DC on September 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama speaks during the Global Health Security Agenda Summit in Washington. Getty

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Dr. Rick Sacra, an American doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, describes all he was able to see of his caregivers while in a Nebraska isolation facility during a media availability at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Friday Sept. 26, 2014, in Worcester, Mass. Sacra is one of three American aid workers successfully treated after contracting the Ebola virus in West Africa. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Dr. Rick Sacra speaks in Worcester, Mass., about his fight against Ebola. AP

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A large gropu of Muslims pay homage to French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel who was beheaded by Islamist militants in Algeria, during a gathering in front of the Paris Grand Mosque, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. The gathering was part of demonstrations by French Muslims against the killings happening in the name of their religion. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Muslims pay homage to beheaded French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel in Paris. AP

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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, second from right, hugs U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell after a ceremonial signing of a settlement, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Window Rock, Ariz., in the Navajo Nation. In the settlement, the Navajo Nation will receive $554 million from the federal government over mismanagement of tribal resources. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly hugs U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in Window Rock, Ariz. AP

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden listens to United Nations ambassador Samantha Power during a summit on international peacekeeping operations on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Vice President Joe Biden listens to United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power in New York. AP

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 photo, smoke from the King Fire fills the air as a helicopter prepares to refill with water near the Union Valley Reservoir in El Dorado County, Calif. Heavy rains this week and the prospect of more wet weather over the weekend are raising hopes that firefighters will get full containment quickly on the massive wildfire in a heavily forested region of the Sierra east of Sacramento. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton)

Smoke from the King Fire fills the air in El Dorado County, Calif. AP

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Izzy, a 7-year-old therapy dog sits with a student at Norris Elementary School in Beatrice, Neb., on Sept. 24, 2014. Izza is a part of the EduPUPS program. EduPUPS is a division of Domesti-PUPS, a therapy and service dog organization based in Lincoln. (AP Photo/Beatrice Daily Sun, Emily Hemphill)

A student bonds with a therapy dog in Beatrice, Neb. AP

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In this image provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Joel Parkinson, of Australia, takes to the air during his win in round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro surfing competition Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Hossegor, France. (AP Photo/ASP, Damien Poullenot)

Joel Parkinson wins round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro surfing competition in Hossegor, France. AP

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In this Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 photo, a mixture of propane and liquid oxygen form a flame as glass artist Jonathan Michael Davis heats glass in his studio in Pittsboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Propane and liquid oxygen create a flame to blow glass in Pittsboro, N.C. AP

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A protester put a sign on a dog describing Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Republican Governors Association Chairman Chris Christie as Bad Dogs, during their visit to Urban Bean Co. in Detroit, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

A protester uses their pooch to send a message in Detroit, Mich. AP

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Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while speaking at the Voting Rights Brain Trust event, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, during the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington. On Thursday, Holder announced he would be stepping down as attorney general. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in Washington. AP

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Chris Vierra, renowned pumpkin carver from Villafane Studios, creates a lifelike Tyrannosaurus Rex sculpture using pumpkins and squash at Field Station: Dinosaurs, a 20-acre outdoor Jurassic learning expedition and family tourist attraction in Secaucus, N.J. on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision for Field Station: Dinosaurs/AP)

Chris Vierra carves a T-rex out of a pumpkin in Secaucus, N.J. AP

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Rand Paul speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington. AP

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Visiting cheetahs Mchumba, left, and Khayam, right, sit on the concrete floor of the Quarantine Building at the Topeka Zoo on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. The two felines are on loan to the Topeka Zoo from Wildlife Safari, located in Winston, Ore. The public will be able to get their photos taken with the big cats for $15 each on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at the zoo. (AP Photo, Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)

Cheetahs visit the Topeka Zoo in Topeka, Kan. AP

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Queen Silvia of Sweden speaks during a forum at Columbia University, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in New York. Queen Silvia, founder of the World Childhood Foundation, addressed the needs of children around the world and referenced issues of childhood and sustainable development. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Queen Silvia of Sweden, founder of the World Childhood Foundation, speaks about preventing child abuse and neglect at Columbia University. AP

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In a photo from Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, workers wait atop the 300-foot-tall-tower as two cranes move a 122,000 lb. wind turbine blade rotor assembly into place in the Beebe 1B Renewable Energy Project outside Ithaca, Mich. Part of the 21-turbine project will supply the Lansing Board of Water and Light with energy. (AP Photo/Lansing State Journal, Rod Sanford)

Workers assemble a wind turbine in the Beebe 1B Renewable Energy Project in Ithaca, Mich. AP

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The sun sets as a cross is placed at the alter, during the preparation for Opus Dei Bishop Alvaro del Portillo's mass beatification, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. More than 100,000 Catholics from around the world are expected to attend the open air beatification ceremony Saturday of Opus Dei Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, the 2nd most important figure in the order after founder Jose Maria Escriva. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

The sun sets behind a crucifix in Madrid, Spain. AP

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