--- title: Pictures of the Week: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19 description: From the result of the Scottish referendum and children returning to bombed out classrooms in Gaza to the Pope marrying 20 couples and NASA's next exploration spacecraft, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. canonical: https://time.com/3398725/pictures-of-the-week-sept-12/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-19T14:49:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:14.241Z article:section: Politics og:title: Pictures of the Week: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19 og:description: From the result of the Scottish referendum and children returning to bombed out classrooms in Gaza to the Pope marrying 20 couples and NASA's next exploration spacecraft, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. og:url: https://time.com/3398725/pictures-of-the-week-sept-12/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04765d5a45aac786/6986a418adae4409d8545074/51eb54e5155642cbb82963eee7372fac-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2480 og:image:height: 1395 og:image:alt: Matterhorn Illuminated to celebrate 150th Ascent Anniversary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pictures of the Week: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19 twitter:description: From the result of the Scottish referendum and children returning to bombed out classrooms in Gaza to the Pope marrying 20 couples and NASA's next exploration spacecraft, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04765d5a45aac786/6986a418adae4409d8545074/51eb54e5155642cbb82963eee7372fac-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pictures of the Week: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19 > Sponsored content. 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Mountain guides used lamps to illuminate the Matterhorn, in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the mountain, Switzerland. Robert Boesch—AP by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 19, 2014 2:49 PM UTC  Sept. 13, 2014\. The Bardarbunga volcano, beneath Iceland's Vatnajokull glacier is seen erupting. Einar Gudman—Barcroft Media/Landov  Sept. 14, 2014\. Palestinian students inspect their destroyed classroom on the first day of classes in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Wissam Nassar—The New York Times/Redux  Sept. 15, 2014\. Piglets are carried over floodwaters in suburban San Mateo, Philippines. Aaron Favila—AP  Sept. 14, 2014\. Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah powers through a water crossing in a Ford on the final day of the Rally of Australia, near Lowanna, Australia. William West—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 14, 2014\. A fire approaches the shore of Bass Lake, Calif., Darvin Atkeson—Yosemite Landscapes/AP  September 2014\. A casket team of the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment folds the national flag over the casket during a burial service for U.S. Army Private First Class Bernard Gavrin, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mochael Reynolds—EPA  Sept. 16, 2014\. A man takes shelter amid strong rainfall in Zhanjiang, China, Photostr—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 14, 2014\. Ellie Goulding performs during the closing ceremony for the Invictus Games at Olympic Park in London. Toby Melville—Reuters  Sept. 17, 2014\. Scottish flags fly from fence posts near Portree on the Isle of Skye. Cathal McNaughton—Reuters  Sept. 18, 2014\. Law enforcement officers gather before a funeral service for Pennsylvania State Trooper Cpl. Bryon Dickson in Scranton, Pa. Matt Slocum—AP  Sept. 12, 2014\. Wrestlers seen practicing in the mud at a traditional wrestling rink in Uttar Pradesh, India. Ravi Prakash—Barcroft Media/Landov  Sept. 16, 2014\. Mountain guides used lamps to illuminate the Matterhorn, in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the mountain, Switzerland. Robert Boesch—AP  Sept. 16, 2014\. A member of the Air Force carrying a predatory bird looks toward the President as they march past the National Palace during an annual Independence Day parade by Mexico's Armed Forces in central Mexico City. Rebecca Blackwell—AP  Sept. 14, 2014\. An aerial picture shows lava flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland. Bernard Meric—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 16, 2014\. A mannequin floats in the floodwaters along a street in Srinagar, India. Danish Ismail—Reuters  Sept. 13, 2014\. Debutantes check their seating allocation before the start of the Queen Charlotte's Ball at Highclere Castle near Newbury, England. Oli Scarff—Getty Images  Sept. 16, 2014\. A cat is seen walking on top of a fence near Sehnde, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte—EPA  Sept. 13, 2014\. Members of the President's Own Marine Band stand during a fireworks display commemorating the bicentennial of the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Mark Makela—Getty Images  Sept. 17, 2014\. A firefighter monitors a backfire as he battles the King Fire in Fresh Pond, California. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Sept. 14, 2014\. Pope Francis celebrates the wedding of 20 couples in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Alamy Live News.  Sept. 12, 2014\. A Ukrainian fighter wearing a non-official uniform stands next to tank in a military camp based on a front line near Pervomaysk city of Lugansk region, Ukraine. Roman Pilipey—EPA  Sept. 14, 2014\. Kashmiri flood victims wade through receding flood waters as they walk back after collecting relief material in village Teing near Srinagar, India. Altaf Qadri—AP  Sept. 13, 2014\. Health workers burn used protection gear at a Medecins Sans Frontieres center in Conakry, Guinea. Cellou Binani—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 16, 2014\. A Palestinian Bedouin from the Jahalin tribe stands in the doorway of his home in the Judea desert, east of Jerusalem, West Bank. Abir Sultan—EPA  Sept. 12, 2014\. U.S. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton at the White House in , Washington, D.C. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Sept. 18, 2014\. Chinese workers set up giant decoration flowers in preparations for National Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. How Hwee—EPA  Sept. 18, 2014\. A rebel fighter holds a position in a rebel-held area of of Aleppo, Syria. Zein Al-Rifa—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 17, 2014\. A Syrian woman with her four children begs on the street in Istanbul. Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 15, 2014\. The horizon is seen through a telescopic rifle belonging to a Kurdish Peshmerga sniper on the front line in the Gwer district, Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. Jm Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  Sep. 13, 2014\. A flood victim asks for relief material from Indian police personnel in Srinagar, India. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Sept. 15, 2014\. Members of Ukrainian police special task force "Sich" take part in a drill at their base in Slaviansk, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich—Reuters  Sept. 17, 2014\. Firefighters take pictures with their cell phones as they monitor a backfire while battling the King Fire in Fresh Pond, California. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Sept. 13, 2014\. Shadows cast by Lithuania's Adas Juskevicius and Antoine Diot of France are seen during a game for the third place of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 in Madrid. Juan Carlos Hidalgo—EPA  Sept. 12, 2014\. Players walk in the mist at the 13th hole during Day 2 of the KLM Open held at De Kennemer Golf and Country Club on in Zandvoort, Netherlands. Dean Mouhtaropoulos—Getty Images  Sept. 14, 2014\. A man takes a bath in a stream on the outskirts of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region,. Purbu Zhaxi—Xinhia/Landov  Sept. 18, 2014\. Palestinian students in a school in Gaza City. Majdi Fathi—NurPhoto/Corbis  Sept. 13, 2014\. Pope Francis prays by the gravestones in an Austro-Hungarian cemetery in Fogliano di Redipuglia, northern Italy. Luca Bruno—AP  Sept. 16, 2014\. A boy makes an offering of food at a pagoda during the Pchum Ben festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Samrang Pring—Reuters  Sept. 15, 2014\. A test version of NASA's Orion capsule floats in the rear of the USS Anchorage during a recovery drill off the coast of California. Mike Blake—Reuters  Sept. 17, 2014\. A Liberian Red Cross burial team remove the body of a suspected Ebola victim from a home in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux  Sept. 19, 2014\. Citizens of Incheon, wearing costumes of traditional styl perform during the opening ceremony for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Dita Alangkara—AP  Sept. 19, 2014\. A doll lies in the mud inside a flood-damaged house in central Srinagar, India. Tauseef Mustafa—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 17, 2014\. First grade students assemble in the morning for a training schedule at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) High Technical School on in Yokosuka, Japan. Chris McGrath—Getty Images  Sept. 19, 2014\. A resident tows his vending stall as he wades through a flooded street during heavy rains brought on by tropical storm Fung-Wong in Manila, the Philippines. TED ALJIBE—AFP/Getty Images  Sept. 19, 2014\. Flood victims use electronic devices as they rest at an evacuation centre after their homes were inundated as Tropical storm Fung-Wong battered the Philippine capital Manila. Erik de Castro—Reuters  Sept. 19, 2014\. Felipe Massa of Brazil and Williams drives during practice ahead of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street, Singapore. Mark Thompson—Getty Images  Sept. 19, 2014\. The sun begins to shine through morning fog next to the Shard in central London. Toby Melville—Reuters  Sept. 19, 2014\. A dejected "Yes" supporter in Edinburgh makes his way home in the early hours after Scotland voted to reject independence and remain part of the United Kingdom. Rousseau Stefan—PA Photos/ABACA  Sept. 19, 2014\. A student sits on a mock throne at Madame Tussauds Museum in Beijing. 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