The Best Pictures of the Week, September 9 – September 16
The Best Pictures of the Week, September 9 – September 16
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September 9, 2011. Under an ominous sky, Eyadea Elspaie visits the gravesite of his son, Tareq Elspaie, who was killed by Gafhafi loyalists last month, at a cemetery in Tripoli. Libyan rebels launched attacks on the loyalist holdouts of Bani Walid and Surt, and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Col. Moammar Gadhafi.Moises Saman—Redux/The New York Times
This week; A man visits the graveside of his son—killed by Gaddafi loyalists—in Tripoli, three thousand flags commemorate the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, a plane flies through the “Tribute in Lights” in lower Manhattan. gas pipeline explosion in Nairobi, gunmen open fire on a school bus in Pakistan, Israeli embassy attack in Cairo, Brazilian forest fires, Damien Hirst’s sculpture Legend, New York fashion week, Novak Djokovic wins the U.S. Open, and the painted “Tiger Men” of India’s “Pulikali” Tiger Dance festival.
September 9, 2011. Under an ominous sky, Eyadea Elspaie visits the gravesite of his son, Tareq Elspaie, who was killed by Gafhafi loyalists last month, at a cemetery in Tripoli. Libyan rebels launched attacks on the loyalist holdouts of Bani Walid and Surt, and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Col. Moammar Gadhafi.Moises Saman—Redux/The New York TimesSeptember 9, 2011. Riot police take position as protesters pull down a concrete wall built in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Egyptian activists tore down a wall, built around a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protect it from demonstrators.Amr Abdallah Dalsh—ReutersSeptember 13, 2011. Israeli army paratroopers take part in a training jump in full battle gear over the Palmachim military base near Tel Aviv, Israel. Although the Paratroopers Brigade has had only one operational combat parachute drop ever, during the 1956 Sinai War, volunteers accepted into the elite unit undergo operational training jumps with all the equipment needed for battle. Abir Sultan—EPASeptember 12, 2011. Residents of the area look on from across a small river at bodies of victims lying on the other side, after a pipeline explosion in Nairobi, Kenya. A leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya's capital exploded turning part of a slum into an inferno in which scores of people were killed and more than 100 injuried.Ben Curtis—APSeptember 9, 2011. The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire view the sculpture Legend by Damien Hirst in the gardens of their home Chatsworth House in central England. The work is part of the Beyond Limits exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture displayed in the gardens.Darren Staples—ReutersSeptember 9, 2011. Revellers covered in paint take part in the annual "Cascamorras" festival in Guadix, Spain. The festival was inspired by a dispute between the villages of Baza and Guadix over the possession of the image of the Virgin of Piedad. The Cascamorras refers to representatives from Guadix, who are sent to the town of Baza to recover the statue. As the Cascamorras have to stay perfectly clean to gain possession of the statue, Baza residents attempt to make them as 'dirty' as possible.Marcelo del Pozo—ReutersSeptember 13, 2011. A tear runs down a boy's face as he lies on a bench after being treated for his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. Gunmen opened fire on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least three children and the driver. 15 children were wounded.Fayaz Aziz—ReutersSeptember 12, 2011. Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves during the final of the Men's Singles round at the U.S. Tennis Open in New York.Jason Cairnduff—Zuma PressSeptember 11, 2011. Kenyan runner Julius Kipego Ketter cools himself down after crossing the finish line and win the 17th edition of Medellin's International Half Marathon in Medellin, Antioquia department.Raul Arboleda—AFP/Getty ImagesSeptember 9, 2011. Fans of Tractor, an Iranian soccer team, cheer after scoring a goal against Tehran's Esteghlal, during Iran's premier soccer league, at the Azadi (freedom) stadium in Tehran, Iran. Tractor which comes from Azeri-speaking area in northwestern Iran defeated Tehran's Esteghlal 3-2.Vahid Salemi—APSeptember 9, 2011. Firefighters put out a blaze at a national forest reserve in Brasilia, Brazil. Drought, high temperatures and low humidity have caused fires to start at several places throughout the city.Ueslei Marcelino—ReutersSeptember 12, 2011. An Iranian Zoroastrian priest, performs a ritual at a fire temple in Tehran, Iran. Zoroastrians are recognized in the Iranian constitution as religious minorities who have their own lawmaker in parliament. Zoroastrianism lost dominance in Iran after Muslim Arabs conquered Persia in the 7th century. APSeptember 14, 2011. An Indian relative of a victim of the train accident at the Chitheri station is consoled as she cries outside the Arakkonam Government Hospital, 90kms from Chennai, India. At least nine people died and more than 100 injured after a passenger train crashed into a stationary train, late September 13. Accidents are common on India's vast rail network, on which more than 13 million passengers travel each day. Nathan G.—EPASeptember 14, 2011. Carcasses of cows that locals say were killed by pro-Gaddafi forces are seen on the outskirts of Misrata. Goran Tomasevic—RuetersSeptember 9, 2011. Kite runners chase their prize on Massoud Day in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans observed the 10th anniversary of the death of leader Ahmed Shah Massoud's assassination by Al Qaeda agents, only two days before the 9/11 attacks in the United States. The military leader played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning him the name Lion of Panjshir. He was a chief opponent of the Taliban after their rise to power in 1996. Millions of Afghans consider him the nation's greatest modern hero.John Moore—Getty ImagesSeptember 14, 2011. An Afghan policeman checks a shattered wall as he visits a building which was occupied by Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan. A 20-hour insurgent attack in the heart of Kabul ended after a final volley of helicopter gunfire. Afghan police ferreted out and killed the last few assailants who had taken over a half-built, downtown building, to fire on the nearby U.S. Embassy and NATO compounds. Kamran Jebreili—APSeptember 11, 2011. An Afghan woman holds her her 11-day-old daughter as they await to go back to Afghanistan from a United Nations funded repatriation centre in the western city of Peshawar. About 3.5 million Afghans have returned home since 2002 from Pakistan with the assistance of aid agencies.Adrees Latif—ReutersSeptember 15, 2011. 2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., with the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, turns from the rotor wash of a landing Blackhawk helicopter during a mission for a key leader engagement at the Shigal district center in Kunar province, Afghanistan. David Goldman—APSeptember 9, 2011. Men ride a donkey cart through vapor after the area was fumigated in the outskirts of Lahore. Cities across Pakistan launched a fumigation campaign to eliminate mosquitoes and control breeding to protect citizens from dengue fever.Mohsin Raza—ReutersSeptember 9, 2011. Sculptures of Mayan women are partially submerged in floodwaters in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. Guatemalans appear poised to elect former general Otto Perez Molina of the Patriotic Party as president in this week's election.Rodrigo Abd—APSeptember 12, 2011. Boys climb atop the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, after it was immersed in the waters of Tank Bund Lake to mark the end of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day long Hindu religious festival which ends with the immersion of the idols that are taken through the streets in processions, accompanied by dancing and singing, to water tanks, lakes, rivers or seas. The immersion not only symbolizes a ritual send-off to the deity on his journey to his heavenly abode but also carrying away of the misfortunes of mankind.Krishnendu Halder—ReutersSeptember 12, 2011. Indian laborers work at Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project site in Ahmadabad, India.Ajit Solanki—APSeptember 12, 2011. Indian artists with their bodies painted wait to perform at the annual "Pulikali," or Tiger Dance, in Thrissur, Kerala, India. Participants with their bodies painted to resemble tigers and leopards roam the streets during this festival which falls on the fourth day of the harvest festival "Onam."AP13 September 13, 2011 A general view of human figures in the exposition 'Body Worlds' by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens in Rome, Italy. Guido Montani—EPASeptember 12, 2011. A helicopter drops water over a wildfire in the neighborhood of Entrerrios in Mijas, near Malaga, Spain.Jon Nazca—ReutersSeptember 13, 2011. A model displays a creation by designer Vera Wang during the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2012, in New York.Emmauel Dunand—AFP/Getty ImagesSeptember 11, 2011. Three thousand flags rise out of the mist at dawn in Forest Park in St. Louis before the start of several ceremonies commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks.J.B. Forbes—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/APSeptember 11, 2011. Christine Corday puts final touches on the name panels on the north pool at the National September 11 Memorial before a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center site in New York.Mary Altaffer—APSeptember 11, 2011. President Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama, former President George Bush and his wife Laura Bush, by the South Reflecting Pool during a visit to the National September 11 Memorial in New York on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.Timothy Clary—The New York TimesSeptember 10, 2011. A plane flies through the "Tribute in Lights" in lower Manhattan in New York. Eric Thayer—Reuters
