September 10, 2015

Workers remove the head of a statue of the late Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was buried in a forest to the east of Berlin. The 3.5-ton granite piece, long buried in a forest on the edge of the city, will become an eye-catching highlight of a new museum exhibit of key figures that played a role in Germany's turbulent history.

A Syrian refugee kisses his son as he walks through a rainstorm toward Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni.

Ethnic Kayan women wait for Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's speech during her campaign for the upcoming general election, in Demoso, Kayah state.

People are stranded on a road flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people missing and stranded many more when rivers surged over their banks.

Smoke and balls of fire rise from a military base after it was hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's capital Sana'a.

South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa kisses a reconstruction of Homo naledi's face during an announcement made at Maropeng Cradle of Humankind in Magaliesburg. Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa.

A pile of garbage is seen blocking an entrance to a residential building as workers clean up one of its apartments, in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Sept. 9, 2015. According to local media, authorities have started cleaning out the apartment of an elderly woman, with the help of her son. The authorities were acting on persistent complaints from the surrounding residents due to the woman's collection and storage of trash in her home.

People gather at the "Tribute in Light" in Lower Manhattan, New York, Sept. 9, 2015. The tribute was lit two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A man flies a kite during a hazy day in Singapore. Air pollution in Singapore reached its highest level in a year as smog from Indonesian forest fires shrouded the island nation in a veil of gray.

An Mi-17 helicopter dumps water on a burning forest at Ogan Komering Ulu in Indonesia's south Sumatra province.

Taxis are seen parked on the street during a protest against the online car-sharing service Uber, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 9, 2015.

A cat and its trainer perform during "The Circus Princess" at the National Circus in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Television personality Jimmy Fallon (L) and actor and singer Justin Timberlake react to being shown on a video screen as they attend the quarterfinals match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Richard Gasquet of France at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, Sept. 9, 2015.