September 13, 2013
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes a position as he aims his weapon at the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo.
Workers sort out rice at a paddy field at Sukakarya village in Bekasi, Indonesia's West Java province.
A vendor sleeps inside her store next to walls lined with mink fur at a fur market in Chongfu township, Zhejiang province, China.
Boats carrying slum dwellers pass photographs of garment workers taken by students of the Counter Foto photography department, by the waterfront of Korail slum at Gulshan area in Dhaka September 13, 2013. The photographs of garment workers are a celebration of the hardworking Bengali woman, in support of their struggle for socio-economic justice, and are part of the "Dignity in Industry" project by French artist J.R. and Inside Out Project, organizers said.
Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia, USA, rolls out its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. The Antares is scheduled to launch Cygnus on Sept. 17 on a demonstration cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Residents are transported to a safer place after the government enforced an evacuation of villagers near the stand-off between government forces and Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City in southern island of Mindanao, Philippines.
New Jersey firefighters spray water at a burning building as they work to control a massive fire in Seaside Park in New Jersey, USA. The fire engulfed several blocks of boardwalk and businesses in Seaside Park, a shore town that was still rebuilding from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
Peasants dance in their underwear during a demonstration to demand an audience with the Federal District authorities in Mexico City, Mexico, Sep. 12, 2013. The protesters belong to a group called the "400 villages," who insist that land that they claim was unjustly taken away from them in Tabasco.
A baby ocelot sits next to its mother at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin, Germany.
A man wearing a mask of U.S. President Barack Obama robs a Bank of America branch, as seen in this undated surveillance video released on Sept.12, 2013 by the Merrimack Police Department in Merrimack, New Hampshire. John Griffin Jr., 52, was charged with robbing the Bank of America branch while wearing a mask of U.S. President Barack Obama, police said.
Artist Liu Bolin (3rd row, R) and other participants, painted as part of a project called "Red Theatre", make themselves look exactly the same as the seats in a theatre, in Beijing, China.
Ian Neale of Newport (L) with his first prize giant carrot, Graham Tranter (2ndL) of Bridgnorth 4th place tomato, Joe Atherton of Mansfield (3rdL) 1st place tomato and Graham Walford of Bridgnorth 4th place leek pose for a photograph during the first day at the Autumn flower show in Harrogate, northern England.
A soldier from the South Korean army special forces uses his hand to break beer bottles as part of the reenactment event of the Battle of the Naktong Bulge near the Waegwan railway bridge in Waegwan, South Korea.
A Pakistani boy reacts to the cold water as he showers himself with leaking water from a supply pipe in Islamabad.
Dancers perform on the steps of an installation entitled "Endless Stair" outside the Tate Modern art gallery, with St. Paul's Cathedral partially visible in the background, during an event to launch the London Design Festival.
Palestinian children play in the wreckage of an old car in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.
Indonesian anti-terror troops take part in a hostage situation during the closing of Counter Terrorism Exercise at Indonesia Peace and Security Center in Sentul, Bogor-West Java.
Canada's fans cheer during the Davis Cup semi-final tennis match between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Canada's Vasek Pospisil in Belgrade, Serbia.
A model displays a Spring/Summer design by Roberto Verino during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain.