Best pictures from September 5
Nick Vujicic, an Australian motivational speaker who was born without limbs, swims with sharks at the Marine Life Park in Singapore September 5, 2013. Vujicic dived with sharks in a customized acrylic enclosure that takes in a 360-degree view of the shark habitat at the aquarium. Vujicic is in Singapore to give a motivational talk to a 5,000 strong audience on Saturday.EDGAR SU/Reuters
A Nepalese man takes bath before performing rituals during Kuse Aunsi, or Nepalese Fatherís day at the Gokarneshwar Hindu temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Kuse Aunsi is a unique Hindu festival of Nepal where fathers living as well as deceased are honored. On this day people perform rituals to pay tributes to their deceased fathers while those with living fathers show their appreciation with presents and sweets.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
A Nepalese priest, right, performs rituals during Kuse Aunsi, or Nepalese Fatherís Day, at the Gokarneshwar Hindu temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Kuse Aunsi is a unique Hindu festival of Nepal where fathers living as well as deceased are honored. On this day people perform rituals to pay tributes to their deceased fathers while those with living fathers show their appreciation with presents and sweets.Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
A young turtle crawls through a pile of others waiting to be released Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, into the Altantic Ocean near Boca Raton, Fla. Coast Guard officials helped Melanie Stadler, a marine scientist with Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, release almost 500 sea turtle hatchlings into the Atlantic Ocean.Greg Lovett/The Associated Press
A demonstrator rides his unicycle as riot policemen walk along a street during a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Santiago, September 5, 2013. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system.IVAN ALVARADO/Reuters
People play for prizes at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters
A woman uses her phone as she is seen through presidential election decorations with Maldives national flags in Male, September 5, 2013. The Maldives presidential election will be held on September 7, 2013.DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/Reuters
Actress Carice Van Houten at the red carpet for The Fifth State, during the opening night of Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto August 05 2013.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Actors Rainn Wilson (L) and Jason Biggs celebrate during an exhibition doubles match against tennis greats Chris Evert and Monica Seles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 5, 2013.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters
Andy Murray, of Great Britain, reacts during a break between sets after losing the first two sets to Stanislas Wawrinka, of Switzerland, during the quarterfinals of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in New York.David Goldman
After a massive fire over the long weekend St. Jacob's Farmers Market located near Waterloo, Ontario re-openedThursday, September 5, 2013.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Canada's Tristan Thompson (L) attempts to go for a basket against Mexico's Roman Martinez during their FIBA Americas Championship basketball game in Caracas September 5, 2013.Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
A man is cheered by his friends as he shows a goose head he won during Antzar Eguna (Day Of The Goose) in the Basque fishing town of Lekeitio, near Bilbao September 5, 2013. Dead geese are hung from a rope over the harbour as participants passing on a boat attempt to grab the animal and are then lifted up and plunged into the water until they pull off its neck or fall down into the water. Those who succeed in pulling the neck off get to keep the goose.VINCENT WEST/Reuters