Best pictures from September 13
Visitors enjoy the illumination of japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda inside a power plant of a former steel plant in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The light installation in black and white connected with sound is supposed to reflect data streaming and is seen in line with the art exhibition 'Ruhrtriennale'. The former steel plant was switched to an adventure museum after it was closed down in 1985.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press
A security official walks near a "Funtown Pier" sign lying amidst debris left in the aftermath of a boardwalk fire in Seaside Park, New Jersey, September 13, 2013. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vowed on Friday to rebuild two resort towns ravaged by a boardwalk fire just months after they were restored in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, while state officials put out a call for federal aid.ADREES LATIF/Reuters
A padlock and chain secure the Queen's gates in front of the Parliament buildings Friday September 13, 2013 in Ottawa. Parliament will not resume until Oct.16 after Governor General David Johnston formally prorogued Parliament Friday morning at the request of the prime minister.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
A photographer captures the moment in the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial as the sun rises in Washington, Friday Sept. 18, 2012.J. David Ake/The Associated Press
A demonstrator shouts slogans outside a court in New Delhi September 13, 2013. All four men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi were sentenced to death on Friday, a decision the judge said sent a message to society that there can be no tolerance for such a savage crime.ADNAN ABIDI/Reuters
A protester throws a stone during a clash with the riot police as striking members of the teachers' union CNTE are evicted from Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City September 13, 2013. Violence broke out in the historic heart of Mexico City on Friday as scores of riot police forcibly evicted thousands of striking teachers occupying the capital's iconic Zocalo just days before Independence Day celebrations in the capital.HENRY ROMERO/Reuters
An Afghan girl plays on a swing in a playground at sunset on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.Mustafa Najafizada/The Associated Press
Canada's fans cheer during the Davis Cup semi-final tennis match between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Canada's Vasek Pospisil in Belgrade September 13, 2013.MARKO DJURICA/Reuters
In this Aug. 24, 2013 photo, Hatch, a former circus male tiger, rests in his cage at the city zoo in Montevideo, Uruguay. Hatch has lived in a cage since he was traded to the Villa Dolores Zoo which is now looking to send him to a sanctuary in the U.S. There is a surplus of big cats in captivity, according to the World Wildlife Foundation.Matilde Campodonico/The Associated Press
Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych watches the ball as he falls during his Davis Cup semi-final tennis match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in Prague, September 13, 2013.PETR JOSEK/Reuters
A worker is covered by pieces of fur as he trims raccoon dog fur outside a store at a fur market in Chongfu township, Zhejiang province September 13, 2013.The 100-square-metre Chongfu township, which houses over 100,000 residents in Eastern China's Zhejiang province, is known as the biggest fur designing, researching, producing and exporting centre in China. The township is the home of 1,469 fur companies, according to its government website.WILLIAM HONG/Reuters
Artist Liu Bolin is painted by an assistant, as part of a project to make himself and other participants look exactly the same as the seats in a theatre, in Beijing, September 12, 2013. Liu, the Chinese artist known as "the invisible man" for using painted-on camouflage to blend into the backdrops of his photographs, has done it again by making himself and other participants "disappear" into the red seats of a Beijing theatre. Called "Red Theatre", the latest project is Liu's third to make a group vanish and one of more than 100 "invisible works" he has completed since 2005.JASON LEE/Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon at the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo September 13, 2013.STRINGER/Reuters
A man walks along the embankment of the river Spree during sunset in Berlin, September 13, 2013.THOMAS PETER/Reuters
A riot policeman fires tear gas to disperse Bahraini anti-government protesters during a planned march, called by several opposition groups but denied authorization by police, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, in Mussala, Bahrain.Hasan Jamali/The Associated Press