Photos of the Day for Sept. 1
A woman salvages a mattress from a pile of furniture left in a street in Johannesburg, South Africa following the execution of an eviction order on an occupied building.Marco Longari/AFP / Getty Images
Angelique Kerber of Germany returns a shot to Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania during their Women's Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2015 US Open in New York.Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
An Indian family prepare to cross floodwaters on a banana raft at Balimukh village east of Gauhati, India.Anupam Nath/The Associated Press
An aircraft flies past a rainbow as it approaches Heathrow Airport in London.Dylan Martinez/Reuters
An Afghan judge hits a woman with a whip in front of a crowd in Ghor province, Afghanistan. An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV footage showed.Pajhwok News Agency/Reuters
First graders of a cadet's lyceum sing the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the start of the new school year in Kiev, Ukraine.Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
Visitors run away from a wave caused by a tidal bore which surged past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.China Daily/Reuters
People visit the Rain Room, an installation by Random International, at a museum in Shanghai, China. The installation creates a field of falling water that stops in the area where people walk through which allows them to remain dry.Aly Song/Reuters
School children take shelter under desks during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo.Toru Hanai/Reuters
A group of refugees walk on the railway tracks after crossing from Serbia, in Roszke, Hungary.Darko Bandic/The Associated Press