Photos of the Day for Sept. 24
Pope Francis is welcomed to the Speakers Balcony at the US Capitol by members of congress.Doug Mills/Getty Images
The owner of the 47-room Hotel Mozart in Brussels is allowing Syrian asylum-seekers for a short period of time to live as guests free of charge.Yves Herman/Reuters
A Frontex helicopter stops a dinghy with a suspected smuggler off the Greek island of Lesbos.Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
An Egyptian girl plays with a balloon during Eid al-Adha prayers at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt.The Associated Press
A Latino couple carry a pinata of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Los Angeles. Trump accused Mexico of illegally sending drugs, crime and rapists to the U.S.Robyn Beck/AFP / Getty Images
Indian artist, Ravi Kali, dressed as Hindu goddess Kali, talks on his mobile phone during a religious procession for the Hindu festival, Ganesh Chaturthi in New Delhi.Chandan Khanna/AFP / Getty Images
Kamba, a western lowland gorilla, holds her one-day-old son Zachary at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty Images
Local residents walk into the Chand Baori stepwell in Rajasthan, India. One day every year, celebrants can enter the 100-foot-deep, 1,200-year-old stepwell.Alex Ogle/AFP / Getty Images
A photo shot above the Knokke-Heist beach in Belgium shows the art installation of photographer Wim Tellier entitled "Time" and depicting a giant crab.David Stockman/AFP / Getty Images
An excavator works on a huge pile of life vests and dinghies that have been used by migrants at a local dump of the island of Lesbos, Greece.Petros Giannakouris/The Associated Press