Travel photos of the week: Sept. 1
This week's best in travel photos includes tough waves, salt lakes and one hell of a tomato fight
A performer dances in the street parade at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London August 29, 2011.OLIVIA HARRIS
A performer dances with Olympic rings strapped to her back, during the street parade at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London August 29, 2011.TOBY MELVILLE
A Chinese visitor poses for a picture next to a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at an auditorium in Rason city, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011.CARLOS BARRIA
Adam McQuaid hoists the Stanley Cup as he travels on the Harbour Hippo to the APM Centre in Cornwall Sunday August 28, 2011.BRIAN MCINNIS/The Associated Press
A man surfs near the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier, which suffered damage from Hurricane Irene, on August 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.Brendan Hoffman
Tourists kiss on the tower of Ljubljana Castle August 27, 2011.SRDJAN ZIVULOVIC
Local residents talk on the street of Campo Maior, decorated with paper flowers for a flower festival, in central Portugal, August 27, 2011.RAFAEL MARCHANTE
A Mexican dressed in an Aztec costume takes part in the lighting of the flame ceremony for the Pan-American games, at the Teotihuacan archaeological site, a monument of the Aztecs, about 60 km north of Mexico City, August 26, 2011.HENRY ROMERO
Passengers are reflected in a window shortly after sunrise aboard a B.C. Ferries vessel traveling from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay on Friday August 26, 2011.DARRYL DYCK
Swiss acrobat Freddy Nock balances upon a rope at the Jungfraujoch (3454 metres) in Bernese Oberland August 26, 2011.ARND WIEGMANN
Sam Shnaps, a visitor to the Victoria and Albert Museum, jumps into a skip converted into a swimming pool by designer Oliver Bishop-Young as part of an exhibition in central London August 26, 2011.LUKE MACGREGOR
Colombia's naval sailing ship ARC Gloria passes though Tower Bridge at the end of a three day visit to London August 26, 2011.LUKE MACGREGOR
The crew wave from the rigging as Colombia's naval sailing ship ARC Gloria passes though Tower Bridge at the end of a three day visit to London August 26, 2011.LUKE MACGREGOR
Women walk in the ocean in Santa Monica, California August 25, 2011. Temperatures were over 100 F in parts of Los Angeles County.LUCY NICHOLSON
A man runs along the beach at Coney Island at dawn after Hurrican Irene on August 29, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Mario Tama
This photo taken on August 25, 2011 shows New Zealand's most famous penguin "Happy Feet" in his icy room at Wellington Zoo's hospital. Happy Feet set sail on August 29 for the icy waters he calls home.NEIL SANDS
People bathe near the island of Isola dei Conigli on August 23, 2011 in Lampedusa, Italy. Isola dei Conigli is one of the last remaining egg-laying sites in Italy for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle.Tullio M. Puglia
Thousands of Bangladeshis wait for trains at the airport railway terminal as they rush home to be with their families in remote villages before the Muslim Eid festival on the outskirts of Dhaka on August 30, 2011.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, Tibetans and tourists attend the unfolding ceremony of a giant thangka, a religious silk paintingy, as they celebrate the Tibetan Shoton Festival at the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa.The Associated Press
A reveller is covered with tomato pulp after the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 31, 2011.HEINO KALIS
Jared Zuege of Madison, Ohio floats in his kayak along Swiftcurrent Lake near Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park, Montana August 26, 2011.MATT MILLS MCKNIGHT
Fireworks explode above St.Basil's cathedral during a rehearsal for the "Spasskaya Tower" international military music festival at Moscow's Red Square August 30, 2011.SERGEI KARPUKHIN
Residents visit the Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque in Samarra, 100 km north of Baghdad August 30, 2011.STRINGER/IRAQ/Reuters
A tourist walks inside a columbarium at Hirbet Madras archaeological site, featuring ancient rebel hideouts, at the foothills of Jerusalem around the ancient city of Beit Guvrin August 23, 2011.BAZ RATNER
A tourist poses for pictures at Tuz Golu, about 130 km from Ankara August 29, 2011. Tuz Golu, which means Salt Lake in Turkish, is the second biggest lake in Turkey.UMIT BEKTAS