SEPTEMBER 30 - KAFER ROUMA, SYRIA: A displaced girl makes her bed after waking up in ancient ruins near Kafer Rouma, used as a temporary shelter by families who fled from heavy fighting and shelling in Syria's Idlib province. The U.N. says more than 4 million people are displaced inside Syria, while a further 2 million have been forced to leave the country.
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Spirit of Oktoberfest —
SEPTEMBER 27 - MUNICH, GERMANY: People enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round during day six of the Oktoberfest 2013 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 26. The celebration, which runs from September 21 until October 6 this year, is the world's largest beer festival and draws millions of visitors.
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Pakistan: Thrown off balance —
SEPTEMBER 26 - AWARAN, PAKISTAN: Women gather at the window of a local clinic waiting to receive medical care, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Labach in the southwest of the country. Hundreds of people have been killed and two days after the tremor struck, rescuers are still struggling to help survivors.
SEPTEMBER 24 - NAIROBI, KENYA: A passerby runs with her belongings as police clear an area overlooking Westgate Mall after explosions and heavy gunfire. Government forces have taken full control of the shopping center where terrorists killed at least 62 people, Kenyan police tweeted Tuesday. But 65 people remain unaccounted for.
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He survived, 81 died —
SEPTEMBER 23 - PESHEWAR, PAKISTAN: A man comforts his son, who was injured in a suicide attack on a church in Peshewar. Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among 81 people killed in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the Christian community in Pakistan.
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Displaced innocence —
SEPTEMBER 20 - ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Wali Mohammed, 10, who was displaced with his family from Pakistan's tribal region of Mohmand Agency due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, wipes dust out of his eye. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a recent roadside bomb attack which killed a top Pakistani general.
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Upon reflection —
SEPTEMBER 19 - JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A contestant in the Muslimah World 2013 contest, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria (front), checks her reflection while waiting for the grand final of the competition. Beauty pageants have come under the spotlight recently, after the newly crowned Miss America, the first winner of Indian descent, was the subject of racist comments online.
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Resting, while the world watches —
SEPTEMBER 18 - IDLIB, SYRIA: A Syrian opposition fighter rests inside a cave at a rebel camp in the countryside near Idlib, as world powers bicker over how to respond to chemical attack allegations. While Western countries say a U.N. report implicates the Syrian regime in the attacks, Russia has slammed the report as "distorted," claiming rebels may have been involved.
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Upright —
SEPTEMBER 17 - GIGLIO, ITALY: The wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia sits upright after the first step of an effort to salvage the ill-fated ship. In a lengthy process involving massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, a salvage crew managed to roll the 114,00-ton vessel off the rocks where it ran aground 20 months ago, killing 32 passengers, injuring dozens more.
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She is Indian-American. Get over it. —
SEPTEMBER 16 - ATLANTIC CITY, U.S.: Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America pageant, becoming the first Indian-American to claim the title. Her Indian descent sparked a wave of racism online, with some turning to the tired stereotype about Indians and convenience stores, referring to her as "Miss 7-Eleven."
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Preparing for Yom Kippur —
SEPTEMBER 13 - RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL: Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray on the banks of Hayarkon river during a Tashlich ceremony. Tashlich, meaning 'to cast away' in Hebrew, commands Jews to symbolically 'throw away' their sins by tossing a piece of bread into water before Yom Kippur, the most holy Jewish holiday, which starts at sundown Friday.
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The strongest link —
SEPTEMBER 12 - BARCELONA, SPAIN: An estimated 1.5 million people formed a 400 kilometer human chain to campaign for independence from Spain during Catalonia National Day, or Diada, in front of La Sagrada Familia church on September 11. The chain traversed Catalonia from the north, near the French border, to the south, on its border with Valencia.
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9/11/13 —
SEPTEMBER 11 - GROUND ZERO, NEW YORK: The Tribute in Light rises above buildings of lower Manhattan, commemorating the 2,977 people killed 12 years ago in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
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Guilty as charged —
SEPTEMBER 10 - NEW DELHI, INDIA: Passengers riding on a public bus look towards a court complex crowded with media personnel awaiting a verdict in the December gang rape case in New Delhi. The Indian court found four men guilty of the crime that shocked the South Asian nation and prompted mass protests.
SEPTEMBER 6 - GAZA, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Palestinian militants perform Friday prayers on a street in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, after a protest against peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The issue of Israeli settlements derailed the last round of direct talks in 2010.
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On his own? —
SEPTEMBER 5 - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: U.S. President Barack Obama boards Air Force One en route to St Petersburg to attend the G20 summit. He is expected to urge the world's leaders to join him in upholding global treaties banning the use of chemical weapons and support his push for military action against the Syrian regime.
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China's river of death —
SEPTEMBER 4 - WUHAN, CHINA: A man clears poisoned dead fish from the Fuhe river in China's Hubei Province. Local officials blamed high levels of ammonia discharged by a chemical plant for the latest Chinese environmental disaster. The legacy of China's powerhouse of cheap, labor-intensive exports is a natural environment tainted by the pollutants of economic growth.
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Swim from Cuba to Florida: Done —
SEPTEMBER 3 - KEY WEST, FLORIDA: Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, and her trainer hug as Nyad walks ashore after becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective cage, nearly 53 hours after jumping into the ocean in Havana. This was Nyad's fifth and final attempt to make the 103-mile swim.
