Sept. 6 Photo Brief: Clashes in Jerusalem, New York Fashion Week continues, Pakistan’s Defense Day
Israeli police clash with Palestinians after Friday prayers in Jerusalem, models keep strutting their stuff at New York Fashion Week, protests against U.S. action in Syria continue and more in today’s daily brief.
- Masked Palestinian youths prepare to throw stones at Israeli riot police (unseen) during clashes following Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound on September 6, 2013. Israeli police fired stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinian protesters after Friday prayers in Jerusalem’s Old City, arresting 15 of them, police said. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
- Israeli police detain a Palestinian youth outside the entrance of the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on September 6, 2013, after clashes between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli police forces erupted. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
- A young boy looks at the ruins of his parents’ home in a district in Niamey, the capital city of Niger, where floods caused 26 casualties and affected 75,347 people and 13,000 hectares of farmland with damages estimated to 48.8 million euros, according to a statement. (Boureima Hama/AFP/Getty Images)
- Museum workers unveil 20th century French painter Marc Chagall’s painting, titled ‘Life’, in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, September 6, 2013. The painting, one of Chagall’s most important works of art, will be on display as part of an exhibition in Budapest from September 13. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- A Komondor, a traditional Hungarian guard dog, shakes its long fur in Bodony, 130 km northeast of Budapest. Komondors, a traditional Hungarian breed, have a fur coat that weighs 30 kg (60 pounds). The kennel has won several awards but makes hardly any money as dogs without pedigrees have displaced pure breeds from the market in recent years. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- An activist shows his hands while wearing gloves covered in fake blood during a sit-in near the U.S. embassy in Awkar, Lebanon, September 6, 2013. The sit-in was against potential U.S. strikes on Syria. U.S. officials ordered non-emergency personnel and their family members out of Lebanon on Friday “due to threats,” the U.S. embassy in Beirut said in statement. (/Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
- A palm tree is silhouetted as morning sunlight is reflected through rain falling from a passing cloud near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, California, September 6, 2013. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
- Supporters of presidential candidate Gasim Ibrahim hold balloons during a street march in Male September 6, 2013. Voters in the Maldives go to the polls on Saturday to elect a president after nearly 20 months of intermittent protests and sporadic violence triggered when the previous government was ousted. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is congratulated by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (right) after delivering her farewell speech at the Ronald Reagan Building, September 6, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Friday was Secretary Napolitano’s last day on the job before becoming head of the University of California.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
- A boy looks at a television as he waits for a boat at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar on September 6, 2013. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
- Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take part in a ceremony at the Rangers headquarters in Lahore on September 6, 2013 to mark the country’s Defense Day. Pakistan’s armed forces staged a display of their capacities as they celebrated Defense Day, a commemorative day of the war fought against neighboring India in 1965. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pakistan Air Force cadets take part in a ceremony at the mausoleum of the country’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi on September 6, 2013 to mark the country’s Defense Day. Pakistan’s armed forces staged a display of their capacities as they celebrated Defense Day, a commemorative day of the war fought against neighboring India in 1965. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)
- An 18-meters-tall rubber duck floats by the musical fountain show at the Beijing Garden Expo Park on September 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. After touring 13 cities in 10 countries, a giant rubber duck designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman will float first at Beijing Garden Expo Park and then at the Summer Palace from September to October in Beijing. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
- U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in Saint Petersburg on September 6, 2013 on the sideline of the G20 summit. World leaders at the G20 summit on Friday failed to bridge their bitter divisions over U.S. plans for military action against the Syrian regime, with Washington signalling that it has given up on securing Russia’s support at the U.N. on the crisis. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Palestinian militant drinks water during a march in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on September 6, 2013, against peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as a possible US strike on Syria. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
- A model has her makeup done before the Kate Spade Spring/Summer 2014 collection presentation during New York Fashion Week September 6, 2013. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
- A member of an Indonesian hardline Islamic group holds up a sign during a protest against the forthcoming Miss World competition on September 6, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hundreds of members of hardline Islamic groups have been protesting against the holding of the 63rd annual edition of the Miss World pageant, which is set to start this Sunday, saying that the competition is immoral, indecent and is counter to Islamic values. (Ed Wray/Getty Images)
- Gay rights activist holds rainbow flags and posters as they take part in a gay pride event in Saint Petersburg on September 6, 2013. The poster reads: “No To Homophobia in Russia!” U.S. President Barack Obama was set Friday to meet Russian gay rights activists after the G20 summit, in a strong symbol of .U.S support for the community amid a furor over an “anti-gay” Russian law. (Petr Kovalev/AFP/Getty Images)