242 diamond handbag, Typhoon Fung-Wong, swimming in sync | Sept. 23
Today in photos around the world.
- European Ryder Cup player Martin Kaymer (L) kicks his ball as he walks with teammates Rory McIlroy (C) and Sergio Garcia along the seventh fairway during practice ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland September 23, 2014. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)
- Boys wrestle during an annual buffalo-racing ceremony at Virhear Sour village in Kandal province September 23, 2014. The ceremony, which started more than 70 years ago, is held to honour the Neakta Preah Srok pagoda spirit. It also marks the end of the Festival of Pchum Ben. (Samrang Pring/Reuters)
- A man tries to hold onto his umbrella as Typhoon Fung-Wong passes near the coastal area of Shanghai September 23, 2014. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
- Ginsengs are seen on sale at a market in Baishan, Jilin province, September 22, 2014. Some 50-year-old ginsengs are displayed and each is worth at least approximately 150,000 yuan ($24,430), according to the seller. Picture taken September 22, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)
- Models present creations by Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga as part of her Spring/Summer 2015 women’s ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Anrealage during Paris Fashion Week September 23, 2014. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
- South Korea’s team take a “selfie” with their gold medals after defeating Kazakhstan’s team in their men’s team gold medal judo contest at Dowon Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
- Three members of the bronze medal winning Kazakhstan team perform during their Synchronised Swimming Free Combination routine at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
- China’s Shang Chunsong prepares to compete in the uneven bars event of the women’s individual all-around final artistic gymnastics competition at the Namdong Gymnasium Club during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
- Taiwan’s Lin Tzu Chi sets a new world record weight of 145kg in the women’s 63kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Moonlight Festival Garden during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
- Gold medalists of China perform their Synchronised Swimming Free Combination routine at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
- Taiwan’s Lin Tzu Chi reacts after setting a new world record of 145kg in the women’s 63kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Moonlight Festival Garden during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
- Japan’s team performs in the Teams Free Combination synchronised swimming final at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. Japan won the silver medal. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
- Malaysia’s Nicol David (R) competes against her compatriot Low Wee in their women’s single squash match final at the Yeorumul Squash Courts during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
- A swimmer trains during a practice session at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 23, 2014. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
- An employee holds an Hermes diamond and Himalayan Nilo Crocodile Birkin handbag at Heritage Auctions offices in Beverly Hills, California September 22, 2014. The handbag has 242 diamonds with a total of 9.84 carats. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
- An artist dressed as demon king Ravana is reflected in a mirror as a makeup kit lies backstage before his performance during Ramlila, a re-enactment of the life of Lord Rama, ahead of Dussehra in New Delhi September 23, 2014. Effigies of the 10-headed demon king “Ravana” are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)
- A helicopter flies past as the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is transported to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome September 23, 2014. The Soyuz is scheduled to carry Barry Wilmore of the U.S., Elena Serova and Alexander Samokutyaev of Russia to the International Space Station on September 26. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
- Smoke rises following explosions in Syria near the border with the Israeli occupied Golan Heights September 23, 2014. Israel shot down a Syrian warplane on Tuesday, saying the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria’s civil war and flew over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, perhaps by accident. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
- A tourist is seen through a hole in the Tsarskie Vorota (The Tsar Gate) rock on a bank of the Biryusa Gulf of the Yenisei River in the Taiga district outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, September 22, 2014. Picture taken September 22, 2014. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
- Residents inspect damaged buildings in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in Kfredrian, Idlib province September 23, 2014. (Abdalghne Karoof/Reuters)
- U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement at the White House in Washington on the air strikes in Syria, prior to departing for the United Nations in New York, September 23, 2014. Obama on Tuesday vowed to continue the fight against Islamic State fighters following the first U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the militant group in Syria, and pledged to build even more international support for the effort. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)
- The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile, as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), in the Arabian Gulf in this handout photograph taken and provided on September 23, 2014. The United States and Arab allies hit Islamic State (IS) targets including training camps, headquarters and weapon supplies in northern and eastern Syria in dozens of air and missile strikes on Tuesday, the U.S. military and a monitoring group said. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst/U.S. Navy/Handout)
- A pro-Russian rebel walks in front of a factory destroyed during recent shelling, in the town of Nizhnaya Krinka, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)
- U.S. actor and UN Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio speaks during the Climate Summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 23, 2014. (Mike Segar/Reuters)