Sep 25, 2014

The 17th Asian Games, a record-seeking wedding dress train, Argentina workers burn U.S. flags | Sept. 25

The day in pictures around the world.

: Demonstrators burn U.S. flags during a protest against layoffs at U.S. automotive supplier Lear outside the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, September 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci)

: Shi’ite fighters, who joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, celebrate after the end of their training in the desert region between Kerbala and Najaf, south of Baghdad September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani)

: Bronze medallist Asami Chida of Japan competes in the women’s 800m freestyle final swimming competition at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne)

: The pack races in the track cycling women’s omnium 25km point race at the Incheon International Velodrome during the 17th Asian Games September 25, 2014. )REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)

: China’s Liu Hao reacts after winning the gold medal with a lift of 221kg on his third attempt in the men’s clean and jerk 94kg weightlifting competition at the Moonlight Garden Venue during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Olivia Harris)

: North Korea’s gold medallist Kim Un Hyang cries during the medal ceremony for the women’s beam final of the artistic gymnastics competition at the Namdong Gymnasium Club during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

: South Korea’s Shin Alam (L) competes against China’s Xu Anqi during their women’s epee team fencing competition final at Goyang Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

: Japan’s Yuki Ota (R) celebrates with a team member after winning their men’s foil team fencing competition final against China at Goyang Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

: Gold medallist Ai Ueda of Japan holds up the finish line ribbon during the women’s triathlon competition at Songdo Central Park at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

: A view shows a 4100-meters-long wedding dress train trailed along shrubs and forming a heart shape (top), during a promotional event for a tourism valley in Chengdu, Sichuan province September 24, 2014. The long wedding dress train, which was 1.5-metre-wide, cost about 40,000 yuan (6,520 USD) and one month to make. The owner is planning to apply for the Guinness World Records, local media reported. Picture taken September 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

: A ball boy tries to catch a grasshopper on the court during a break in the quarter-final match between Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, Hubei province, September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/China Daily)

: A worker takes a picture of the “Unconditional Surrender” sculpture by artist Seward Johnson of the U.S. during its installation outside the Memorial of Caen museum in Caen, September 25, 2014. The 25-foot statue of a sailor kissing a nurse is to spend a year in front of the Caen Memorial, a museum known for its extensive collection documenting the Normandy invasion in 1944 and World War II. (REUTERS/Stephane Mahe)

: Shi’ite Houthi rebels swim at the house of the business tycoon and Islah party leader Hameed al-Hamar after they took control of it in Sanaa September 24, 2014. The leader of a Shi’ite rebel group on Tuesday hailed the takeover by his fighters of much of the Yemeni capital after four days of fighting last week as a “successful revolution” for all citizens. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

: A competitor practices a jump before the Los Angeles Masters Grand Slam Indoor equestrian jumping competition at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, California September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)

: Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer poses for a portrait in Culver City, Los Angeles, California September 24, 2014. After Ballmer plunked down $2 billion for the NBA’s Clippers, fans might expect the former Microsoft chief executive to be hitting the reset button on a team that has been through a nasty public fight over racism. Don’t bet on it. That experience, Ballmer knows, makes his team unique, and it will be part of the story he tells to earn one thing that was not guaranteed by the record price tag: a fan base that will sustain the team for years to come. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

: Spectators watch the flight of European Ryder Cup player Martin Kaymer’s ball on the first hole during practice ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Eddie Keogh)

: Japan’s Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd’s latest concept robots, “the Murata Cheerleaders”, which balance on balls and synchronize as a team by utilizing its latest sensing and communication technology, are displayed during an unveiling event in Tokyo September 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)

: Kurdish Syrian refugees carry their belongings after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014. Kurdish forces in northern Syria pushed back an advance by Islamic State fighters towards a strategic town on the Turkish border on Thursday and appealed for U.S.-led air strikes to target the insurgents’ tanks and heavy armaments. Islamic State launched a new offensive to try to capture the border town of Kobani more than a week ago, besieging it from three sides. At least 140,000 Kurds have fled the town and surrounding villages since Friday, crossing into Turkey. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)