Remembering 9/11, deadly flooding in India, air strikes in Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to to proceedings during a ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon in Washington September 11, 2014. Beside him is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(L to R) U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden observe a moment of silence on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the White House in Washington September 11, 2014. Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda’s attack on the United States 13 years ago on Sept. 11. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Fire fighters from CAL Fire unfurl a large American flag from a ladder truck during a remembrance event on the campus of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California September 11, 2014. Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Mike Blake

A family stands at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the 911 attacks at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2014. Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda’s attack on the United States 13 years ago on Sept. 11.REUTERS/Justin Lane

A woman who did not wish to be identified pauses at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the 911 attacks at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2014. Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda’s attack on the United States 13 years ago on Sept. 11. REUTERS/Justin Lane

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a moment of silence at the Pentagon in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, in Washington September 11, 2014. Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda’s attack on the United States 13 years ago on September 11. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

A firefighter memorial bagpiper visits the 9/11 Empty Sky memorial during the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 11, 2014. Until a few months ago, the part of New York City where crowds will gather on Thursday morning to mark the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States had been mostly fenced off to the public.This year, for perhaps the first time since the attacks, a sense of normalcy and openness has taken root in the city blocks where two airliners hijacked by militants from al Qaeda crashed into the World Trade Center’s twin towers. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

An American flag is seen on inscribed names on the edge of the north pool of the 911 Memorial during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2014 REUTERS/Chang Lee/Pool

Albert Biatta, of Queens, New York, prays while standing in front of the inscribed name of his uncle Antoine Biatta at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2014.

A view shows a portion of the 2,977 flags laid out to signify the people who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, during a remembrance event on the campus of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California September 11, 2014. Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Mike Blake

An image of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen on the floor of a basement used as a shelter from artillery fire in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Ukrainian servicemen play with a dog as they stand guard in Volnovaha, Donetsk region, September 11, 2014. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Russia had removed the bulk of its forces from his country, raising hopes for a peace drive now underway after five months of conflict in which more than 3,000 people have been killed. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A man carries an injured girl, after what activists claim was five air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

A man reacts amid damage after what activists said were five air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Men carry an injured man, after what activists claim was five air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Residents inspect a damaged site after what activists said were five air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Spanish rider Francisco Gavino jumps during a jumping cross show in the Andalusian capital of Seville September 11, 2014. The show is to promote a competition dedicated to Anglo-Arab horses which takes place from September 11-14 in Seville. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Ground support personnel are seen waiting to take off in their helicopter to support the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft, landing with International Space Station (ISS) crew members NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, at Dzhezkazgan September 11, 2014. Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a nearly six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Riding inside a Russian Soyuz capsule, former station commander U.S. astronaut Swanson and cosmonauts Skvortsov and Artemyev landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 8:23 a.m. Thursday (10:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday/0223 GMT). REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Ground support personnel are seen waiting to take off in their helicopter to support the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft, landing with International Space Station (ISS) crew members NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, at Dzhezkazgan September 11, 2014. Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a nearly six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Riding inside a Russian Soyuz capsule, former station commander U.S. astronaut Swanson and cosmonauts Skvortsov and Artemyev landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 8:23 a.m. Thursday (10:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday/0223 GMT). REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters Handout via Reuters

Russian space agency rescue team members help Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov out of the Russian Soyuz TMA-12M space capsule shortly after he landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan September 11, 2014. Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a nearly six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Riding inside a Russian Soyuz capsule, former station commander Steve Swanson and cosmonauts Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 8:23 a.m. Thursday (10:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday/0223 GMT). REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool

The Orion capsule sits on top of the service module as it is moved from the Operations & Checkout Building to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (L) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida September 11, 2014. While in the PHSF the Orion will be getting further processing for it’s launch scheduled for early December 2014. REUTERS/Mike Brown

A flood victim wades through a flooded field following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, September 11, 2014. Floods that have killed 450 people in India and Pakistan began to recede on Wednesday giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of villagers stranded by the heaviest rainfall in 50 years in the heavily militarised and disputed region of Kashmir. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

An aerial view shows flooded houses and streets in Srinagar September 11, 2014. Authorities in Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets on Thursday as anger mounted over what many survivors said was a bungled operation to help those caught in the region’s worst flooding in 50 years. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

An aerial view taken from an Indian Air Force helicopter shows the flooded Srinagar city, September 11, 2014. Authorities in Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets on Thursday as anger mounted over what many survivors said was a bungled operation to help those caught in the region’s worst flooding in 50 years. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

The sun is reflected on solar panels which produce renewable energy, on the island of Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Scotland May 28, 2014. The Scottish island of Eigg has the first completely wind, water and sun-powered electricity grid in the world, according to the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. According to a local, between 85 and 95 percent of the energy consumed on the island comes from renewable resources. Scottish nationalists say that the best way to harness Scotland’s renewable energy potential is to vote for independence on Sept 18, although an independent Scotland would also benefit from large oil reserves in the North Sea. Campaigners to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom argue that the growing renewables sector would suffer with independence, as the cost of new infrastructure would not be spread out across the whole of Britain. Picture taken May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

A collie dog is seen on the island of Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Scotland May 25, 2014. The Scottish island of Eigg has the first completely wind, water and sun-powered electricity grid in the world, according to the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. According to a local, between 85 and 95 percent of the energy consumed on the island comes from renewable resources. Scottish nationalists say that the best way to harness Scotland’s renewable energy potential is to vote for independence on Sept 18, although an independent Scotland would also benefit from large oil reserves in the North Sea. Campaigners to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom argue that the growing renewables sector would suffer with independence, as the cost of new infrastructure would not be spread out across the whole of Britain. Picture taken May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

People visit the Van Gogh Alive exhibition in St. Petersburg, September 11, 2014. More than 3,000 images associated with the life and work of Van Gogh are on display during the exhibition. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

A Palestinian militant from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) ride in a vehicle as others are reflected in the window during a military show in Gaza City September 11, 2014. An open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants, mediated by Egypt, took effect on August 26, 2014 after a seven-week conflict. It called for an indefinite halt to hostilities, the immediate opening of Gaza’s blockaded crossings with Israel and Egypt, and a widening of the territory’s fishing zone in the Mediterranean. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

A woman looks at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Health workers remove the body of Prince Nyentee, a 29-year-old man whom local residents said died of Ebola virus in Monrovia September 11, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue

The entrance to the cellars of the former market hall ‘Grossmarkthalle’ is pictured across a concrete ramp, part of a holocaust memorial at the site of the new European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, September 11, 2014. The Grossmarkthalle is integrated into the office complex of the new ECB. The memorial commemorates about ten thousand victims of the holocaust who have been deported from October 1941 until March 1945 by the Nazi regime that used the Grossmarkt cellars as an assembly point for deported Jews. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Test person Niklas Thiel sits inside a flight simulator with an electroencephalography (EEG) cap measuring brain activity, at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Garching near Munich September 9, 2014. The researchers from TUM and the Technische Universitaet Berlin (team Phypa) try to find ways to control an airplane with computer translated brain impulses without the pilot touching the plane’s controls. The solution, if achieved, would contribute to greater flight safety and reduce pilots’ workload. Picture taken September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Test person Niklas Thiel poses with an electroencephalography (EEG) cap which measures brain activity, at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Garching near Munich September 9, 2014. The researchers from TUM and the Technische Universitaet Berlin (team Phypa) try to find ways to control an airplane with computer translated brain impulses without the pilot touching the plane’s controls. The solution, if achieved, would contribute to greater flight safety and reduce pilots’ workload. Picture taken September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Bavarian farmers escort cows during the traditional “Almabtrieb” in Bad Hindelang, about 180km (110 miles) south of Munich September 11, 2014. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the Alps to the valley into winter pastures. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

South Korean photographers take photographs of a member of North Korean contingent as they leave upon their arrival for the 17th Asian Games, at Incheon International Airport in Incheon September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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