Human towers in Spain, endurance motorcycle race, migrant crisis continues | Sept. 20
The day in photos around the world.
- An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his head as part of the Kaparot ritual in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Observers believe the ritual transfers one’s sins from the past year into the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
- Cleveland Browns fans mob Browns’ Travis Benjamin after he scored in the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Cleveland. The Browns won 28-14. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
- Members of different Castellers watch as “Joves Xiquets de Valls” form a human tower or “Castellers” during the Saint Merce celebrations in San Jaime square in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The tradition of building human towers or castells dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where colles or teams compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. A castell is considered completely successful when it is loaded and unloaded without falling apart. In 2010 castells were declared by UNESCO one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
- Members of the Castellers Joves Xiquets de Valls form a human tower or “Castellers” during the Saint Merce celebrations in San Jaime square in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The tradition of building human towers or castells dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where colles or teams compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. A castell is considered completely successful when it is loaded and unloaded without falling apart. In 2010 castells were declared by UNESCO one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
- A model has her hair styled backstage during the Madrid’s Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
- Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg of Germany, left, collides with Williams driver Felipe Massa of Brazil during the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
- Copies of the newly adopted constitution lie bundled together for distribution to lawmakers at the constituent assembly hall in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sep 20, 2015. Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav signed the constitution and made the proclamation announcement, setting off a roar of applause from members of the Constituent Assembly in Kathmandu. The new constitution replaces an interim one that was supposed to be in effect for only a couple of years but has governed the nation since 2007. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
- Nepalese policemen face ethnic Madhesis during a protest against the countrys new constitution in Birgunj, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The new constitution replaces an interim one that was supposed to be in effect for only a couple of years but has governed the nation since 2007. Police said clashes between officers and protesters on Sunday left one demonstrator dead near Birgunj town in southern Nepal. (AP Photo/ Manish Paudel)
- Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hits an army academy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. In the western province of Ibb, the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes against a Shiite rebel stronghold and prison facility have killed more than 10 and wounded more than 50 rebels and civilians, security officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
- A Muslim Pilgrim prays outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Roughly 3 million people from around the world are expected to converge at the Kaaba, in Mina and other nearby areas for the hajj, which lasts about five days. All able-bodied Muslims are required to perform once in their lives. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- A dog named Lucky gets a ride on the back of his owner as the man swims at the beach of the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men surround a portable swimming pool with goldfish as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak , near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Tashlich, which means “to cast away” in Hebrew, is the practice in which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically “throw away” their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which starts at sundown Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
- Britain’s Andy Murray plays a return to Australia’s Bernard Tomic during a semifinal tennis match of the Davis Cup between Britain and Australia in Glasgow, Scotland Sunday Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
- A boy walks around the site of an explosion as Egypt’s security forces investigate the incident that damaged a nearby building with administrative offices for Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said a few people were injured when a bomb exploded in a middle-class neighborhood of Cairo. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Abo El-Dahab)
- Indian army soldiers perform a daredevil motorcycle stunt during a parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the India-Pakistan war of 1965, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The parade concluded celebrations to honor soldiers who fought the war in 1965. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
- A paramilitary soldier aims his sling shot at Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Kashmiri separatists called for a strike to protest Saturday’s killing of a 3-year-old boy and his father in Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
- Migrants run as they cross the border from Croatia near the village of Zakany, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Croatia said it was overwhelmed by the influx of thousands of people in just a few days and would be sending them to Slovenia and Hungary. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
- A Hungarian police officer looks for migrants crossing the border from Croatia in the village of Zakany, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Croatia said it was overwhelmed by the influx of thousands of people in just a few days and would be sending them to Slovenia and Hungary. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
- Migrants whose boat stalled at sea while crossing from Turkey to Greece swim to approach the shore of the island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. A boat with 46 people fleeing Syria sank Sunday in Greece and the coast guard said it is searching for more than 20 others missing off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
- Syrian refugees arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, to the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. A boat with 46 migrants has sunk Sunday in Greece and the coast guard says it is searching for 26 missing off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
- A Syrian refugee takes a selfie after he arrive with others aboard a dinghy from Turkey, to the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Greece’s coast guard was searching Sunday for 26 migrants missing off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos after the boat they were traveling in sank. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
- United States’ Michelle Wie hits a ball in the singles on Day3 at the Solheim Cup golf tournament in St. Leon-Rot, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
- Competitors compete, during the 79th Bol d’Or Endurance motorcycle race at the Paul Ricard circuit, in Le Castellet, near Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
- Statues of Jesus and the Virgin of Charity, also known as Our Lady of El Cobre, decorate the altar where Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal visit: Mass before hundreds of thousands of people in Havana’s Revolution Plaza. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
- Pope Francis and Cuba’s Fidel Castro shakes hands, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The Vatican described the 40-minute meeting at Castro’s residence as informal and familial, with an exchange of books. (AP Photo/Alex Castro)
- Refugees crowd in front of a line of police officers to cross the border from Croatia to the Slovenian village Rigonce at the border station in Harmica, Croatia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The refugees enter a bus for transport to a registration center. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- A Slovenian police officer faces refugees waiting to cross the border from Croatia to the Slovenian village Rigonce at the border station in Harmica, Croatia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The refugees enter a bus for transport to a registration center. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)