Protests in Charlotte, UN general assembly, air strikes on an aid convoy and more…
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A boy listens to President Barack Obama as he speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner on Sept. 17, in Washington, D.C.
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2. Pedestrians pass a shattered window on W. 23rd St. in Manhattan on Sept. 20 in New York. The window was hit by shrapnel from the bomb that exploded across the street Saturday evening. An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police.
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3. Debris is strewn across the road the morning after a aid convoy was hit by a deadly airstrike in Orum al-Kubra, Syria
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4. In London’s Parliament Square, campaigners created a display using 2,500 lifejackets worn by refugees who crossed from the Greek island of Chois. Charities behind the temporary installation said it would “remind leaders of the risks families have taken to reach safety, the need for solidarity with refugees, respect of their rights and more international responsibility sharing”.
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5. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia dance during a cultural event held at their encampment in Llanos del Yari, Caqueta department, Colombia. It was the FARC’s last conference as a rebel army and was supposed to provide a roadmap of how the group would compete electorally once it turns over its weapons to United Nations-sponsored observers. A peace agreement was reached last month with the government.
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6. Wax figures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are moved apart at Madame Tussauds following news of the couple’s divorce.
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7. A wounded protester is carried into the parking area of the Omni hotel during a march to demonstrate against the death of Keith Scott, who was shot and killed by police officers.
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8. A sniper from Misrata fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Sirte, Libya. Libyan forces said they foiled three attempted car bombings in renewed heavy fighting against Islamic State holdouts in the group’s former stronghold of Sirte on Thursday. Forces led by brigades from the western city of Misrata and supported since Aug. 1 by U.S. air strikes have surrounded militants in a gradually shrinking residential area in central Sirte after a four-month campaign.
Photo: Manu Brabo / AP
9. Police in Charlotte, North Carolina spread across the road during a protest against the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old black man.
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10. An elderly man stands among the rubble of the Alsonidar Group’s water pump and pipe factory after it was hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against Houthi rebels and their allies since March 2015. Calls for an independent investigation into alleged breaches of humanitarian law in Yemen were stepped up this week
Photo: Yahya Arhab/EPA
11. Barack Obama makes a speech during the 71st session of the UN general assembly. In his final address, the outgoing US president sought to rally the morale of embattled liberal democracies. He warned that the world faced an urgent choice between striving for fairer open markets and democracies or falling prey to the lure of populist demagogues, xenophobia and division.
Photo: Justin Lane/EPA
12. Students from the University of the Witwatersrand are injured by a police grenade during a protest against the governments announcement of a rise of up to 8% in 2017 university fees – well above the inflation rate.
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13. Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee helps his brother Jonathan cross the finishing line in an end to the World Triathlon Series. Alistair Brownlee had the chance to win the race but instead came to the aid of his brother.
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14. Thousands of people defied restrictions to mourn an 11-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by Indian Government forces in Kashmir. Protests continue in Kashmir against the Indian rule. The protests have triggered a heavy crackdown by Indian government forces which include many strict curfews and the controversial use of pellet guns. 85 civilians have been killed and over 12,000 Injured have been injured so far.
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