Photos of the Day: Sept. 11

OVERHEAD VIEW: Teachers gathered Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain, at the University of Deusto, a Spanish Jesuit university, for an opening ceremony for the academic year.
OVERHEAD VIEW: Teachers gathered Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain, at the University of Deusto, a Spanish Jesuit university, for an opening ceremony for the academic year.
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FLEEING: Residents who had fled by boat gathered near water as fighting between Philippine forces and Muslim fighters entered a third day in Zamboanga, Philippines, Wednesday. A faction of the Moro National Liberation Front declared the independence of several Mindanao provinces.
FLEEING: Residents who had fled by boat gathered near water as fighting between Philippine forces and Muslim fighters entered a third day in Zamboanga, Philippines, Wednesday. A faction of the Moro National Liberation Front declared the independence of several Mindanao provinces.
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DISMAYED: A girl cried outside her family’s home near Soweto, South Africa, after dozens of people were arrested when an antigovernment protest turned violent Wednesday. Some South Africans are still living in shacks without running water and lights years after the end of Apartheid.
DISMAYED: A girl cried outside her family’s home near Soweto, South Africa, after dozens of people were arrested when an antigovernment protest turned violent Wednesday. Some South Africans are still living in shacks without running water and lights years after the end of Apartheid.
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A MOTHER’S LOVE: A handwritten note was left on a name engraved in the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New York Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Manhattan, Pennsylvania and Washington.
A MOTHER’S LOVE: A handwritten note was left on a name engraved in the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New York Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Manhattan, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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OVERFLOWING: The owner of a street bookstore and library enjoyed his lunch in Maradana, Sri Lanka, Wednesday.
OVERFLOWING: The owner of a street bookstore and library enjoyed his lunch in Maradana, Sri Lanka, Wednesday.
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RETURN TO EARTH: Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov looked out from a Soyuz capsule shortly after he, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and American astronaut Chris Cassidy landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday. They had spent 166 days in space.
RETURN TO EARTH: Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov looked out from a Soyuz capsule shortly after he, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and American astronaut Chris Cassidy landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday. They had spent 166 days in space.
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ATONEMENT: An ultraorthodox Jewish man swung a chicken around his head as part of Kaparot rituals in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, in advance of Yom Kippur, which begins Friday. Observers believe the ritual transfers a human’s sins from the past year to the chicken.
ATONEMENT: An ultraorthodox Jewish man swung a chicken around his head as part of Kaparot rituals in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, in advance of Yom Kippur, which begins Friday. Observers believe the ritual transfers a human’s sins from the past year to the chicken.
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PULLED ALONG: A boy pulled his father and brother on a makeshift cart through the streets of Medellín, Colombia, Tuesday.
PULLED ALONG: A boy pulled his father and brother on a makeshift cart through the streets of Medellín, Colombia, Tuesday.
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NIMBLE: A rabbit hopped to avoid a leopard cub during a test of the cub’s instincts at a wildlife park in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Tuesday.
NIMBLE: A rabbit hopped to avoid a leopard cub during a test of the cub’s instincts at a wildlife park in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Tuesday.
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SOUL-STIRRING: A protester tried to hit a defense attorney, unseen, outside a courthouse Wednesday in New Delhi for defending a man in the fatal 2012 gang-rape of a woman on a bus. Sentences will be handed down Friday; prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for the four…
SOUL-STIRRING: A protester tried to hit a defense attorney, unseen, outside a courthouse Wednesday in New Delhi for defending a man in the fatal 2012 gang-rape of a woman on a bus. Sentences will be handed down Friday; prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for the four convicted men.
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A PLACE TO SIT: A utility worker sat on an upturned traffic cone while working near a manhole in Moscow Tuesday.
A PLACE TO SIT: A utility worker sat on an upturned traffic cone while working near a manhole in Moscow Tuesday.
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SEARCHING: Forensic worker Huskic Suad looked for human remains at a mass grave near Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wednesday. Authorities said the remains of about 10 people have been unearthed since the site, from the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, was discovered last week.
SEARCHING: Forensic worker Huskic Suad looked for human remains at a mass grave near Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wednesday. Authorities said the remains of about 10 people have been unearthed since the site, from the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, was discovered last week.
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