Photos of the Day: Sept. 23

BLACK AND WHITE: A Grévy’s zebra at a zoo in Mulhouse, France, Monday.
BLACK AND WHITE: A Grévy’s zebra at a zoo in Mulhouse, France, Monday.
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FRONT AND CENTER: An elderly woman protested in Athens Monday. Hundreds of striking city workers marched through the streets to protest public-sector job cuts. About 12,500 civil servants are being suspended on partial pay and face losing their jobs.
FRONT AND CENTER: An elderly woman protested in Athens Monday. Hundreds of striking city workers marched through the streets to protest public-sector job cuts. About 12,500 civil servants are being suspended on partial pay and face losing their jobs.
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CRYING OUT: Relatives mourned near All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, where two suicide bombers blew themselves up a day earlier, killing at least 85 Christian worshipers. A wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
CRYING OUT: Relatives mourned near All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, where two suicide bombers blew themselves up a day earlier, killing at least 85 Christian worshipers. A wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
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GRABBING EVERYTHING: A man carried a Winnie the Pooh toy and an umbrella as he waded through floodwaters in Las Piñas, Philippines, south of Manila, Monday. At least 16 people have been killed as heavy rains battered the area amid Typhoon Usagi.
GRABBING EVERYTHING: A man carried a Winnie the Pooh toy and an umbrella as he waded through floodwaters in Las Piñas, Philippines, south of Manila, Monday. At least 16 people have been killed as heavy rains battered the area amid Typhoon Usagi.
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MOURNING A SON: Soldiers comforted the mother of Gabriel Kobi in Haifa, Israel, Monday. An unidentified gunman killed the 20-year-old Israel Defense Forces soldier on Sunday in Hebron, West Bank. The IDF is searching for the gunman.
MOURNING A SON: Soldiers comforted the mother of Gabriel Kobi in Haifa, Israel, Monday. An unidentified gunman killed the 20-year-old Israel Defense Forces soldier on Sunday in Hebron, West Bank. The IDF is searching for the gunman.
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STANDOFF: Soldiers took cover amid gunfire Monday at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where at least 62 people have been killed since attackers armed with rifles and grenades stormed the shopping center on Saturday. The Somali al-Shabaab group has claimed responsibility.
STANDOFF: Soldiers took cover amid gunfire Monday at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where at least 62 people have been killed since attackers armed with rifles and grenades stormed the shopping center on Saturday. The Somali al-Shabaab group has claimed responsibility.
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RIDING PAST: A man transported packing materials for sale on a tricycle at a Shanghai market Monday.
RIDING PAST: A man transported packing materials for sale on a tricycle at a Shanghai market Monday.
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GRIEVING: President Barack Obama and the first lady looked toward mourners at a ceremony Sunday in Washington for victims of the Sept. 16 Washington Navy Yard shooting. Authorities killed Aaron Alexis, who struggled with mental illness, in a gunbattle after they say he shot and…
GRIEVING: President Barack Obama and the first lady looked toward mourners at a ceremony Sunday in Washington for victims of the Sept. 16 Washington Navy Yard shooting. Authorities killed Aaron Alexis, who struggled with mental illness, in a gunbattle after they say he shot and killed 12 people.
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FIELD FRACAS: Fans fought with police during a match between Besiktas and Galatasaray, both Turkish soccer teams, at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul Sunday. The match was abandoned because of the rioting.
FIELD FRACAS: Fans fought with police during a match between Besiktas and Galatasaray, both Turkish soccer teams, at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul Sunday. The match was abandoned because of the rioting.
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ELECTION EXCITEMENT: Christian Democratic Union supporters celebrated election results in Berlin Sunday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a resounding victory. Still, her CDU party fell just short of an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament.
ELECTION EXCITEMENT: Christian Democratic Union supporters celebrated election results in Berlin Sunday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a resounding victory. Still, her CDU party fell just short of an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament.
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BABY PANDAS: Researchers took care of panda cubs inside a crib at Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Monday.
BABY PANDAS: Researchers took care of panda cubs inside a crib at Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Monday.
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CASTING A NET: A Palestinian child played with a fishing net on a beach near Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Monday.
CASTING A NET: A Palestinian child played with a fishing net on a beach near Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Monday.
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PARTY OF ONE: Oakland Athletics player Josh Reddick celebrated after the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 11-7 Sunday in Oakland, Calif., becoming the American League West champions.
PARTY OF ONE: Oakland Athletics player Josh Reddick celebrated after the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 11-7 Sunday in Oakland, Calif., becoming the American League West champions.
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TIGHT JOB MARKET: People jostled as they tried to apply for civil-servant jobs in Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday. As many as 25,000 people applied for the 193 open positions, according to local media reports.
TIGHT JOB MARKET: People jostled as they tried to apply for civil-servant jobs in Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday. As many as 25,000 people applied for the 193 open positions, according to local media reports.
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