Images from around the world

Here is a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.

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Sept. 22, 2012

Visitors wearing traditional Bavarian clothes get the first beers in a festival tent at the start of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich.

Christof Stache / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 22, 2012

People attend a meeting of the Union of Forces for Change in Libreville, Gabon, gathering opposition parties, including members of the dissolved National Union party, despite a ban.

Patrick Fort / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 22, 2012

Villagers cross a flooded road in the village of Lachi Bishnupur in Assam, India. Floodwater from the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries have submerged 13 districts in Assam, affecting tens of thousands of people after heavy rains in the region, a media release issued by the state government said.

Utpal Baruah / Reuters

Sept. 22, 2012

A market set up along the street draws customers in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ibadan is the culture home of the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria and once home to a British colonial presence. The city still shows signs of that past amid its crowded streets and tin-roofed homes.

Jon Gambrell / AP

Sept. 21, 2012

Pakistani Muslim demonstrators topple a freight container placed by police to block a street during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Lahore, Pakistan. At least 13 people died and nearly 200 were wounded in Pakistan during violent protests on Friday condemning a U.S.-made film insulting Islam, defying a government call for only peaceful demonstrations, officials said.

ARIF ALI / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 21, 2012

Customers celebrate as Apple Inc. started selling iPhone 5 at a store in Tokyo. Apple’s Asian fans jammed the tech juggernaut’s shops in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to pick up the latest version of its iPhone.

Koji Sasahara / AP

Sept. 21, 2012

A PETA activist attired to look like a pice of meat in a meal lies on a huge plate during a demonstration in Bangalore, India. The activists staged the demonstration to urge public to go vegan and stop violence against animals to mark the International Day of Peace.

MANJUNATH KIRAN / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 21, 2012

The Basilica Sagrada Familia is illuminated during the "Montreal Signe Ode a la Vie" light show by Canadian company Moment Factory as part of the Merce Festival in Barcelona.

ALBERT GEA / Reuters

Sept. 20, 2012

Protesters cheer for opposition leaders, center, as thousands rally to call for the departure of South African company Waymark, which was hired by the Guinean government to redo the country's electoral list in Conakry, Guinea. Police fired tear gas to disperse the marchers but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

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Sept. 20, 2012

A woman cries outside a prison during a protest rally against prison abuse in Tbilisi, Georgia. Street protests against the brutal abuse of prisoners escalated Thursday in the Georgian capital, fueling anger against the Western-allied government and possibly boosting support for the opposition before a tight parliamentary election. Two days after television stations aired videos of guards beating inmates and raping them with truncheons and brooms, thousands rallied outside the Interior Ministry and the Tbilisi prison where the abuse occurred. The protesters, some carrying brooms, then marched down the capital's main avenue to the presidential palace to demand the ouster of the interior minister.

Shakh Aivazov / AP

Sept. 20, 2012

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds his son as another helps them to perform the Kaparot ritual in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Tuesday. Kaparot is an ancient custom connected to Yom Kippur, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement.

NIR ELIAS / Reuters

Sept. 20, 2012

A woman walks past graffiti outside the Athens Academy. Greece was fighting hard on September 20 against International Monetary Fund pressure for new pay cuts, in critical talks on further rescue funding, a finance ministry source said.

ARIS MESSINIS / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 19, 2012

A police officer helps a disabled man cross the street during a heavy wind storm in Montevideo, Uruguay. A powerful storm blew across the southern cone of South America, breaking windows in several buildings in Uruguay's capital, toppling about a hundred trees and cutting off three highways due to flooding.

Matilde Campodonico / AP

Sept. 19, 2012

A Palestinian reacts at a hospital morgue following an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle killed three Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said. The Israeli military had no comment on the attack.

Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

Sept. 19, 2012

Scholars, sheikhs and notable Yemenis attend a conference for scientists in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Yemeni cleric Sheikh Abdul-Majid al-Zindani touched on the attitude of scholars toward an anti-Islamic YouTube video, and called for the evacuation of U.S. Marines from Yemeni territory. The Marines were deployed to Yemen last week after youths attacked the U.S. Embassy compound in protest against the video.

Mohamed al-Sayaghi / Reuters

Sept. 19, 2012

A sailing school moves in the middle of the yachts during the 23rd edition of the Monaco Yacht Show in Monaco. The yacht show, taking place at Port Hercules, is the only boat show devoted exclusively to luxury yachting.

Lionel Cironneau / AP

Sept. 19, 2012

A Pakistani lawyer scuffles with police during a demonstration near the area that houses the U.S. Embassy and other foreign missions in Islamabad, Pakistan. The demonstration in Islamabad followed three days of violent protests in Pakistan against an anti-Islamic YouTube video. Two people have been killed since the protests began. Over two dozen more have been killed in protests in other parts of the Muslim world over the past week, including the U.S. ambassador in Libya.

Anjum Naveed / AP

Sept. 19, 2012

Bubble artist Melody Yang looks through bubbles she created on a table during a demonstration in Vancouver, Canada. The demonstration came before her father, Fan’s, attempt to set a world record for the number of people inside a bubble.

Andy Clark / Reuters

Sept. 18, 2012

A Chinese man shouts anti-Japan slogans next to portraits of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. The 81st anniversary of a Japanese invasion brought a fresh wave of anti-Japan demonstrations in China on Tuesday, with thousands of protesters venting anger over the colonial past and a current dispute involving contested islands in the East China Sea.

Ng Han Guan / AP

Sept. 18, 2012

Water polo players warm up before their training in a public swimming pool in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The temperature reached almost 95 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday during the last week of winter in Brazil.

Paulo Whitaker / Reuters

Sept. 18, 2012

A Kashmiri Muslim family watches a protest against the United States in Srinagar, India. The protest was an epression of the widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's prophet Muhammad.

Dar Yasin / AP

Sept. 18, 2012

A Palestinian adjusts his Islamic flag mask during clashes with Israeli security forces at Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem. Clashes erupted after a demonstration against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's prophet Muhammad.

Bernat Armangue / AP

Sept. 17, 2012

Indonesian anti-riot police arrest a man during a protest against the video "Innocence of Muslims" outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Protesters hurled gasoline bombs and clashed with Indonesian police outside the embassy.

Adek Berry / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 17, 2012

A Muslim man prepares to throw a rock at police officers outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, during a protest against a video that ridicules Islam and negatively depicts the prophet Muhammad .

Dita Alangkara / AP

Sept. 17, 2012

Hezbollah supporters wave their flag and hold up Arabic banners that read, "At your service God's prophet,” “America equals terrorism,” and “America does not equal freedom," during a rally in Beirut denouncing an anti-Islam video that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, who does not usually appear in public for fear of assassination, called for Monday's protests in Beirut, saying the U.S. must be held accountable for the film because it was produced in America.

Hussein Malla / AP

Sept. 17, 2012

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, with his bodyguards, makes a rare public appearance as he greets his supporters at an anti-U.S. rally in Beirut's southern suburbs. Nasrallah addressed the tens of thousands of marchers protesting against a video that mocks the prophet Muhammad.

Issam Kobeisy / Reuters

Sept. 17, 2012

Waves generated by Typhoon Sanba slam into the coast in Yeosu, Korea, about 300 miles south of Seoul. Typhoon Sanba, packing winds of 85 miles per hour, brought torrential rains across the country and shut down flights and ferry services.

Yeosu City / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 16, 2012

Pakistani policemen use a water cannon to disperse Shiite Muslim protesters during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi. At least one person was killed and 18 injured at the protest.

Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 16, 2012

A wounded woman rests at a hospital after NATO airstrikes in Laghman province in Afghanistan. NATO-led airstrikes in southern Laghman province on Saturday night killed eight women, according to a local official.

Parwiz / Reuters

Sept. 16, 2012

Syrians clear the rubble of a house that was destroyed in a government airstrike Saturday in Kal Jubrin, on the outskirts of Aleppo.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Sept. 16, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful from his "Popemobile" before an open-air Mass in Beirut.

Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Vice President Joe Biden speaks before the Frederick Douglass statue now permanently placed in the US Capitol's Emancipation Hall in Washington, DC on June 19, 2013. The statue of the abolition leader was chosen by District residents to represent them in the Capitol because of his stance on self governance according to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). The statue by artist Steven Weitzman, was blocked from it's placement in the Capitol for years, a victim of rules that stated that only the 50 states can display statues of their favored sons and daughters in the Capitol. The House and Senate passed a resolution last month allowing DC to be represented in Emancipation Hall which features statues of notable leaders nominated by each state. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post)

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TV presenter and conservationist Anneka Tanaka-Svenska wears a hat designed by Louis Mariette during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNISADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Photos of the day

Royal Ascot, protests in Brazil, Lego exhibition, flooding in India, Cheetah-Cub robot and more.

Two-year old male rat named Dyatlik wears a costume during a rodent exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Madonna attends the Dolce & Gabbana and The Cinema Society screening of the Epix World premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at The Paris Theatre on June 18, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Madonna, Michael Buble, Barbara Streisand, Jackie Chan, Jerry Seinfeld, Estelle and other celebrities.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

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In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

Inmates walk at a high-security male prison camp outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 14, 2013. High-security male prison camp number 17 is intended to house male inmates who are serving a sentence for the first time, and have been convicted for serious crimes. Prisoners at the facility work in wood and metal processing shops, manufacture furniture, sew clothes and do other kinds of work. They can also take part in educational, sport and cultural programs. Picture taken May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 4 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE SIBERIA'S PRISONS' SEARCH 'ILYA PRISON' FOR ALL IMAGES

Life in a Siberian prison

A look inside a high-security prison camp outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia

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