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September 26, 2012

Today in Photos

Today in photos, September 26

Farmer Harald Wenske transports a load of pumpkins in a typical Spreewald boat in Lehde, Germany, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Patrick Pleul

Pro abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Uruguayan congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Matilde Campodonico

An Indian artisan works on semi finished clay idols of Hindu deities during a power cut in Kumartoli, the idol makers village of Siliguri, on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Diptendu Dutta

Surfers wait for waves as dolphins jump around at Bondi Beach in Sydney September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Munoz

A French soldier stands in Naghlu base before on September 24, 2012, in a village on the road to Naghlu the French army base. Photo: AFP/Jeff Pachoud

General view of sky above Zorroaga mount at dawn in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Javier Etxezarreta

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal waits with the trophy for his team's picture during the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/David J. Phillip

Four of seven members of a Taliban group pose for a photo in front of ammunition and guns they turned in to authorities near Herat on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Aref Karimi

A Chinese busker performs at a underground passage in Beijing on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew whips a fellow believer with a leather belt as a symbolic punishment for his sins during the traditional Malkot ceremony on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli

Person listens from a booth while US President Barack Obama speaks during the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations September 25, 2012 in New York. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

A child touches a model of a Triceratops dinosaur in the exhibition 'World of Dinosaurs' in Hohenfelden near Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Jens Meyer

A Free Syrian Army fighter cries near the body of his comrade in front of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Manu Brabo

Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid, September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrea Comas

New York police officers look at men dressed as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) during a protest against the two leaders, outside the Warwick Hotel in New York September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

Models wear a creation as part of fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Francois Mori

Children watch as a young model takes to the catwalk during the 'Fashion Kids for Children in Crisis Onlus' show in Milan, Italy, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Daniel Dal Zennaro

A boy walks beside a a wall covered with campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Fernando Llano

Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Juan Karita

Artist Richard Carpenter takes a photo of Carole Renner, left, and Sally Wheeler, both of South Haven with his ArtPrize entry "OUT OF THE WOODS a pine needle bear," in Grand Rapids, Mich. on September, 24, 2012. Photo: AP/Chris Clark

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of the fish farms in the countryside next to Hefei, in central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of a farmer in a field in the countryside near Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

Farmer Harald Wenske transports a load of pumpkins in a typical Spreewald boat in Lehde, Germany,...Farmer Harald Wenske transports a load of pumpkins in a typical Spreewald boat in Lehde, Germany, 25 September 2012....

September 26, 2012

Today in Photos

Today in photos, September 26

Farmer Harald Wenske transports a load of pumpkins in a typical Spreewald boat in Lehde, Germany, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Patrick Pleul

Pro abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Uruguayan congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Matilde Campodonico

An Indian artisan works on semi finished clay idols of Hindu deities during a power cut in Kumartoli, the idol makers village of Siliguri, on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Diptendu Dutta

Surfers wait for waves as dolphins jump around at Bondi Beach in Sydney September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Munoz

A French soldier stands in Naghlu base before on September 24, 2012, in a village on the road to Naghlu the French army base. Photo: AFP/Jeff Pachoud

General view of sky above Zorroaga mount at dawn in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Javier Etxezarreta

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal waits with the trophy for his team's picture during the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/David J. Phillip

Four of seven members of a Taliban group pose for a photo in front of ammunition and guns they turned in to authorities near Herat on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Aref Karimi

A Chinese busker performs at a underground passage in Beijing on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew whips a fellow believer with a leather belt as a symbolic punishment for his sins during the traditional Malkot ceremony on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli

Person listens from a booth while US President Barack Obama speaks during the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations September 25, 2012 in New York. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

A child touches a model of a Triceratops dinosaur in the exhibition 'World of Dinosaurs' in Hohenfelden near Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Jens Meyer

A Free Syrian Army fighter cries near the body of his comrade in front of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Manu Brabo

Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid, September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrea Comas

New York police officers look at men dressed as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) during a protest against the two leaders, outside the Warwick Hotel in New York September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

Models wear a creation as part of fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Francois Mori

Children watch as a young model takes to the catwalk during the 'Fashion Kids for Children in Crisis Onlus' show in Milan, Italy, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Daniel Dal Zennaro

A boy walks beside a a wall covered with campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Fernando Llano

Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Juan Karita

Artist Richard Carpenter takes a photo of Carole Renner, left, and Sally Wheeler, both of South Haven with his ArtPrize entry "OUT OF THE WOODS a pine needle bear," in Grand Rapids, Mich. on September, 24, 2012. Photo: AP/Chris Clark

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of the fish farms in the countryside next to Hefei, in central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of a farmer in a field in the countryside near Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

Farmer Harald Wenske transports a load of pumpkins in a typical Spreewald boat in Lehde, Germany, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Patrick Pleul

Pro abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Uruguayan congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Matilde Campodonico

An Indian artisan works on semi finished clay idols of Hindu deities during a power cut in Kumartoli, the idol makers village of Siliguri, on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Diptendu Dutta

Surfers wait for waves as dolphins jump around at Bondi Beach in Sydney September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Munoz

A French soldier stands in Naghlu base before on September 24, 2012, in a village on the road to Naghlu the French army base. Photo: AFP/Jeff Pachoud

General view of sky above Zorroaga mount at dawn in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Javier Etxezarreta

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal waits with the trophy for his team's picture during the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/David J. Phillip

Four of seven members of a Taliban group pose for a photo in front of ammunition and guns they turned in to authorities near Herat on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Aref Karimi

A Chinese busker performs at a underground passage in Beijing on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew whips a fellow believer with a leather belt as a symbolic punishment for his sins during the traditional Malkot ceremony on September 25, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli

Person listens from a booth while US President Barack Obama speaks during the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations September 25, 2012 in New York. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

A child touches a model of a Triceratops dinosaur in the exhibition 'World of Dinosaurs' in Hohenfelden near Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Jens Meyer

A Free Syrian Army fighter cries near the body of his comrade in front of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Manu Brabo

Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid, September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrea Comas

New York police officers look at men dressed as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) during a protest against the two leaders, outside the Warwick Hotel in New York September 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

Models wear a creation as part of fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Francois Mori

Children watch as a young model takes to the catwalk during the 'Fashion Kids for Children in Crisis Onlus' show in Milan, Italy, 25 September 2012. Photo: EPA/Daniel Dal Zennaro

A boy walks beside a a wall covered with campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Fernando Llano

Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Photo: AP/Juan Karita

Artist Richard Carpenter takes a photo of Carole Renner, left, and Sally Wheeler, both of South Haven with his ArtPrize entry "OUT OF THE WOODS a pine needle bear," in Grand Rapids, Mich. on September, 24, 2012. Photo: AP/Chris Clark

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of the fish farms in the countryside next to Hefei, in central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

This picture taken on September 15, 2012, shows an aerial view of a farmer in a field in the countryside near Hefei, central China's Anhui province. Photo: AFP/STR

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