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Colourful protest in Kashmir
Kashmiri government employees are drenched in coloured water during a protest in Srinagar, India. Police used water cannons and detained dozens of employees during the protest by employees demanding regularisation of contractual jobs and an increase in pay. Read more
Window on Angela Merkel’s election campaign
An election campaign poster for German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen through a car window in Berlin. Germany goes to the polls for a general election on September 22. Read more
Flocking to the waterfront
Oystercatchers gather after seeking new feeding grounds at the Snettersham nature reserve in Norfolk, England. The reserve lies on the banks of The Wash, one of the most important bird estuaries in the UK, supporting more than 300,000 birds. Read more
Nepalease Hindu devotees pray on banks of Bagmati river
Nepalease Hindu devotees pray as they stand on the banks of the Bagmati river during the Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu Read more
A Tribute in Light at World Trade Center
The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in a test of the memorial light display. Read more
Ferrari under wraps at the Frankfurt Motor Show
A Ferrari 458 Speciale car is covered ahead of its presentation during a media preview day at the Frankfurt Motor Show Read more
3,000 flags in memory of September 11 lives lost
A girl plants some of the 3,000 flags placed in memory of the lives lost in the September 11 2001 attacks, at a park in Winnetka, Illinois, US Read more
Anti-graft protest in Manila
A vendor in Quezon city, Manila sells pig masks on Wednesday during an interfaith prayer vigil calling for the abolishment of the Priority Development Assistance Fund, also known as “pork barrel”, a discretionary fund in the Philippines available to members of Congress. Read more
Polish trade unions’ demonstration in Warsaw
Trade unionists parade during a demonstration on the first day of the Polish National Days of Protest in Warsaw, Poland. Read more
President Marks Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Attack
Lone Support For Syrian Solution
A member of the European Parliament attends a debate on a negotiated political solution for Syria following the use of chemical weapons, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Read more
Inspecting Japan’s guard of honour
On guard at France’s Elysée Palace
London Fashion Week kicks off
Models wait on the catwalk during the Bora Asku spring/summer 2014 show on the first day of London Fashion Week. Read more
On the catwalk at Madrid Fashion Week
A model displays a spring/summer design by Ana Locking during Madrid Fashion Week. Read more
The fleet gathers for Southampton boat show
Some of the more than 1,000 boats and 500 exhibitors from around the world gather for the opening day of the Southampton boat show in England, now in its 45th year. Read more
Fylingdales Flypast
The RAF Red Arrows display team fly over RAF Fylingdales to mark the 50th anniversary of the early warning station that dominates the skyline between Whitby and Pickering, high on the North Yorkshire moors Read more
Sunrise in Northumberland
Autumn weather in Northumberland, UK: a woman walks her dog at sunrise on Blyth beach early on Wednesday Read more
Atlas V rocket launches
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying an Air Force communications satellite blasts off from launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday morning in Florida. In the foreground is the Port Canaveral Welcome Center in this 73 second time exposure Read more