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This week in photos: Sept. 29-Oct. 4, 2012

 

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  • SEEING EYE TO EYE--A veterinarian uses a light to check on the eye of an American Flamingo at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, during an annual exam.
  • HONORS AT LONG LAST--Marines from the Marine Barracks of Washington hold folded American flags to be presented to family members during burial services for seven missing U.S. Marines from World War II, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. The remains representing the crew buried as a group in a single casket: 1st Lt. Laverne A. Lallathin of Raymond, Wash., 2nd Lt. Dwight D. Ekstam of Moline, Ill., 2nd Lt. Walter B. Vincent, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla., Tech. Sgt. James A. Sisney of Redwood City, Calif., Cpl. Wayne R. Erickson of Minneapolis, Cpl. John D. Yeager of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Pfc. John A. Donovan of Plymouth, Mich.
  • HOPE HE'S NOT TOO HUNGRY--A 700kg (0.7 ton) crocodile called Rex calmly waits just beneath the water for a feed after coming out of a three-month hibernation at the WILD LIFE Sydney zoo in Sydney, Australia Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
  • BRITISH OFFICER MOURNED--A police officer holds a single rose as British Police officers and some thousands of the public line the route of the funeral cortege along near to Manchester Cathedral, for the funeral service of Pc Fiona Bone, Thursday Oct. 4, 2012. Two unarmed female police officers were killed in a gun and grenade attack when answering a burglary call in Manchester on Sept.18.
  • Police officers hold roses as they gather for the funeral of murdered policewoman Nicola Hughes Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Policewomen Nicola Hughes, 23, and PC Fiona Bone, 32, were killed on Sept.18 at Abbey Gardens in Mottram near Manchester whilst investigating what turned out to be a false report of a burglary (AP Photo/Jon Super)
  • An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Thomas J. Butler Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Butler, of Wilmington N.C., died in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
  • A woman poses for a photo, casting her shadow on an empty advertisement board nearby at the 798 Art District in Beijing Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
  • WHERE'S MY MOMMA?--A tiger cub rests at a nursery room at the Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, China, Thursday Oct. 4, 2012.
  • BIG CHEER FOR THE REFS--Officials respond to cheers from the crowd as they arrive to work the NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. NFL officials ended their labor dispute with the league by approving a new eight-year contract with a 112-5 vote Saturday, then hustled off to the airport to get to work.
  • DREAMING OF A WIN--Atlanta Dream's Armintie Price (22) and Indiana Fever's Shavonte Zellous vie for the ball during the second half of a WNBA first-round playoff series basketball game, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Atlanta. Indiana won 103-88.
  • RIGHT IN THE KISSER--EBU (European) Heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria, left, and Alexander Ustinov of Belarus, right, fight for Pulev's heavyweight title and IBF eliminator for the top spot in the rankings in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Pulev knocked out Ustinov in the eleventh round.
  • 'TIL THE COWS COME HOME--A Bavarian herdsmen leads his beasts on a path to a boat that carry them across lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.
  • GREEK PROTESTS CONTINUE--Riot police clash with protesters inside Greece's Defense Ministry in Athens, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Police clashed with scores of protesting shipyard workers after they forced their way into the grounds of Greece's Defense Ministry. The workers say they have not been paid in months.
  • FERRY ACCIDENT--Rescuers check on a half submerged boat after it collided Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a tugboat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.
  • FESTIVAL LIGHT--A girl touches a lantern at an outdoor restaurant during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
  • ANYONE SEEN A RHINO?--An Indian villager looks from atop a tree as forest officials and villagers search for a rhinoceros that possibly strayed from the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Rani Chapori, an island in the river Brahmaputra in Suwalkuchi in Assam state, India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The rhinoceros is being guarded round the clock against poachers with an Indian Air Force helicopter requisitioned to airlift it to safety. At least four rhinos were killed by poachers recently sparking outrage in the state, home to the world's largest concentration of the rhinos.
  • A partial view of the frescoes painted on the wall of the Ancient Church of St. Mary in the Roman forum, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Italy's Ministry of Culture allowed media in Monday for a preview of a massive restoration of what experts call the Sistine Chapel of the VIII century, a series of medieval byzantine frescoes painted on the walls of this church over the course of three centuries. The Ancient Church of St. Mary was founded in the sixth century, in between imperial roman palaces. It was the oldest and most important Christian monument in the Roman forum. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
  • LOOK OUT BELOW!--France's base jumper Florian Pays gestures while leaping from Malaysia's landmark KL Tower, the 421-meter (1,389-foot) broadcasting tower in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012.
  • A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a petrol bomb toward riot police, unseen, firing tear gas and stun grenades in Sadad, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Clashes erupted at the end of a mourning procession for Ali Hussein Niema, 17, who allegedly was shot dead last week by riot police. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
  • Riot police fire tear gas as they chase Bahraini anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Hundreds of angry mourners split off from a massive funeral procession for Muhammed Mushaima, 23, who died in police custody, and marched toward the nearby site of last year's pro-democracy uprising, clashing with police just outside the heavily barricaded area. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
  • WHOLE LOT OF HOT AIR--A hot air balloon crew member works ahead of the international hot air balloons festival during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Park Timna at the Araba Desert, southern Israel, Israel,Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
  • MODERN DAY DAVID v GOLIATH--A Palestinian protester hurls stones at Israeli soldiers during a weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Sept 28, 2012.
  • SECRETED SNIPER--Free Syrian Army fighter scans for targets from a building in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.
  • DRIVING AT DOVER--In this photo made with a fisheye lens, Brad Keselowski (2) competes during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Dover International Speedway, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Dover, Del.
  • CRASH ON TAKEOFF--Nepalese gather around the burning wreckage at the crash site of a Sita Air airplane near Katmandu, Nepal, early Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. A plane carrying trekkers to the Everest region crashed and burned just after takeoff Friday morning in Nepal's capital, killing the 19 Nepali, British and Chinese people on board, authorities said.
  • A Pakistani child stands next to his sister as they wait their turn to receive a ration of donated rice during food distribution at the Beri Imam, a shrine of famous Sufi Saint Beri Imam, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
  • PASTORAL PAKISTAN--An Afghan refugee girl stands next to her family's sheep in a field next to a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • THEY'VE GOT NICE GRILLS--A model wears a creation by British designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as part of the ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
  • AND SHE CAN USE IT FOR A BIKE TIRE TOO...A model wears a creation by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel's ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris,Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012.
  • Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shake hands during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
  • DADDY'S LEGS--Chloe Mills, 1-year-old daughter of Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills and his wife Kelsey, crawls her father's walking legs in his boyhood home in Vassar, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Mills is visiting his hometown for the first time since losing all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan. Travis, Kelsey and Chloe will be the grand marshals of Vassar High School's homecoming parade on Thursday evening.
  • Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills plays with his daughter Chloe in his boyhood home in Vassar, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Mills is visiting his hometown for the first time since losing all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan. Mills, his wife, Kelsey, and their 1-year-old daughter, Chloe, will be the grand marshals of Vassar High School's homecoming parade on Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
  • NO TALKING TO THIS HAND--A girl cries as a massive hand approach to her during the Human Body Parts performance on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The performance is part of the Hi Seoul Festival which runs from Oct. 1 through Oct. 7.
  • TORRENTIAL RAIN IN SPAIN--People look at a cargo ship which ran aground after a heavy storm at Saler beach near Valencia Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. At least eight people, including a young girl and an elderly woman, have died in Spain as a result of floods brought on by downpours, regional officials said. Four people died in the Andalusia region, including a woman in her 80's, a couple found in their car and a man who died of a heart attack. Some 500 people remained evacuated from their homes in the area early on Saturday after the torrential rains caused rivers to break their banks and flooded roads and railways, regional authorities said.
  • RACE ALONG THE BEACH--Jockeys race their horses across the beach during the Atlanterra Grand Prix in the south of Spain, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012.
  • FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER--People wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. The Supreme Court is embarking on a new term that could be as consequential as the last one with the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights.
  • UNDER THE OPEN SKY--A hiker is reflected in a mountain lake while descending from the Schaflaeger mountain, above Calfreisen, eastern Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Arno Balzarini)
 
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