U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama hugs a State Department employee on Sept. 12. Obama came to the State Department in Washington, D.C., to meet with staff after the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three staff members at the U.S. consulate building in Benghazi, Libya.
An armed man inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire late on Sept. 11 during the attack in which Amb. Stevens and three others were killed.
Cynthia Salter, who lost her sister, Catherine, in the South Tower on 9/11, pauses in front of the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sept. 11 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The United States commemorated the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.
An Egyptian protester carries a tear gas canister toward riot police during clashes near the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Sept. 13. Police used tear gas as they clashed with angry, stone-throwing crowds. Protests continue to grip Cairo and cities through the Middle East.
A Syrian woman walks past a destroyed building on the way to a food distribution centre in Aleppo on Sept. 13. Syrian fighter jets and tanks pounded the northern city of Aleppo as witnesses reported rebels advancing into the key contested central Midan district.
An Orma tribesman sits at a Red Cross internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Kenya's Tana river delta region on Sept. 12. The Red Cross claims eight children were slaughtered by members of the Pokomo tribe during an attack on the Kilelengwani village which left 38 people dead. 112 people have been killed in clashes between the Pokomo and Orma tribes since late August 2012.
An anti-Japanese demonstrator holds a Chinese flag during a protest outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept. 12 over the contested Diaoyu islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japanese. On Sept. 11, China dispatched two patrol ships to "assert its sovereignty" over the islands as Tokyo completed its purchase of the disputed territory from private individuals.
Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges, speaks with the media after being released from Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai on Sept.12. Trivedi was released four days after being arrested in a case that has outraged freedom of expression campaigners. You can see a collection of his controversial cartoons here.
Yemeni women protest to demand the repeal of an immunity deal for ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on Sept. 11. Many Yemenis want Saleh and his aides to face justice over the killing of demonstrators during a year of protests against his 33-year rule.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns at Van Dyck Park on Sept. 13 in Fairfax, Virginia. Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama are spending significant time competing in Virginia, one of the primary battleground states.
Employees of Alcoa, the world's leading aluminum producer, light flares on Sept. 10 during a demonstration outside the Industry Ministry in Rome. The demonstrators protested against the closing of foundries on the Italian island of Sardinia, which employ about 2,000 people.
A crack addict leaves his makeshift dwelling at the entrance of the Jacare shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept. 12 during a police operation to clean the streets of drug addicts.
Cuban dissident Marta Beatriz Roque lies on her bed during her hunger strike in Havana on Sept. 13. Roque, the 67-year-old "Iron Lady" of the Cuban opposition, who suffers from diabetes, began fasting at noon Monday to protest what she said was the government's "intolerable and untenable" treatment of political opponents.
On Sept. 13, Franciscan monks visit the location where Pope Benedict XVI is due to celebrate mass over the weekend in Beirut. The pontiff arrived in Lebanon on Friday amid fears over the fate of Christian refugees from the war-torn city of Aleppo in neighboring Syria.
A coati enjoys honey handed to it by a zoo keeper at the Israeli zoo of Ramat Gan, north of Tel Aviv, on Sept. 13. The honey is a traditional treat ahead of the upcoming celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.
Farmers drive cattle downhill from the Alps during the so-called Viehscheid drive on Sept. 11 near the village of Bad Hindelang in southern Germany. During the traditional Almabtrieb event, cow herds are brought from alpine pastures, where they stay during the summer, to their stables in the valley.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visit Assyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on on Sept. 14, day four of their Diamond Jubilee Tour of the Far East. The tour will include stops in Singapore, Malaysia, the Solomon Islands, and the tiny Pacific Island of Tuvalu.
An ear of corn during the harvest on Sept. 13 near Teltow, Germany. The annual corn harvest is underway in the German state of Brandenburg, where corn is widely planted and used for animal feed as well as the produciton of biofuels.
