A tapestry depicting Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, in the facade of Saint Peter's Basilica during a mass, celebrated by
Pope Francis, for her canonization.
A child cries after she was administered
a polio vaccine during a house-to-house vaccination exercise in Maiduguri,
Nigeria. An emergency polio vaccination campaign aimed at reaching 25 million
children this year has begun in parts of Nigeria newly freed from Boko Haram,
with fears that many more cases of the crippling disease are likely to be
found.
People hold flowers as they gather to
watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan. Karimov died of a stroke at 78.
A Palestinian boy sits next to luggage
as he and his family wait to cross the border into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing
border in the southern Gaza Strip.
Stranded man in Costa Rica uses his
cellphone at a makeshift camp at the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
A woman climbs toward the top of Mount
Al-Noor ahead of Hajj at the Holy City Of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Hajj
pilgrimage 2016 takes place in Mecca from September 9 to 14.
Participants hold golden eagles for an
eagle hunt during the second World Nomad Games at Issyk Kul lake in
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The Games, which opened on Saturday on a picturesque
mountain plain in eastern Kyrgyzstan, bring together athletes from 40 countries
where nomadic traditions are strong.
A woman loyal to the Houthi movement
holds a rocket-propelled grenade as she takes part in a parade to show support
for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen.
US Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton greeting audience members at a campaign voter registration
event at Johnson C Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, United
States.
A man pictured after winning a race for
disabled people in Douma, Syria. People who suffered disabilities in the Syrian
war joined the race held under the slogan ''searching for life''.