• Syrian refugees are reflected in a mirror as they wait in a bus at the Syrian-Turkish border near Sanliurfa, Turkey. Sedat Suna / EPA
    Syrian refugees are reflected in a mirror as they wait in a bus at the Syrian-Turkish border near Sanliurfa, Turkey. Sedat Suna / EPA
  • A member of the Shiite rebel militias stands guard at the Al-Iman Sunni Islamic University which they seized control of it in Sanaa, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
    A member of the Shiite rebel militias stands guard at the Al-Iman Sunni Islamic University which they seized control of it in Sanaa, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
  • A water spout forming on the horizon, as Bangladeshi Navy divers prepare to board the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) in the Bay of Bengal. MC1Tim Miller / AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US NAVY
    A water spout forming on the horizon, as Bangladeshi Navy divers prepare to board the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) in the Bay of Bengal. MC1Tim Miller / AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US NAVY
  • Turkmenistan’s Shermet Permanov (red) fights Japan’s Tsutomu Fujimura in their men’s Greco-Roman 71kg bronze medal wrestling match at Dowon Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Issei Kato / Reuters
    Turkmenistan’s Shermet Permanov (red) fights Japan’s Tsutomu Fujimura in their men’s Greco-Roman 71kg bronze medal wrestling match at Dowon Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Issei Kato / Reuters
  • Men inspect a site hit by what activists was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad at Qadi Askar district of Aleppo. Mahmoud Hebbo / Reuters
    Men inspect a site hit by what activists was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad at Qadi Askar district of Aleppo. Mahmoud Hebbo / Reuters
  • Student activists sleep, sit and walk on a road near the government headquarters where pro-democracy activists have gathered and made camp in Hong Kong. Wong Maye-E / AP
    Student activists sleep, sit and walk on a road near the government headquarters where pro-democracy activists have gathered and made camp in Hong Kong. Wong Maye-E / AP
  • A medical staff member wearing a protective suit walks past the crematorium where victims of Ebola are burnt, in Monrovia. Pascal Guyot / AFP
    A medical staff member wearing a protective suit walks past the crematorium where victims of Ebola are burnt, in Monrovia. Pascal Guyot / AFP
  • A Palestinian man removes belongings from his house that witnesses said was damaged during the seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    A Palestinian man removes belongings from his house that witnesses said was damaged during the seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • Pakistani women carry water after collecting it from a well on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistanis are facing a shortage of clean drinking water due to the low level of water in the country’s dams. Muhammed Muheisen / AP
    Pakistani women carry water after collecting it from a well on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistanis are facing a shortage of clean drinking water due to the low level of water in the country’s dams. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Best photography from around the world, Sept. 30

Rob Gurdebeke

September 30, 2014

The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world

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