• Migrants wait to board a bus at a migrant collection point in Roszke, Hungary. Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
    Migrants wait to board a bus at a migrant collection point in Roszke, Hungary. Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
  • The Russian Soyuz TMA-16M space capsule, carrying the Expedition 44 crew member Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen and Aidyn Aimbetov, lands in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Yuri Kochetkov / AFP
    The Russian Soyuz TMA-16M space capsule, carrying the Expedition 44 crew member Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen and Aidyn Aimbetov, lands in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Yuri Kochetkov / AFP
  • A hot air balloon casts a shadow on a meadow with cows near Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
    A hot air balloon casts a shadow on a meadow with cows near Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
  • Visitors take photos as paintings by Vincent van Gogh are projected during an exhibition at a shopping mall in Beijing. The 'Van Gogh Alive' exhibit includes over 3,000 images of the Dutch painter's work as part of a multimedia display. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    Visitors take photos as paintings by Vincent van Gogh are projected during an exhibition at a shopping mall in Beijing. The 'Van Gogh Alive' exhibit includes over 3,000 images of the Dutch painter's work as part of a multimedia display. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • Seafood vendors pose for photographs with a giant swordfish after unloading it from a truck, in Qingdao, Shandong province. The 4.1-metre long swordfish, weighed about 309.5 kilogrammes, was caught by local fishermen, local media reported. Reuters
    Seafood vendors pose for photographs with a giant swordfish after unloading it from a truck, in Qingdao, Shandong province. The 4.1-metre long swordfish, weighed about 309.5 kilogrammes, was caught by local fishermen, local media reported. Reuters
  • Grave stones are seen near a traffic sign reading 'Stop' at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by Typhoon Etau at Araigi town in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Issei Kato / Reuters
    Grave stones are seen near a traffic sign reading 'Stop' at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by Typhoon Etau at Araigi town in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Issei Kato / Reuters
  • A house burns as the Butte fire rages through Mountain Ranch, California. Evacuation orders were expanded to thousands of homes in northern California’s Sierras on Friday as the rapidly spreading wildfire roared for a third day through drought-parched timber and brush, threatening mountain communities. Noah Berger / Reuters
    A house burns as the Butte fire rages through Mountain Ranch, California. Evacuation orders were expanded to thousands of homes in northern California’s Sierras on Friday as the rapidly spreading wildfire roared for a third day through drought-parched timber and brush, threatening mountain communities. Noah Berger / Reuters
  • Spectators at the top of Arthur Ashe Stadium take in the sunset as Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, and Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland, play during a semifinal match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York. Julio Cortez / AP Photo
    Spectators at the top of Arthur Ashe Stadium take in the sunset as Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, and Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland, play during a semifinal match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York. Julio Cortez / AP Photo

World in focus — best photos for September 12, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.