• A migrant woman comforts her child as she waits to be registered at a camp after crossing the Macedonian-Greek border near Gevgelija on September 22, 2015. More than 300,000 migrants have arrived by sea in Greece since January, the majority of whom continue their journey through Macedonia and Serbia enroute to tbe European Union countries of Hungary and Croatia. Nikolay Doychinov / Agence France-Presse
    A migrant woman comforts her child as she waits to be registered at a camp after crossing the Macedonian-Greek border near Gevgelija on September 22, 2015. More than 300,000 migrants have arrived by sea in Greece since January, the majority of whom continue their journey through Macedonia and Serbia enroute to tbe European Union countries of Hungary and Croatia. Nikolay Doychinov / Agence France-Presse
  • Student teachers from Ayotzinapa clash with the riot police on September 22, 2015, along the Tixtla-Chilpancingo highway in Tixtla, Guerrero State, Mexico, over the disappearance of 43 students almost a year ago. The teachers-in-training vanished in the southern Guerrero state city of Iguala. The fate of 42 of them remains a mystery, while of one has been confirmed dead. Yuri Cortez / AFP
    Student teachers from Ayotzinapa clash with the riot police on September 22, 2015, along the Tixtla-Chilpancingo highway in Tixtla, Guerrero State, Mexico, over the disappearance of 43 students almost a year ago. The teachers-in-training vanished in the southern Guerrero state city of Iguala. The fate of 42 of them remains a mystery, while of one has been confirmed dead. Yuri Cortez / AFP
  • Pope Francis and US president Barack Obama share a laugh on September 22, 2015, upon the pontiff’s arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The leader of the Catholic Church will visit three cities in six days during his first trip to the United States. Saul Loeb / Agence France-Presse
    Pope Francis and US president Barack Obama share a laugh on September 22, 2015, upon the pontiff’s arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The leader of the Catholic Church will visit three cities in six days during his first trip to the United States. Saul Loeb / Agence France-Presse
  • Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed throws out Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Heisey at second after fielding a ball hit during the seventh inning of a baseball game on September 22, 2015, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press
    Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed throws out Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Heisey at second after fielding a ball hit during the seventh inning of a baseball game on September 22, 2015, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press
  • Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier shows that he has caught a foul ball by St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Adams as teammate Keyvius Sampson, front, tries to keep Frazier out of a photo pit during the fourth inning of a baseball game on September 22, 2015, in St. Louis. Jeff Roberson / Associated Press
    Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier shows that he has caught a foul ball by St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Adams as teammate Keyvius Sampson, front, tries to keep Frazier out of a photo pit during the fourth inning of a baseball game on September 22, 2015, in St. Louis. Jeff Roberson / Associated Press
  • Palestinian boys play with a fish net on the beach in Gaza City, ahead of Eid al-Adha on September 23, 2015. Eid al-Adha — or the Festival of Sacrifice — is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God. Cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered in celebration. Mohammed Abed / Agence France-Presse
    Palestinian boys play with a fish net on the beach in Gaza City, ahead of Eid al-Adha on September 23, 2015. Eid al-Adha — or the Festival of Sacrifice — is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God. Cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered in celebration. Mohammed Abed / Agence France-Presse
  • Policemen prepare security gates on September 23, 2015, in preparation for the reopening ceremony later in the day of the newly restored Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Russia. The mosque was razed and rebuilt as one of the biggest in the country with a room for 10,000 of the faithful. Russian president Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas are due to attend the reopening. Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. / Associated Press
    Policemen prepare security gates on September 23, 2015, in preparation for the reopening ceremony later in the day of the newly restored Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Russia. The mosque was razed and rebuilt as one of the biggest in the country with a room for 10,000 of the faithful. Russian president Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas are due to attend the reopening. Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. / Associated Press
  • Troops try to put out forest fires in the village of Guntung Damar, South Borneo, Indonesia on September 23, 2015. Indonesian authorities have suspended the operations of four plantation companies over forest fires on Sumatra island. Police were questioning officials from two of the domestic companies for possible criminal prosecution. The penalty for causing pollution is up to five years in prison. Haze from forest fires on Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo island is an annual hazard that authorities have blamed on the illegal practice of open burning by small farmers and plantation companies. Bagus Indahono / EPAv
    Troops try to put out forest fires in the village of Guntung Damar, South Borneo, Indonesia on September 23, 2015. Indonesian authorities have suspended the operations of four plantation companies over forest fires on Sumatra island. Police were questioning officials from two of the domestic companies for possible criminal prosecution. The penalty for causing pollution is up to five years in prison. Haze from forest fires on Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo island is an annual hazard that authorities have blamed on the illegal practice of open burning by small farmers and plantation companies. Bagus Indahono / EPAv

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World in focus — best photos for September 23, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

September 23, 2015

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