Pictures of the month Sept.

Pictures of the month Sept.

Devotees carry an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the water from Girgaum Chowpatty beach before immersing it in the waters of the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 11, 2011. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of "Ganesh Chaturthi", a popular religious festival in India. The idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, to be immersed in a river or the sea symbolizing a ritual send-off of his journey towards his abode in "Kailash", while taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind.

Devotees carry an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the water from Girgaum Chowpatty beach before immersing it in the waters of the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 11, 2011. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of "Ganesh Chaturthi", a popular religious festival in India. The idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, to be immersed in a river or the sea symbolizing a ritual send-off of his journey towards his abode in "Kailash", while taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. less 

A villager wades through flooded water carrying his bicycle near Megha village, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, India, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. Around 700,000 people have been affected by floods in 14 districts of Orissa even as the state government launched relief and rescue measures on a war-footing, according to a news agency. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

The Tribute in Light rises over the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in New York. Sunday will be the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Peter Lennihan)

A young boy jumps from a tower into the Ammersee lake in Utting, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A nun belonging to the order of the Missionaries of Charity walks past a portrait of Mother Teresa during the mass of Birth Centenary Closing Eucharistic Celebration in Kolkata on September 4, 2011. Mother Teresa, the "Angel of Mercy," a Nobel peace prize winner and Roman Catholic saint-in-waiting, was born on August 26, 1910 to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje in Macedonia.

A view of a house shelled by pro-Gaddafi forces in Om El Khanfousa September 7, 2011. The house was liberated by National Transitional Council fighters on Tuesday.

A clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga lies on the ground for drying at a workshop in Kolkata September 6, 2011. The idols will be used during the Durga Puja festival from October 2-6, which is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil.

Flood waters surround airplanes parked at the Bloomsburg Airport, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, in Bloomsburg, Pa., after remnants from tropical Storm Lee continued to produce heavy rain overnight. (AP Photo/Mel Evans).

An anti-Mubarak protester lies on the ground as riot police surround the area outside the police academy where former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's trial is taking place, in Cairo September 7, 2011. An Egyptian court trying Mubarak over the killing of protesters who ousted him convened on Wednesday to hear more testimonies after police witnesses suggested this week that neither he nor his interior minister gave orders to shoot.

Policemen stand next to an image of Hindu Goddess Kali, the Hindu goddess of power, painted on the wall of a temple during a protest by India's main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Wednesday's bomb blast outside Delhi's High Court, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad September 8, 2011. Indian police detained three people for questioning on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe, over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a bombing that killed 12 people in New Delhi, senior police sources in Kashmir told Reuters.

Firefighters put out a blaze at a national forest reserve in Brasilia September 9, 2011. Drought, high temperatures and low humidity have caused fires to start at several places in Brasilia, according to officials.

Workers bury the bodies of four fighters loyal to Col. Moamer Kadhafi at a cemetary dedicated to Kadhafi fighters in the Ganat area of Misrata, on September 5, 2011. Fighters besieging the Libyan town of Bani Walid fretted that their opponents still loyal to Moamer Kadhafi would use inhabitants as human shields as they awaited an order to attack.

Railway workers push a wagon loaded with coal back to its track after it derailed at Sabarmati power house in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad September 7, 2011. Four people were injured after six wagons of a goods train carrying coal got derailed on Wednesday due to heavy rains, a railway officer said.

A woman looks at pictures of Anti-Gaddafi fighters, killed during the current revolution, hanging on the wall of a court house in Liberation square in Benghazi, September 10, 2011.

A girl walks past graffiti on a market wall in Niger's capital Niamey September 11, 2011. Inextricably bound to its rich northern neighbour by ancient tribal ties and modern political interests, Niger was for years propped up by the oil-fuelled largesse of Muammar Gaddafi in everything from agriculture to tourism. The arrival in the capital Niamey of top Gaddafi loyalists this week has fuelled speculation that Gaddafi himself might try and seek refuge in the vast desert nation.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France bites the ball during his match against Mardy Fish during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola).

Flowers float in the reflecting pool outside City Hall during the Sept. 11 Tenth Anniversary commemoration in Hermann Square Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, in Houston. Mayor Annise Parker joined others in a ceremony in front of the reflection pool at City Hall to honor those to lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer).

Serena Williams reacts after winning her semifinal match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A Palestinian rides his donkey through a burning field as an Israeli army jeep drives by, after arsonists set fire to an olive grove in the West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Palestinian witnesses say Jewish settlers set fire to an olive grove in a West Bank village Monday, after a mosque was torched allegedly by Jewish settlers in another West Bank village earlier. Both incidents occurred after the Israeli military razed three buildings in an unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement outpost before dawn, and clashed with defiant settlers who reject a Supreme Court ruling ordering the enclave to be dismantled. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son's name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2011. The 9/11 attacks changed life in the United States forever, but 10 years after the devastating hit, New Yorkers have learned to live in a more dangerous world and are ready to move on. REUTERSJustin Lane/Pool.

 

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Best of the Press Photographer's competition

Best of the Press Photographer's competition

A selection of some of the images from this year's Press Photographer's competition, held to highlight some of the best pictures taken by and used for the news media over the last 12 months. These snaps are part of the 136 images selected by a panel from over 8000 entries. The annual competition supported by Diageo and Canon is in its sixth year and can be viewed at the National Theatre until 4th September.

 

Gareth Copley- PA. Jacques Kallis, Paul Harris, and Dale steyn appeal unsuccessfully for the wicket of England's stuart Broad during the third test at Newlands. Cape Town, South Africa. January 7th 2011

Simon Dack - Brighton Argus. A grey squirrel attacks a pigeon that was trying to steal its food in a back garden of the Queens Park area. Brighton, East Sussex. May 25th 2010.

Giant 1000-kg crocodile caught in Philippines

Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town.

Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday.

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, a Philippine National Police officer stands next a giant saltwater crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines late Saturday. Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan said that dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in his township after a three-week hunt. It was one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in the Philippines in recent years. (AP Photo).

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur Province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan late Saturday in southern Philippines. Elorde said Monday that dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in his township after a three-week hunt. It was one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in the Philippines in recent years. (AP Photo)

A saltwater crocodile swims in a shallow pond inside its temporary cage at the remote village of Consuelo, in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province in southern Philippines, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. The 6.1-meter (20-foot) saltwater crocodile, now named "Lolong," was captured last Saturday by villagers and veteran hunters in the creeks of the remote region. The crocodile, weighing 1,075 kilograms (2,370 pounds), was the biggest to be caught alive in the Philippines in recent years. Wildlife officials were trying to confirm whether it was the largest such catch in the world, said Theresa Mundita Lim of the government's Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. (AP Photo)

Residents look at a 21-feet (6.4 metres) saltwater crocodile, which is suspected of having attacked several people, after it was caught in Nueva Era in Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur, southern Philippines September 4, 2011. The crocodile captured on Sunday evening weighs 600 kg and is the largest crocodile caught in the country to date, according to the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center. Picture taken September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

Residents use their hands to measure a 21-feet (6.4 metres) saltwater crocodile, which is suspected of having attacked several people, after it was caught in Nueva Era in Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur, southern Philippines September 4, 2011. The crocodile captured on Sunday evening weighs 600 kg and is the largest crocodile caught in the country to date, according to the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center. Picture taken September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Residents from neighboring towns try to take a glimpse of a giant saltwater crocodile in its temporary cage at the remote village of Consuelo in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur rovince, southern Philippines, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. The 6.1-meter (20-foot) saltwater crocodile, now named "Lolong," was captured last Saturday by villagers and veteran hunters in the creeks of the remote region. The crocodile, weighing 1,075 kilograms (2,370 pounds), was the biggest to be caught alive in the Philippines in recent years. Wildlife officials were trying to confirm whether it was the largest such catch in the world, said Theresa Mundita Lim of the government's Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. (AP Photo).

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