Monday, September 26, 2011

Outstanding News in Pictures: September 21, 2011


Just three weeks after typhoon Talas left 106 Japanese people dead or missing, typhoon Roke hit Japan’s main land on September 21, 2011, causing strong winds of 100 mph, heavy rains and train delays. As of Wednesday evening, six people had been killed.

An aerial view of flooded Toyokawa, central Japan, on September 21, 2011
An aerial view of flooded Toyokawa, central Japan on September 21, 2011

Passengers wait for the train service resumption at Shibuya station in Tokyo after the Typhoon Roke on September 21, 2011
Passengers wait for the train service resumption at Shibuya station in Tokyo after the Typhoon Roke on September 21, 2011

Many Palestinians gather at the squares of major West Bank cities on September 21, 2011, to rally President Mahmoud Abbas's bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations
Many Palestinians gather at the squares of major West Bank cities on September 21, 2011 to rally President Mahmoud Abbas's bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations

A boat capsizes after it is hit by another one on the flooded Jialing River in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on September 21, 2011
A boat capsizes after it is hit by another one on the flooded Jialing River in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on September 21, 2011

A woman is spotted on a roadside after she is evacuated from her flooded home in Tando Allahyar, Pakistan on September 21, 2011
A woman is spotted on a roadside after she is evacuated from her flooded home in Tando Allahyar, Pakistan on September 21, 2011

An injured anti-government protester in Sana'a, Yemen is carried by fellow protesters on to a motorcycle after their clashes with security forces on September 21, 2011
An injured anti-government protester in Sana'a, Yemen is carried by fellow protesters on to a motorcycle after their clashes with security forces on September 21, 2011

Indian women in traditional costumes perform the Garba dance before the Navratri festival that celebrates the Hindu goddess Durga on September 21, 2011
Indian women in traditional costumes perform the Garba dance before the Navratri festival that celebrates the Hindu goddess Durga on September 21, 2011

Members of the New York City police department, fire department and the Port Authority police take part in the first responders wreath-laying ceremony at the September 11 Memorial
Members of the New York City police department, fire department and the Port Authority police take part in the first responders wreath-laying ceremony at the September 11 Memorial

Shane Bauer, one of the U.S. hikers captured in Iran on charges of espionage, reunites fiance Sarah Shourd upon his arrival in Muscat after his release from Tehran's Evin prison on September 21, 2011
Shane Bauer, one of the U.S. hikers captured in Iran on charges of espionage, reunites fiance Sarah Shourd upon his arrival in Muscat after his release from Tehran's Evin prison on September 21, 2011

The crime scene where 35 bodies, including 23 men and 12 women, were found in Boca del Rio, Veracruz metropolitan zone, Mexico, on September 20, 2011. They were believed to be members of Los Zetas cartel and were killed by their rivals, Gulf cartel
The crime scene where 35 bodies, including 23 men and 12 women, were found in Boca del Rio, Veracruz metropolitan zone, Mexico on September 20, 2011. They were believed to be members of Los Zetas cartel and were killed by their rivals, Gulf cartel

Typhoon Roke Hits Japan on September 2011

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