An Indian Christian woman holds a placard denouncing pornography at a protest rally in Bangalore in August 2014. Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption
This is one of 12 rain forest landscapes by Abel Rodriguez, part of his ink-and-watercolor series Ciclo anual del bosque de la vega (Seasonal changes in the flooded rain forest). Abel Rodriguez/Courtesy of Tropenbos International, Colombia hide caption
Police carry a wing fragment from the coast of Reunion island in the Indian Ocean. It was sent to France for tests. Yannick Pitou/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Even with the three-week shelf life in the U.S., plenty of milk goes to waste here. iStockphoto hide caption
President Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran at American University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Two passenger trains lay next to each other in India after they derailed Tuesday night. The accident is being blamed on flash floods outside the town of Harda in Madhya Pradesh state. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A stage production or a Korean wedding? It can be hard to tell. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
Families play on the beach near the village of Thanos, Lemnos. The island has more than a hundred beaches. Greek tourists like Lemnos because it's affordable and relaxing, and foreign tourists like its unspoiled beauty and traditional charm. Joanna Kakissis for NPR hide caption
Girls plays basketball at a school for nearly 2,000 Syrian refugees in Reyhanli, in southern Turkey. The schools, which depends on private donations, is struggling to remain open. The students attend in five separate shifts throughout the day. Deborah Amos/NPR hide caption
Free diver Natalia Molchanova of Russia has been missing since Aug. 3. Jacques Munch/Stringer/Getty hide caption
Joseph Severn's portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley. The radical 19th century poet practiced the politics of the plate. For Shelley and other liberals of his day, keeping sugar out of tea was a political statement against slavery. Joseph Severn/Wikimedia hide caption
Fireworks explode behind a skiing sculpture to celebrate Beijing being chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics last week. Jason Lee/Reuters /Landov hide caption
If you were a tsetse fly, you would be irresistibly attracted to these blue flags. Courtesy of J.Esterhuizen/LSTM Tsetse Project hide caption
A boy paddles a makeshift raft in flooded Kalay township, in the Sagaing region of Myanmar. Heavy monsoon rains have affected more than 210,000 people in 12 out of Myanmar's 14 states and regions since June. Ko Thaung/Xinhua /Landov hide caption
The Willy Brandt Berlin Brandenburg International Airport was supposed to open in 2012, but it has been delayed repeatedly and is now set to open in 2017. The cost overruns and delays have made the airport the butt of frequent jokes. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
The death of Cecil the lion, lured out of a protected area in Zimbabwe, has led Delta Airlines to stop shipping big-game trophies. Andy Loveridge/AP hide caption