Thursday 10 September 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Indian youths form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept 6. 2015. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood.
Indian youths form a human pyramid to break the "Dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd hanging above them, as part of celebrations to mark the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept 6. 2015. The festival marks the birth of Hindu god Krishna and the act seeks to reenact the story of Lord Krishna stealing butter during his childhood.
Steve Benedict, foreground and Danny Gutierrez look over the mud covering Excelsior Charter School's football field in Victorville, Calif. on Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015. The field was flooded during Tuesday's Storm.
Steve Benedict, foreground and Danny Gutierrez look over the mud covering Excelsior Charter School's football field in Victorville, Calif. on Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015. The field was flooded during Tuesday's Storm.  
William Temple, left, playing the part of Button Gwinnett, and James Manship, playing George Washington, attend a Tea Party rally against the Iran deal attended by Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Donald Trump, on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015.
William Temple, left, playing the part of Button Gwinnett, and James Manship, playing George Washington, attend a Tea Party rally against the Iran deal attended by Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Donald Trump, on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015.   
An officer of the Afghan border police throws an assault rifle to a policeman participating in a military exercise on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Twelve female and seventy male border police personnel participated in the military exercise near the border with Iran in Herat province.
An officer of the Afghan border police throws an assault rifle to a policeman participating in a military exercise on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Twelve female and seventy male border police personnel participated in the military exercise near the border with Iran in Herat province.  
Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform during a dress rehearsal in Johannesburg on Thursday Sept. 3, 2015 before they begin the South African leg of their international tour.
Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform during a dress rehearsal in Johannesburg on Thursday Sept. 3, 2015 before they begin the South African leg of their international tour.  
Lightning strikes over northern Kentucky as seen from Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 during a rain delay before a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Lightning strikes over northern Kentucky as seen from Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 during a rain delay before a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers.    
A devotee lies on the ground after being overcome in a spiritual frenzy during a service at the Contemporary Christian Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. The church has expanded to over 3,000 members in three cities, with another three branches expected by the end of the year.
A devotee lies on the ground after being overcome in a spiritual frenzy during a service at the Contemporary Christian Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. The church has expanded to over 3,000 members in three cities, with another three branches expected by the end of the year.  
A refugee wrapped in a thermal blanket looks as a dinghy full of migrants and refugees approach the coast of Lesbos island, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.
A refugee wrapped in a thermal blanket looks as a dinghy full of migrants and refugees approach the coast of Lesbos island, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.    
A woman holds her baby as they arrive at the Hauptbahnhof station in Salzburg, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 on their way with other migrants from Hungary via Vienna to Germany.
A woman holds her baby as they arrive at the Hauptbahnhof station in Salzburg, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 on their way with other migrants from Hungary via Vienna to Germany.  
Naoko Kanai looks at a spider web at her house after returning home for the first time in about two months in Naraha town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. Naraha became the first of seven towns that had been entirely evacuated to reopen since the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami.
Naoko Kanai looks at a spider web at her house after returning home for the first time in about two months in Naraha town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. Naraha became the first of seven towns that had been entirely evacuated to reopen since the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami.
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