September 12, 2014

The word "Yes" is scrawled on the sand as people look out over the bay at Luskentyre beach on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on Sept. 18, when the country will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.

1 The word "Yes" is scrawled on the sand as people look out over the bay at Luskentyre beach on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on Sept. 18, when the country will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Escorted by police and security, Oscar Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent and convicted him of culpable homicide.

2 Escorted by police and security, Oscar Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent and convicted him of culpable homicide.

3 Ukrainian school girls take part in a rally against war in the southern coastal town of Mariupol.

A protester holds a placard as demonstrators are stopped by riot policemen on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during their anti-U.S. protest march. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish officials to push an international coalition to combat the Islamic State militant group.

4 A protester holds a placard as demonstrators are stopped by riot policemen on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during their anti-U.S. protest march. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish officials to push an international coalition to combat the Islamic State militant group.