English Week in Photos - Sept. 18 -24

Brooms stand after being set on the sand during a protest against corruption at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Sept. 19, 2011. The protest was organized by the Brazilian NGO 'Rio de Paz', whose members placed 594 brooms representing th

President Barack Obama addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

A Palestinian motorcyclist looks at an Israeli security officer after he was not allowed to cross at Qalandiya checkpoint during clashes between the security officers and Palestinian stone-throwers at the checkpoint September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Supporters of Yemen's President Ali Abduallah Saleh stand on flag poles celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatmen

An electric display chart shows the afternoon trading trend of the blue chip Hang Seng Index at a brokerage in Hong Kong September 22, 2011. Stocks fell around the world after the U.S. Federal Reserve said there were "significant downside risks" to the wo

A women, wearing a niqab despite a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil, gives a phone call outside the courts in Meaux, east of Paris, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

The coffin of Afghan former president Burhanuddin Rabbani is carried by the guards of honor during his funeral ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. President Rabbani was killed by a suicide bomber claiming to

People cycle past the National Museum of the Republic, marking World Car Free Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday Sept. 22, 2011. World Car Free Day is marked annually whereby participants switch from using cars and walk, bike, use mass transit, work from

Revolutionary fighters fire canons toward pro-Gadhafi forces from the western outskirts of Sirte, Libya Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)

Freed American Shane Bauer, center is welcomed upon his arrival from Iran, in Muscat, Oman After more than two years in Iranian custody, two Americans convicted as spies took their first steps toward home Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Sultan Al-Ha

Members of the Iranian Army forces march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer

Members of the Catholic clergy put on rain ponchos during a Holy Eucharist celebration conducted by Pope Benedict XVI at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen

Students take part in a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, September 22, 2011. The students are demanding for free and better state educa