September 17, 2015

Davide Necchi of Iceland captured this great brightness and quick development of the aurora in late August.

People recover items from destroyed houses around a ship pushed onto land by the waves of a tsunami after an earthquake hit areas in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile.

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, gestures as he arrives at his family's home in Irving, Texas, USA. Ahmed was arrested at his school on Sept. 16 after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb. He remains suspended and said he will not return to classes at MacArthur High School. President Barack Obama invited Mohamed to bring his clock to the White House.

Opposition lawmakers surge toward the chairman’s seat to protest as ruling party colleagues rush in to try to protect him during a committee voting of security bills at the upper house of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan.

Residents burn tires along a street in Ouagadougou after Burkina Faso's presidential guard declared a coup, a day after seizing the interim president and senior government members, as the country geared up for its first elections since the overthrow of longtime leader Blaise Compaore.

Boats set out from a port as the seasonal fishing ban ends in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, Sept. 16, 2015.

Troops hold colored cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 16, 2015.

People gather at the site of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's capital Sana'a. At least nine civilians were killed in airstrikes that targeted the home of a leader in the dominant Houthi movement in the capital, medical sources said.

View of the Christ the Redeemer statue with the new moon in the background, forming a shape as if the statue had wings, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 16, 2015.

Sandstone sculpted by water and wind erosion is seen in a slot canyon, one of hundreds that surround Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, USA.

A flock of sheep graze on the land during as sun sets, in Navaz, near to Pamplona, northern Spain, Sept. 16, 2015.

A fireman prepares to extinguish a forest fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesia has intensified efforts to extinguish forest fires that cause the haze, which blanketed parts of the archipelago and neighboring countries.

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto’s horizon. (Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

A model has her hair done before The Blonds Spring/Summer 2016 collection during New York Fashion Week, Sept. 16, 2015.