September 7, 2016

Muslim pilgrims visit the Hera cave, where Prophet Muhammad was believed to receive the first words of the Quran through Gabriel, at the top of Mount Al-Noor, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft lands with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, left, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos are seen inside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Fog covers the Inntal valley as the sunrise is seen from Hundskopf mountain in the western Austrian village of Gnadenwald, Austria.

Syrian refugees walk back to the city of Jarabulus, at Karkamis crossing gate, in the southern region of Kilis.

Workers set up barbed-wire atop a fence along the harbor of Calais to prevent migrants from jumping aboard lorries, in France.

Yemeni livestock merchants wait for customers as Muslims prepare for the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice," at an animal market, in Sana'a, Yemen.

People carry the body of a dead migrant from the vessel Topaz Responder as they arrive in the Sicilian harbor of Augusta, Italy.

(L-R) Maria Silva, Milena Cortes, Maria Arteaga, Jackeline Bastidas and Gissy Abello with dogs at the Famproa dogs shelter where they work, in Los Teques, Venezuela. Venezuelans struggling to feed their families, let alone pets, amid an unprecedented economic crisis increasingly are dumping scrawny animals in streets, parks and makeshift shelters.

Panda sculptures stand on the grounds at the DPCA Chengdu plant in Chengdu, China.

Luis Suarez of Uruguay, right, grimaces in pain after being fouled in the penalty area during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Paraguay in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 6, 2016.