This week in photos (Sept. 4-9)
View a gallery of photos from the week of Sept. 4, 2011.
Section:Gallery
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In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur Province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan late Saturday in southern Philippines. Elorde said Monday that dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in his township after a three-week hunt. It was one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in the Philippines in recent years.
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Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters clash with riot policemen outside police academy court in Cairo, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers face their third session of trial, on charges they ordered the use of lethal force against protesters during Egypt's 18-day uprising, when some 850 protesters were killed. Poster at left showing one of the killed protesters.
Amr Nabil Associated Press
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Maryland defensive back Anthony Green, center, celebrates with fans after Maryland's 32-24 win over Miami in an NCAA college football game in College Park, Md., Monday, Sept. 5, 2011.
Patrick Semansky Associated Press
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A man believed to be holding a child hostage at a lawyers office looks out a window in suburban Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Australian police cordoned off a Sydney building Tuesday in a tense standoff with the man who claimed to have a bomb, smashed a window and issued threats from the lawyer's office where he holed up with his teenage daughter.
Rick Rycroft Associated Press
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A car is crushed by a tree after overnight storms, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped heavy rain as it slowly moved across Tennessee and Kentucky.
John Rawlston John Rawlston
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A seemingly intoxicated moose is discovered entangled in an apple tree by a stunned Swede in Goteborg, Sweden late Tuesday Sept. 6 2011. Per Johansson, 45, says he heard a roar from his vacationing neighbor's garden in southwestern Sweden late Tuesday and went to have a look. There, he found a female moose kicking about in the tree. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples.
Per Johansson Associated Press
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An area destroyed by wildfire is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. The fire has destroyed more than 600 homes and blackened about 45 square miles in and around Bastrop. A search team on Wednesday will begin looking for more possible victims of the fire, which has killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate.
Eric Gay Associated Press
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A large construction crane is seen upended next to the Washington National Cathedral Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Washington. The 500-foot crane fell amid thunderstorms, damaging two buildings and several vehicles.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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A model plays solitaire on her touchpad while getting a pedicure backstage before the spring 2012 collection of Tadashi Shoji is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.
Richard Drew Associated Press
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People are seen in the Montaigne avenue in Paris as fashionistas turned out en masse for the City of Light's edition of Fashion's Night Out, Paris, Thursday Sept. 8, 2011.
Thibault Camus Associated Press
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The swollen Susquehanna River rises against Market Street Bridge, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Widespread flooding brought on by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee was being blamed for two deaths in Pennsylvania, where inundated communities were evacuated and state offices closed down on Thursday because of the rising waters.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
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In this photo released by the International Triathlon Union, the Under23 men compete for the 2011 Beijing ITU Triathlon Under23 World Championships on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games course in China on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011.
Delly Carr International Triathlon Union
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An idol of elephant-headed God Ganesha, depicted as holding the World Cup cricket trophy and seated on the shoulders of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as other cricketers cheer, is taken for immersion in the River Sabarmati on the ninth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Sep. 9, 2011. The ten-day long festival dedicated to Ganesha began Sept. 1.
Ajit Solanki Associated Press
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A choir sings Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The choir sang at 9:37 a.m., the same time American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon in Washington, killing 189 people.
Nyxolyno Cangemi U.S. Coast Guard