Today in Photos (Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016)

View a gallery of photos from around the world, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.

Section:Gallery

Sat., Sept. 24, 2016

In this picture taken with a long time exposure a child swims during the German Championships in Mermaid swimming in the Ottilienbad in Suhl, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Participants dressed in mermaid costumes swim in different age classes over 50 and 100 meters distances.

Jens Meyer Associated Press
President Barack Obama begins to tear-up while speaking at the dedication ceremony for the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais Associated Press
People hold hands during a group prayer at Maiben City Park in Burlington, Wash., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. On Friday night, a man entered the Macy's at Cascade Mall in Burlington and fatally shot five people with a rifle near the cosmetics section. The shooter was last seen walking toward Interstate 5 from Cascade Mall, according to Washington State Patrol trooper Sgt. Mark Francis.

Lindsey Wasson Associated Press
A young boy holds his fist up while wearing tape over his mouth during a Black Lives Matter protest at an entrance to Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in response to the police shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Okla. and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. The Black Lives Matter chapter of Atlanta is boycotting major retailers following the recent police shooting deaths involving black men.

Branden Camp Associated Press
Marcelo grimaces while tattooed by artist Giuseppe Skunter at the "Mitad del Mundo" tattoo convention in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, where several hundred tattoo artists have gathered to show off their skills.

Dolores Ochoa Associated Press
A diver jumps from the Old Mostar Bridge during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2016, in Mostar, 140 kms south of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Twenty one of the world's best competitors took part in the competition diving from a 28 meter high bridge over the river of Neretva. Michal Navrtil from Czech republic took first place in male category and Lysine Richard from Canada took first place in female category.

Amel Emric Associated Press
A firefighting boat works to extinguish a fire aboard the tanker Burgos about seven nautical miles off the coast of the port city of Boca del Rio, Mexico, Saturday Sept. 24, 2016. The tanker was carrying about 168,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel. Mexico's Navy rescued 31 crew members and no injuries were reported. There were no immediate reports of fuel spills and the cause of the fire was unknown.

Ilse Huesca Associated Press
Michael Hirsh, of Olympia, Wash., gets a rare nose-to-nose view of a grizzly bear during his visit to the 27th annual Nisqually Watershed Festival at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge northeast of Olympia, Washington, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. The taxidermy display - which also included a smaller black bear - were on loan from Cabela's sporting goods for the Nisqually Land Trust's educational display.

Tony Overman Associated Press
Competitors warm up in the backstage area of the Arnold Classic Europe bodybuilding event in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Arnold Classic Europe event runs from Sept. 23 till 25.

Manu Fernandez Associated Press
A child wearing a rhino costume prepares to march to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, (CITES) in Sandton, Johannesburg, Saturday, Sept 24, 2016. Conservationists say poaching syndicates moved large shipments of elephant ivory in 2015, despite increasing calls to dismantle trafficking networks that often collude with government officials. A document released by conference organizers says the illegal ivory trade "has remained fairly constant at unacceptably high levels" since 2010.

Denis Farrell Ap