Today in Photo (Sept. 1)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.

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Tue., Sept. 1, 2015

Former Madison, Ala. police officer Eric Sloan Parker walks into a federal courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, in Huntsville, Ala. Parker is on trial on a federal charge of using excessive force against an Indian man, 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel, who was thrown down and partially paralyzed during a confrontation in a suburban neighborhood.

Brynn Anderson Associated Press
Migrants disembark from the catamaran Terra Jet at the Athens' port of Piraeus, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. About 1,800 refugees arrived from the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos as the country has been overwhelmed by record numbers of migrants this year.

Thanassis Stavrakis Associated Press
A group of refugees walk on the railway tracks after crossing from Serbia, in Roszke, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Migrants fearful of death at sea in overcrowded and flimsy boats have increasingly turned to using a land route towards Europe through the Western Balkans.

Darko Bandic Associated Press
A big boat transports country boats at Balimukh village, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Monsoon floods have inundated hundreds of villages across the northeast Indian state of Assam, killing several people and forcing some 800,000 people to leave their homes.

Anupam Nath Associated Press
Workers construct a labyrinth with 125,000 sunflowers to mark the opening of the new entrance to the Van Gogh museum, left, and the 125th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.

Peter Dejong Associated Press
Pakistani children wait at a distribution center of a local shrine to receive free food in Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept 1, 2015.

B.K. Bangash Associated Press