Today in Photos (Sept. 13, 2016)

View a gallery of photos from around the world. Sept. 13, 2016.

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Tue., Sept. 13, 2016

Nepalese devotees paint a statue of Hindu god Swet Bhairav during the beginning of the week-long Indra Jatra festival at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Indra is considered the Hindu god of rain and the festival marks the end of the rainy season.

Niranjan Shrestha Associated Press
Women sunbathe in deck chairs, in Hyde Park, London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Temperatures in the capital are predicted to reach 31 degrees Celsius, which will make it the hottest September day in the UK in more than 50 years.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
Beads of sweat are seen on the face of an honor guard as he and his comrades prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016.

Andy Wong Associated Press
Children play a bicycle at a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tatan Syuflana Associated Press
A Kashmiri Muslim protester prepares to throw back a tear gas canister at Indian security personnel as another takes cover behind an electric pole during a protest after Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Security forces fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to quell protesters in several places, as a security lockdown marred Eid festivities in the troubled region. Shops and businesses were closed, with a curfew in effect in the entire Kashmir Valley.

Dar Yasin Associated Press
A student skateboards to class at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 in New York. Behind him is an inflatable rat, part of a demonstration by the school's faculty. Hundreds of professors have been locked out of their classrooms because of a labor dispute, forcing students to take classes with replacement teachers rushed into service at the start of the school year.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
A little girl takes a picture of a lion in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016.

Michael Probst Associated Press
A man prays before slaughtering a camel to observe the Musllim Eid al-Adha holiday in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Pakistanis are celebrating the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, on Tuesday to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughter sheep and cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor.

Mohammad Sajjad Associated Press
Hats are blown off, as the presidential chopper with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on board lands for the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing anniversary Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines. On Monday, President Duterte, in his first public statement opposing the presence of American troops, said he wants U.S. forces out of his country's south and blamed America for inflaming Muslim insurgencies in the region.

Bullit Marquez Associated Press