2013-09-01 Photo gallery

View of Paris from the top of Eiffel Tower

View of Paris from the top of Eiffel Tower

Artisans make clay idols of God Ganesha ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Kolkata, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Ganesh Chaturthi, celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, begins Sept. 9. AP Photo

India and Malaysia players fight for the ball during the 9th men's Asia Cup field hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia on Friday. PTI Photo

President Pranab Mukherjee presents Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award 2012 to Col. Abhilash Tomy (water adventure) at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo

Israeli soldiers take part in a drill in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo

An Israeli soldier looks on from a tank during a drill in the Golan Heights, near the border between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo

Locally made mortar shells belonging to the Free Syrian Army lie on the floor in Aleppo Reuters

U.S. President Obama speaks about Syria next to Vice President Biden at the Rose Garden of the White House reuters

In this photo taken on August 24, 2013, file photo, this photo taken on a government organized media tour, a Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has a host of opti...

Sikh devotees taking out a religious procession at Golden Temple Amritsar on Sunday on the occasion of 409th anniversary of installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. PTI photo.

Jodhpur: Asaram Bapu is taken away on his arrival at the airport in Jodhpur on Sunday following his arrest from his Indore Ashram in connection with a sexual assault case. PTI Photo

Women perform rituals for the long life of their sons on the occasion of Bacch Dua in Jammu on Sunday. PTI Photo

 A man crosses the flooded river Ganga on an iron pipe in Allahabad on Sunday. PTI Photo.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit distributes subsidized food grains under the Food Security programme during a function in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo.

A goldsmith makes jewelry in Gauhati, India. Gold has surged 15 percent since sinking to $1,212 an ounce, its lowest level in almost three years, on June 27, 2013. A gain of 20 percent or more would put the metal back in a bull market. AP Photo.

A squirrel rests on a tree branch in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo

Activists of the left parties and their allies participate in a peace rally to mark the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. The invasion started the World War II. AP Photo.

 Fishermen coming back after fishing at Marina beach in Chennai on Sunday morning. PTI Photo 

Asaram Bapu, arrested from his Indore ashram in connection with a sexual assault case, is escorted by the police at the airport in Jodhpur on Sunday. PTI Photo.