2013-09-17 Photo gallery

People sit near the U.S. Capitol as the American flag flies at half-staff at sunset following the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington. President Barack Obama ordered flags on federal property to be flown at hal...

The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia lies on its side during the 'parbuckling' operation next to Giglio Island September 17, 2013. REUTERS

U.S. Park Police officers stand guard in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington, after the White House complex was put on lockdown after firecrackers were thrown over the White House fence September 16, 2013. The Secret Service sai...

A homeless woman sews a bag next to her dog and two cats in a baby pram along a street in Sao Paulo September 16, 2013. REUTERS

A steady stream of people tour the boarding home that Dorothea Montalvo Puente's lived in, during the Sacramento Old City Association's annual home tour in Sacramento, Calif. Puente was charged with nine murders but convicted of only three when she r...

Faithfuls light candles the Lord of Huanca Sanctuary, at the foot of the Pachatusan mountain, near Cuzco, Peru. Each year, thousands of devotees from across Peru and neighboring countries come to Cuzco to make the annual seven-hour night hike to the ...

Female soldiers of the Mexican Army dressed as revolutionary 'Adelitas,' ride horseback during the Independence Day parade in the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Mexico celebrates the 203rd anniversary of its 1810 independence uprisin...

A sales assistant reaches for diamond rings inside a display case at a Tiffany store in Shanghai, September 16, 2013. China's diamond market, now the world's second largest after the United States, has more than tripled to $22.8 billion over the last...

Eric and Elida Gutierrez, center, use computers at BiblioTech, a first of its kind digital public library, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in San Antonio. The book-less library is equipped with 700 e-readers, 200 enhanced e-readers preloaded for children, 48...

 Pakistani artist Haider Ali with his associates show kites decorated with natiional flag of India and Pakistan on the occasion of Viswakarma Puja in Kolkata. PTI Photo 

Nepalese girls wearing traditional attires attend the Kumari Puja, a mass worship, in Kathmandu Reuters

Cattle and bull race competition organised on the occasion of Onam festival at Haridas Memorial Stadium Kuzhalmannam in Kerala on Tuseday. PTI Photo 

 Police personnel look for suspicious objects following a bomb hoax call at CST station in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Country Head, Mobile & IT, Samsung India, Vineet Taneja with Director, Samsung Mobiles, Manu Sharma unveiling the Samsung Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear phones during a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actress Esha Deol performing Odishi dance at 29th National Chakradhar Samaroh in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh on Monday night. PTI Photo

Models displaying a special collection of watches from Rado during its launch in Lucknow on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone during a promotional event of upcoming movie 'Ramleela' in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

West Indies A player Jonathan Carter celebrates his century against India A during the 2nd ODI at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday. PTI Photo

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington is pictured before sunrise September 16, 2013. Stunned Washington authorities questioned on Tuesday how a U.S. military veteran with a record of brushes with the law could get clearance to enter the Washington ...

Boys chant religious slogans as they travel atop a vehicle while taking part in a procession during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad September 17, 2013. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a processi...

Children sit with a placard on a roadside during a protest by members of a civil society, against the rape of a five-year-old girl in Lahore, in Islamabad September 17, 2013. The girl, currently hospitalised, was found abandoned outside the Sir Ga...

A woman sits in a cot beside an image of Hindu god Krishna as she watches other devotees carry an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion in the Yamuna river during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the old qua...

A man is silhouetted against the setting sun as he watches Hindu devotees carry an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion in the Yamuna river during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the old quarters of Delhi ...