TIME Politics Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19

From the result of the Scottish referendum and children returning to bombed out classrooms in Gaza to the Pope marrying 20 couples and NASA's next exploration spacecraft, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Volcano Iceland Palestinian students inspect their destroyed classroom on the first day of classes in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Philippines Asia Storm Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah California Wildfires Burial service for US Army Private First Class Bernard Gavrin Zhanjiang rain Ellie Goulding performs during the closing ceremony for the Invictus Games at the Olympic Park in east London Scottish Saltire flags fly from fence posts near Portree on the Isle of Skye Police Barracks Shooting Indian wrestling Matterhorn Illuminated to celebrate 150th Ascent Anniversary Mexico Independence Day Iceland volcano A mannequin floats in the floodwaters along a street in Srinagar Annual Queen Charlotte's Debutante Ball Indian summer in Lower Saxony Baltimore's Fort McHenry Celebrates 200th Anniversary Of Star-Spangled Banner The King Fire Continues To Burn East Of Sacramento Vatican City. 14th September, 2014. Pope Francis celebrate the wedding of 20 couples in St. Peter - 14 September 2014 © Realy Easy Star/Alamy Live News Crisis in Ukraine India Pakistan Flooding Ebola A Palestinian Bedouin President Obama and Former President Clinton at The White House China National Day preparations Syria conflict Turkey Syria refugees Iraq conflict A flood victim asks for relief material from Indian police personnel in Srinagar The King Fire Continues To Burn East Of Sacramento Basketball World Cup 2014 KLM Open - Day Two A man takes a bath in a stream on the outskirts of Lhasa, Gaza Italy Pope WW1 Boy makes an offering of food at a pagoda during the Pchum Ben festival in Phnom Penh A test version of NASA's Orion capsule floats in the rear of the USS Anchorage during a recovery drill off the coast of California A Liberian Red Cross burial team remove the body of a suspected Ebola victim from a home in Monrovia, Liberia. South Korea Asian Games Opening Ceremony India Pakistan floods Daily Life At Japan's Only Self-Defense Force High School PHILIPPINES-WEATHER-STORM Flood victims use electronic devices as they rest at an evacuation centre after their homes were inundated as Tropical storm Fung-Wong battered the Philippine capital Manila F1 Grand Prix of Singapore - Practice The sun begins to shine through morning fog next to the Shard in central London Yes Supporters Dejected After Referendum - Edinburgh China Britain Scotland

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