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Pictures of the Week: Sept. 19 – Sept. 26

From Syrian Kurds fleeing ISIS and the People’s Climate March to synchronized aquatics at the Asian Games and Derek Jeter’s perfect send off, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

 

TOPSHOTS-ASIAD-2014-SWIM-SYNCHRO SYRIA-TURKEY-IRAQ-KURDS-CONFLICT-REFUGEES A Dassanach boy rests on a boat on the shore of a fishing camp near the Omo Delta in the north of Lake Turkana close to the town of Ileret and near the Kenyan-Ethiopian border in northern Kenya Thousands evacuated in Philippine floods. People's Climate March New York City NATO Days in Ostrava Pack races in the track cycling women's omnium 25km point race at the Incheon International Velodrome during the 17th Asian Games Tungurahua volcano in moderate-high activity *** BESTPIX *** Oktoberfest 2014 - Opening Day Palestinians gather at the scene where Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-REFUGEES APTOPIX Kenya Mall Attack One Year Later APTOPIX Albania Pope A Turkana man sleeps on the western shore of Lake Turkana close to Todonyang near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in northern Kenya Stavropol Krai from above James Hamilton, the chief grave-digger at King Tom Cemetery, bitterly resented by residents of the adjoining slum, called Kolleh Town by its residents. Afghanistan TOPSHOTS-GUATEMALA-ENVIRONMENT-INDIGENOUS-VIOLENCE APTOPIX Britain Ryder Cup Golf India Daily Life TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-GAZA-CONFLICT-RUINS Protest against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched against ISIL targets from the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, in the Red Sea Flooding in Assam TOPSHOTS-FASHION-FRANCE-VAN NOTEN APTOPIX Mexico Kusama Exhibit U.S. singers Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett arrive at a news conference ahead of their concert in Brussels Celebration of Spring SYRIA-TURKEY-IRAQ-KURDS-CONFLICT-REFUGEES First Day Of Autumn In Richmond Park A displaced girl from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, worships at their main holy temple Lalish in Shikhan TOPSHOTS-ITALY-NATURE-ALPS-ANIMAL APTOPIX Orioles Yankees Baseball The chair that will be sat upon by scores of world leaders was brought to the stage before the start of the General Assembly at the United Nations' headquarters. APTOPIX India Kashmir Floods India Daily Life TOPSHOTS-INDIA-RELIGION-HINDU TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA-CONFLICT-KURDS-REFUGEES HAITI-WEATHER-LIGHTNING Oman's Shereiqi jumps to block the ball during his beach volleyball match with teammate Housni against Kuwait during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon Romania US Nato Exercise President Obama and U.S. Attorney General Holder depart together after announcing Holder's resignation at the White House in Washington SYRIA-TURKEY-IRAQ-KURDS-CONFLICT-REFUGEES

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