Photos of the Day: Sept. 16, 2015

Originally published September 16, 2015 at 8:56 am

Indian police transports the accused involved in a series of train blasts in 2006 in a police van to the Arthur Road Jail, in Mumbai, India, September 15, 2015. An Indian court found 12 men guilty for their roles in the 2006 bombings on Mumbai’s commuter train network that killed 189 people. The Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) court adjourned the sentencing until September 16, 2015. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

Firefighter Jeff Ohs looks into a burned out car that was also hit by a tree at the Harbin Hot Springs resort in a wildfire several days earlier, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, near Middletown, Calif. The fire that sped through Middletown and other parts of rural Lake County, less than 100 miles north of San Francisco, has continued to burn since Saturday despite a massive firefighting effort. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

An emergency responder looks inside a school bus after the bus went off a Houston freeway and rolled, in southeast Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, killing two students and seriously injuring three other people, police and school officials said. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Liz Schmidt, widow of Delta State University history professor Ethan Schmidt, center, who was murdered by a colleague in his office Monday, is comforted by friends, Jenn Westmoreland, left, and Amy Cotrell, during a candlelight memorial in his honor on the Cleveland, Miss., campus, Tuesday night, Sept. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

People take pictures and watch as construction equipment removes flood debris from Short Creek as it crosses Central Street on September 15, 2015 in Colorado City, Arizona. Flash floods from heavy rains on the afternoon of September 14, 2015 washed away two cars in Hildale as they were crossing a flooded creek, killing 8 people with five still missing. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Hungarian police block a street towards the closed border crossing between Serbia and Hungary in Roszke, on the Hungarian side of the border, while a refugee girls looks through the fence from Hogros on the Serbian side, September 15, 2015. Hungary declared a state of emergency in two counties along its border with Serbia, after it used a boxcar fitted with razor wire to block a major entry point there. Declaring the state of emergency paves the way for parliament to allow the army to reinforce police along the border, as new measures to crackdown on refugees go into effect. EPA/KOCA SULEJMANOVIC

Filipino militant students clash with policemen during a protest rally in front of the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, September 16, 2015. According to a press statement of the protesting youth group, they staged a demonstration against the military agreement between Philippines and the United States. EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO

Workers clean the area of railway tracks near the area where authorities suspect a Nazi-era train, possibly carrying guns and looted jewels, may be buried near Walbrzych, Poland, September 15, 2015. Germans Peter Koper and Andreas Richter claimed that have discovered an armoured train from World War II in the area of Walbrzych (Lower Silesia province), which has been dubbed by the media the Nazi Gold Train. EPA/MACIEJ KULCZYNSKI

A line of planes is parked on the tarmac during a strike day at the International Airport of Santiago de Chile, Chile, September 15, 2015. Some 3,880 employees of the Chilean General Direction of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) started a 24-hour strike. According to the DGAC a total of 48 public and private airports in Chile have been affected by the strike. EPA/MARIO RUIZ

British architect Lord Norman Foster delivers a speech at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 15, 2015. Norman Foster visited the Swiss campus as partner of the Red Line project targeting the development of the world’s first droneport in Africa. The projects aims at using the latest advances in the fields of robotics to provide management of emergency medical and cargo payloads in poor communities using drones. EPA/VALENTIN FLAURAUD

Protesters lie down arm in arm as police officers try to clear them in front of the venue hotel for a public hearing on the security legislation in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Opposition lawmakers and thousands of demonstrators were making last-ditch protests in a political showdown Wednesday as Japan’s ruling party started a final push to pass security legislation to expand the role of the country’s military. (Kyodo News via AP)

Palestinians activists from the Murabitat group – Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli Arabs – sit in alleys blocked by the Israeli Police lead to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem, September 16, 2015. Israeli media report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to the areas adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem after few days of tensions at Al Aqsa compound ‘We will use all necessary measures to fight against those who throw stones, firebombs, pipe bombs and fireworks in order to attack civilians and police.’ EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Half of a house has gone after a flooding in Piacenza, Italy, September 15, 2015. Rescuers said they had found the SUV of a father and son missing since the previous day after floods in the Piacenza area. EPA/FLAVIO LO SCALZO

In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, photo, North Koreans gather in to prepare for events to be held during the 70th anniversary of the founding of their country’s ruling party in October, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea is already in high gear as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling party. Students and workers are being mobilized by the thousands to practice their parts in the grand show – some carrying wooden torches, others bouquets of red plastic flowers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A Lebanese activist flashes the victory sign in front of Lebanese anti-riot policemen during a protest at downtown Beirut, Lebanon, September 16, 2015. According to reports, clashes erupted near the Parliament as political leaders were meeting to discuss means of ending crisis in Lebanon. Some 23 people were arrested during the clashes. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

A general view shows a wooden boat crossing the Ogan River amid heavy haze in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, September 16, 2015. Indonesian authorities deployed 1,000 soldiers in South Sumatra province to fight land fires in the area. Haze from land and forest fires is an annual hazard in Indonesia. The practice of open burning to clear land is illegal but is common in the country. The government has warned that the El Nino weather phenomenon, which is expected to last until October, would result in an extended dry spell and more forest fires in Indonesia EPA/ADI WEDA

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a rally aboard the USS Iowa battleship moored in Los Angeles harbor, in San Pedro, California, USA, September 15, 2015. The rally was organized by Veterans for a Strong America. EPA/MIKE NELSON

A municipal worker sprays disinfectants on sewage water near a hospital to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. New Delhi has been hit by an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, dengue fever. Nearly 1,900 cases have been recorded in the city’s hospitals. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Pope Francis (c) greets cardinals during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, September 16, 2015. EPA/ALESSANDRO DI MEO

President Barack Obama tosses up a basketball given to him by coach Geno Auriemma (L) while honoring the 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion University of Connecticut Huskies during a ceremony in the East Room at White House September 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. President Obama honored the Huskies for winning their third consecutive title with 10 overall. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

A bird rests on a power line following a thundershower, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A Pakistani child plays with a sheep bought to be sacrificed on the upcoming Muslims’ festival Eid-al-Adha, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muslims all over the world celebrate the three-day festival Eid-al-Adha, by sacrificing sheep, goats, and cows to commemorate the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God’s command. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Models present creations by Carmen Marc Valvo during New York Fashion Week in New York, New York, USA, September 15, 2015. The Spring 2016 collections are presented from September 10 to 17. EPA/STEPHEN CHERNIN

The images of two cars projected onto a glass panel at the pavilion of Audi at the pavilion of Audi at the International Motor Show IAA in Frankfurt/Main, September 16, 2015. Around 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries will present their latest products at the world’s leading motor show, which runs from September 17 to 27, 2015. EPA/BORIS ROESSLER

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei during the unveiling of his new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts in London, Britain, September 15, 2015. The exhibit includes significant works from 1993 onwards, after his return to China and after living in New York for a decade EPA/ANDY RAIN

Spain’s Nikola Mirotic (C) scores during the EuroBasket 2015 quarter final match between Spain and Greece at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France, September 15, 2015. EPA/JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) is sacked by San Francisco 49ers strong safety Jaquiski Tartt, bottom, as safety Eric Reid (35) follows during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Manchester United’s Luke Shaw is stretchered off injured during the UEFA Champions League match between PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, September 15, 2015 EPA/KAY INT VEEN

Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies makes a throw over Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers for a double play during the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium on September 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

An archer holding an umbrella with a target design checks the target during the first day of the Archery test event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Sapucai Sambodrome on September 15, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

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