EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
COQUIMBO, Chile. Ships are seen on the street after an earthquake hit areas of central Chile, in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile, September 17, 2015. Residents sifted through rubble on Thursday and saved what they could from homes destroyed by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in central Chile that killed 11 people, forced 1 million from their homes and sent giant waves crashing into coastal areas. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
FAITH IN HUMANITY
LESBOS, Greece. A local man helps a Syrian refugee who jumped off board from a dinghy as he swims exhausted at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
HAJ PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION
Mecca, Saudi ArabiaMembers of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI'S 65TH BIRTHDAY
Ahmedabad, IndiaPeople throw chairs installed at an event celebrating Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 65th birthday in Ahmedabad, India, September 17, 2015. Angry parents who wanted to take selfies with their daughters got violent after organisers failed to start an event planned in Modi's home state of Gujarat. REUTERS/Amit Dave
THE SWORD SWALLOWER
Cambridge, UNITED STATES. Yoshiro Nakamatsu (L), a 2005 Ig Nobel award recipient for Nutrition, removes a sword from the mouth of Sword Swallower Dan Meyer, the 2007 Ig Nobel recipient for Medicine for his paper "Sword Swallowing and its side effects", at the 25th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 17, 2015. The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes. REUTERS/Gretchen
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