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The Week in Pictures: Sept. 6 - 13

Construction continues at the Word Trade Center in NYC, floodwater hits Las Vegas, and President Obama gets a post-convention lift and more in The Week in Pictures.

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Moving forward

The construction of One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, is seen Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, across the Hudson River as a runner glides his hand at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., along the wall of 'Empty Sky,' New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that it's time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
— Mel Evans / AP
Image: Labourers rest inside a newly constructed commercial building on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad

Circle time

Labourers rest inside a newly constructed commercial building on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
— Amit Dave / X01413
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Cozying up to voters

Vice President Joe Biden's talks to customers during a stop at Cruisers Diner, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Seaman, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
— Carolyn Kaster / AP
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Let it ride

University of Nevada, Las Vegas students Ryan Klorman, left, and Markus Adams, relax on inflatable pool toys in floodwater in a parking lot at UNLV in Las Vegas Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Intense thunderstorms drenched parts of the Southwest on Tuesday, delaying flights and stranding motorists in the Las Vegas area and flooding two mobile home parks in Southern California. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)
— John Locher / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Image: Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

Palestinian parkour

Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 12, 2012. Some youths, aged between 12 and 23 years old, in Gaza are training in parkour which was developed in France. Parkour is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Training is held in cemeteries, and in former Israeli settlements. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT)
— Mohammed Salem / X01571
Image: Tunisian protesters burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in Tunis

Burning anger

Tunisian protesters burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in Tunis September 12, 2012. Tunisian police fired teargas and rubber bullets into the air on Wednesday to disperse a protest over a U.S.-made film depicting the Prophet Mohammad near the U.S. Embassy in the capital Tunis, a Reuters reporter said. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
— Zoubeir Souissi / X02856
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At the gate

Yemeni protestors climb the gate of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film \"The Innocence of Muslims\" deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
— Hani Mohammed / AP
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Infant mortality

A baby crawls near the door of his house at a shanty neighborhood in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. A report released Wednesday by three United Nations agencies and the World Bank said that child mortality worldwide has fallen 41 percent since 1990 and about half of all child deaths occur in just five countries, India being one of them. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
— Tsering Topgyal / AP
Image: Barack Obama, Scott Van Duzer

Post-convention lift

President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
— Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Image: Tomasz Adamek, Travis Walker

Punched out

Tomasz Adamek, right, of Poland, lands a punch on Travis Walker during the fifth round of a heavyweight boxing match at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. Adamek won by TKO in five rounds. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen)
— Tim Larsen / FR125054 AP
Image: Behind The Scenes At The Chiang Mai Cabaret Show

From Thailand with love

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 9: Lily throws a kiss on the cheek of a Japanese tourist as he reacts after the show at the Chiang Mai Cabaret September 9, 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Cabaret show is on nightly performed a small bar inside the busy city's night market. Kathoeys or ladyboys are very visible and much more accepted in Thai culture, called the third gender. Many find employment performing for tourists in Cabaret shows while several popular Thai models, singers and movie stars are also kathoeys. The term Kathoey can refer to males who exhibit varying degrees of femininity most of the kathoeys dress as women and undergo medical procedures such as breast implants, hormones, silicone injections. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
— Paula Bronstein / Getty Images AsiaPac
Image: A worker is dwarfed by vessels berthed at a pier in Keppel Shipyard in Singapore

Holy ship

A worker is dwarfed by vessels berthed at a pier in Keppel Shipyard in Singapore September 9, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS MARITIME TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
— Tim Chong / X90043
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Fire rescue

Pakistani rescuers carry a shoe-making factory worker after a sudden fire trapped dozens of workers in the factory in Lahore on September 11, 2012. At least 21 workers were killed and 14 wounded when fire gutted the shoe-making factory in the eastern city of Lahore, hospital officials said. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALIArif Ali/AFP/GettyImages
— Arif Ali / AFP
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Hanging onto peace

In this photo taken Sept. 7, 2012, a Yanomami Indian elder rest in his hammock at a village called Irotatheri in Venezuela's Amazon region. A Venezuelan army spokesman, who traveled with other military officers and journalists, said that officials found no sign of any killings and that all was peaceful in the area, which is located 19 kilometers (12 miles) from the border with Brazil, despite a report of a mass killing there. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
— Ariana Cubillos / AP
Image: Palestinian protesters throw shoes at a banner of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a demonstration against high living costs and the government in the West Bank city of Hebron

Sole issues

Palestinian protesters throw shoes at a banner of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a demonstration against high living costs and the government in the West Bank city of Hebron September 10, 2012. Palestinian youths attacked a local police station and other government buildings in Hebron on Monday as protests against the rising cost of living in the occupied West Bank turned increasingly violent. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
— Darren Whiteside / X00511
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Moo-ving to Mongolia

TOPSHOTS Two Limousin breed cows are pictured before being loaded onto a plane bound for Mongolia with 174 others, on September 11, 2012 at the Marcel Dassault airport in Deols near Chateauroux (central France). Interlim genetique service, an union of 15 organizations of French producers of the Limousin breed specialized in exporting and developping the race, has signed a deal with Mongolia. AFP PHOTO ALAIN JOCARD AFP PHOTO/ ALAIN JOCARDALAIN JOCARD/AFP/GettyImages
— Alain Jocard / AFP
Image: New York City Marks 11th Anniversary Of September 11th Attacks

Out of the darkness

— Mario Tama / Getty Images North America
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