Pictures of the week: Sept. 18, 2015 - MSN.com

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Simi Valley, California
Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, center, speaks as Ben Carson, left, and Jeb Bush, look on during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif.





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Lower Lake, California
Flames from the Valley Fire cover a hillside along Highway 29 in Lower Lake, California September 13, 2015. The swiftly spreading wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the northern California village of Middletown and nearby communities, fire officials said on Sunday.





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Old Havana, Cuba
Children play with a giant soap bubble on Sept. 16.





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Coquimbo, Chile
People look at ships in the street after an earthquake hit areas of central Chile, in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile, September 17, 2015. Strong aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake that killed at least eight people and slammed powerful waves into coastal towns, forcing more than a million people from their homes.





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Washington, D.C., U.S.
A man stands among rows of American flags lowered to half staff on Sept. 11.





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Budapest, Hungary
A woman walks by a sleeping migrant, covered in a blanket near the Keleti railway station, as he waits to board a train leaving for the Austrian border on Sept. 14.





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Haikou, China
A man looks at the cars stuck in a sinkhole that opened in a parking area after heavy rainfall, on Sept. 16.





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Portadown, Ireland
A competitor jumps head first into a mud pool during the Mud Madness race at Foymore Lodge on Sept. 13.





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Beijing, China
Lightning strikes across the sky above residential buildings during a thunderstorm on Sept. 11.





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Tovarnik, Croatia
People make their way through fields at the border between Serbia and Croatia on Sept. 16.

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Melbourne, Australia
High-wire artist Kane Peterson successfully walks a tightrope 984 feet (300m) above the ground at Eureka Skydeck on Sept. 16.





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Mexico City, Mexico
Soldiers march during the Independence Day military parade in the capital's main plaza, the Zocalo, on Sept. 16.





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Passau, Germany
A three-month old baby from Afghanistan sleeps on a bed at the temporary registration center of the southern German border on Sept. 15.





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Kildare, Ireland
A racehorse exercises in a pool at the Irish Equine Aqua Centre on Sept. 13.





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Joso, Japan
A local resident wades through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes.





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Nasik, India
An Indian "sadhu" or holy man arrives in Nasik for a holy dip in the Godavari River, during Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival on Sept. 12.





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San Diego, California, U.S.
A view of pre-game activities before the Detroit Lions played the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 13.





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Jerusalem, Israel
A Palestinian protester kicks a burning tyre during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police officers in Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2015. The U.S. State Department on Monday voiced concern about violence at the compound surrounding Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount.





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New York, U.S.
Jimmy Fallon (L), host of "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" and Donald Trump pictured during the "Trump in the Mirror" skit on Sept. 11.





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Mumbai, India
Devotees sit on a truck carrying an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi Festival on Sept. 16.

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims walk near a construction crane which crashed in the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 12, 2015. At least 107 people were killed when the crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage.





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Mugla, Turkey
Officials are seen on duty after a beehive carrying truck crashed on the way to Marmara District on Sept 12.





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Scheveningen, Netherlands
Smoke from grenades shrouds horses and riders during a practice session for members of the Dutch cavalry on Sept. 14.





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Coffs Harbour, Australia
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul of Belgium compete in the World Rally Championship on Sept. 11.





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The Hague, Netherlands
Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander (L) and his wife, Queen Maxima, arrive for the opening of the new parliamentary year in the 13th century Hall of Knights, on Sept. 15.





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Hildale, Utah
Residents look down a 50-foot gorge that was created after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah's border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday.





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Moscow, Russia
A dog in action during a canine frisbee competition on Sept. 13.





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Krasnoyarsk, Russia
A member of the "Exit Point" amateur rope-jumping group jumps off a ramp in the Siberian Taiga area on Sept. 13.





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Moehnesee, Germany
Hot air balloons fly over Moehnesee, western Germany on September 11, 2015.





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Lesbos, Greece
A passport photo left behind by a migrant is seen among seaweed on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos, September 14, 2015. Of the record total of 432,761 refugees and migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, an estimated 309,000 people had arrived by sea in Greece, the International Organization for Migration (IMO) said on Friday. About half of those crossing the Mediterranean are Syrians fleeing civil war, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

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Tokyo, Japan
166 elementary school children and their 112 parents pull a Boeing 787 jetliner at the Narita International airport in Narita, suburb of Tokyo on September 13, 2015.





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Frankfurt, Germany
BMW CEO Harald Krueger collapses during the BMW presentation on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. The car show runs through Sept. 27.





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Roszke, Hungary
Hungarian riot police fight migrants at the border crossing with Serbia in Roszke, Hungary September 16, 2015. Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesting migrants demanding they be allowed to enter from Serbia on Wednesday on the second day of a border crackdown.





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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
A six-week-old tiger cub, introduced at Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, is seen at The Mirage Hotel & Casino on Sept. 14.





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Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
The Russian Soyuz TMA-16M capsule carrying a crew of Russia's Gennady Padalka, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency and Kazakhstan’s Aidyn Aimbetov lands some 146 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, early Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Padalka has completed his fifth mission for the world’s record 879 cumulative days in space, more than two months longer than the previous record holder, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.





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New York City, New York
Models pose wearing Alice + Olivia By Stacey Bendet Spring 2016 during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at The Gallery, Skylight at Clarkson Sq on September 15, 2015 in New York City.





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Middletown, California, U.S.
A sign hangs above an entryway to a home destroyed in a wildfire on Sept. 13.