September 12, 2014

The word "Yes" is written in sand as people look out over the bay at Luskentyre beach on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The referendum on Scottish independence will take place on Sept. 18, when the country will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Oscar Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa yesterday found the double-amputee Olympian not guilty of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but today convicted him of 'culpable homicide.'
 

Ukrainian school girls take part in a rally against war in the southern coastal town of Mariupol.

A protester holds a poster as she and others are stopped by riot police on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during an anti-U.S. demonstration march. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish officials to push an international coalition to combat the Islamic State militant group.

An aerial view taken from a Pakistani air force helicopter shows a flooded area in Multan, Punjab province. The flooding has killed 450 people in India and Pakistan, with the heaviest rainfall in the Kashmir region in 50 years.

Members of the The Fort McHenry Guard Field Musicians perform at the base of the Battle Monument during the Star Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore, Maryland. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. national anthem, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is hosting tall ships, fireworks displays, concerts, historic tours and other events.

Students hold on to a fence while they are detained at the Education Ministry building during its occupation in downtown Santiago, Chile. Around 15 students occupied the building as part of a protest against a financial crisis at their university.

Kosovo Security Force members arrange coffins containing the remains of 24 Kosovo Albanians killed during the 1998-99 war with Serbia, in the village of Merdare, Kosovo. The remains were found at a Rudnica mass grave in Serbia and identified 15 years after the war.

An Indian woman carries her child on her back and works in a paddy field outside the city of Gauhati, India. After floods from monsoon rains, people have gone back to working in their agriculture fields in Assam.

Palestinian Muslim worshipers attend Friday noon prayer under the fallen minaret of the al-Susi mosque in Gaza City, which was hit by Israeli strikes during the latest round of deadly fighting with Hamas militants.

Denmark's Alexander Taarnberg catches the ball under pressure from Daniel Hendrix (L) of the U.S. during their wheelchair rugby semi-final at the Invictus Games at the Olympic Park in east London. The Invictus Games are a competition for injured members of the armed forces.

People walk at the Redipuglia Military Sacrarium, Italy. Pope Francis will mark the 100th anniversary of World War I at the Redipuglia Military Sacrarium with a mass Saturday.

AmeriCorps volunteers take a pledge during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.  President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton marked the 20th anniversary of the national service program, and talked about the impact volunteering can have on both individuals and the nation.

Genetically engineered fish (Pterophyllum Scalare var.) glow in a tank during the 2014 Taiwan Aquarium Expo in Taipei.