وێنهی 12 ی نۆی 2014
The word "Yes" is scrawled on the 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.
Escorted by police and security, Oscar Pistorius leaves the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent and 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 placard as demonstrators are stopped by riot policemen on a road leading to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during their anti-U.S. protest 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. Floods that have killed 450 people in India and Pakistan began to recede Wednesday giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of standed villagers.
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 cling at 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 mortal 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 rice paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. After floods that accompanied monsoon rains, people have gone back to working in their agriculture fields in Assam.
Palestinian Muslim worshipers attend Friday noon prayer beneath 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, where Pope Francis will mark the centenary of World War I with a mass on 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, heralding 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.