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The week in pictures: 9/11 anniversary, far-right win in Germany and Houthis' Yemen offensive

  Sun, 13 Sep 2026
United States The public art installation “Tribute in Light”, which pays tribute to the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks, lights up the southern Manhattan skyline, as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, on September 10, 2026. -  Leonardo Munoz, AFP
SUN, 13 SEP 2026
The public art installation “Tribute in Light”, which pays tribute to the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks, lights up the southern Manhattan skyline, as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, on September 10, 2026. - © Leonardo Munoz, AFP

"Tribute in Light", an art installation marking 25 years since the 9/11 attacks that destroyed New York City's iconic Twin Towers, killing 2,996 people in the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. Exiled Tibetans march in India's New Delhi on September 11 to protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to attend a BRICS summit. Firefighters tackle a blaze at a petrol station in Kyiv after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital, on September 11. Demonstrators rally outside the Israeli embassy in Bangkok on Thursday, September 10, to protest against foreign nationals buying up Thai land. Republican voters hail Vice-President JD Vance at the first-of-its-kind "Midterms Party Conference" in Dallas, on Thursday, September 10. A Palestinian Bedouin uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his family home in a suburb of Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank, on September 10. Ben Shelton delivers his trademark monster serve as he knocks out seven-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday, September 8, en route to his maiden US Open final. Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of 12 people killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Rumman, in south Lebanon, on September 8. People walk on a pier as large waves from Hurricane Marie break on the shore on Huntington Beach, southern California, on September 7. AfD members celebrate on Sunday, September 6, after the party's breakthrough win in regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt paves the way for the first extreme-right state government in Germany since World War II. The AfD's victory sent shockwaves throughout Europe and sparked protests in cities across Germany, including a huge rally attended by tens of thousands of people in Berlin on September 12. Captain Gabby Williams leads France to victory over hosts Germany in the semi-finals of the Women's Basketball World Cup, on September 12, carrying Les Bleues to their maiden final.

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