The week in photos: September 9-15, 2017

Sep 16, 2017 9:06 AM PHT

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The week in photos: September 9-15, 2017

Inoue Jaena

This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

SEARCH AND RESCUE. Soldiers with specially trained dogs search for survivors amid the ruins of buildings knocked down by a magnitude 8.1 quake in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico, on September 9, 2017. Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP

IRMA'S PATH. Residents wade through a flooded street in Havana as Hurricane Irma batters central Cuba on September 10, 2017. Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP

GROUND ZERO. The 'Tribute in Light' illuminates the night sky in New York City on September 10, 2017, the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP

THE SKY OVER SANFO. Lightning strikes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on September 11, 2017. Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP

INUNDATED. The St Johns River rises from storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 11, 2017. Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP

INSIDE THE BATTLE AREA. President Rodrigo Duterte visits Marawi City on September 11, 2017, his 4th visit since the war erupted on May 23, 2017. Malacañang Photo

STRANDED. Commuters wait for public transportation along a flooded road in Mandaluyong City on September 12, 2017. Photo by Rob Reyes/Rappler

EXODUS. Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive from Myanmar after crossing the Naf river in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 12, 2017. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP

NEW IPHONE. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the new iPhone lineup during a media event at Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, California, on September 12, 2017. Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP

HOST CITY. Olympics Rings on the Trocadero Esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on September 13, 2017, after the International Olympic Committee named Paris host city of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP

JOURNEY TO SPACE. Russia's Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station expedition 53/54, US astronauts Joseph Akaba, and Mark Vande Hei; and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, blasts off from the launch pad on September 13, 2017. Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP

BYE BYE BASI. A handout picture taken on September 13, 2017 and received on September 14 from the Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center shows the body of giant panda 'Basi' surrounded by flowers after her death in Fuzhou, China's eastern Fujian province. Photo by Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center/Handout/AFP

ART PIECE. An Emirati man looks at pieces of glass shaped as the map of the United Arab Emirates, where citizens write their hopes and aspirations. This is in commemoration of the 2017 'Year of Giving' declared by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian exhibition on September 14, 2017. Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP

PRIDE. LGBTs from various student organizations gather at UP Diliman in Quezon City on Spetember 15, 2017, to kick off 'Pride Week.' Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler

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