Today in Photos

There is a lot of emotion at the US Open Tennis tournament in New York that is evident in some of today's photos. Other highlights are camel racing in Britain, an art display, and a beautiful image from the Arctic.

Section:Gallery

Thu., Sept. 3, 2009

Indian Hindu devotees carry a statue of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesh for immersion in the Arabian sea on the final day of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse Ganesh idols into oceans and rivers marking the end of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival that celebrates the birth of Ganesh.

Rajanish Kakade Associated Press
Belarusians throw flowers on a road in front of the caskets of Belarusian Air Force pilots Cols. Alexander Marfitsky and Alexander Zhuravlevich during their funeral ceremony in the town of Baranovichi, 150 kilometers ( 93 miles) southwest of Minsk, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Two Belarusian Air Force pilots were killed when their two-seater SU-27 fighter plane crashed during an aerial acrobatics display at an air show in central Poland on Aug. 30.

Sergei Grits Associated Press
Malaysia's first submarine, "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman," docks in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Malaysia's king and government leaders have given a grand welcome to the country's first submarine. The Scorpene submarine arrived at a naval base on peninsular Malaysia's west coast Thursday after a 54-day voyage from France.
Rasid, a rickshaw painter, decorates a newly built tri-cycle rickshaw at a garage in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Rickshaw painting is a unique art form to produce the brightly decorated rickshaws, the tricycle which is one of the most popular modes of transport in Bangladesh.

Pavel Rahman Associated Press
This undated handout photo provided by Northern Arizona University shows sediment collected at Sunday Lake in Alaska. To collect sediment from lakes in Alaska, researchers often travel by floatplanes and spend days working from a floating platform, using hand-operated weights to tap collection tubes upward of 20 feet into the lake bottom.

Darrell Kaufman Associated Press
Journalists pass the art work 'Lady with Shopping Bags' by U.S. artist Duane Hanson, at the museum for contemporary art Hamburger Bahnhof, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. From Sept. 4, 2009 until Feb. 12, 2010, the museum presents a newly arranged exhibition of its collections.

Markus Schreiber Associated Press
Camels and their jockeys race near Tower Bridge, during a photo call for the Saracens rugby club, in London, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The race, organized by Saracens rugby club, was held to unveil their new official mascots.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
Melanie Oudin of the United States, celebrates her 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Elena Dementieva of Russia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.

Kathy Willens Associated Press
Sorana Cirstea of Romania, returns to Stephanie Dubois of Canada, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.

Paul Bereswill Associated Press
Top-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia, signs autographs after her match against Kristina Barrois of Germany, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Safina won 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3.

Amy Sancetta Associated Press
Kristina Barrois of Germany leans over the net after not being able to reach a shot against top seeded Dinara Safina of Russia during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.

Amy Sancetta Associated Press