An independent mine worker participates in a protest rally in La Paz, Sept. 18, 2012.

An independent mine worker throws a dynamite stick during clashes with unionized mine workers in La Paz, Sept. 18.

Independent miners attend a protest rally in La Paz September 18, 2012. Thousands of independent mine workers of Bolivia's recently nationalized Colquiri tin mine protested against unionized mine workers and the government of Bolivian President Evo Morales.

A riot police officer helps state-employed miners carry a co-worker after he was wounded in a dynamite explosion during clashes with miners from private cooperatives, as the latter marched through the streets of La Paz, Sept. 18.

Firefighters and policemen help a wounded person during a miners' protest in front of Federacion Nacional de Mineros' headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia, Sept. 18.

Striking miners dance and cheer after they were informed of a 22 percent wage increase offer outside Lonmin's Marikana mine, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, on Sept. 18. Striking miners at the mine said on Tuesday they accepted a management pay rise offer and would return to work on Thursday after six weeks of mining sector unrest that shook Africa's largest economy.

Striking miners dance and cheer after they were informed of a 22 percent wage increase offer outside Lonmin's Marikana mine, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, on Sept. 18.

Firefighters douse flames of a government vehicle torched during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, on Sept. 18. Muslim majority areas of Indian- Kashmir observed a complete shutdown and staged protests against the controversial anti-Islam movie deemed insulting to Prophet Mohammed. Normal life in the region was affected by the shutdown call and vehicular traffic on roads remained disrupted.

Kashmiri Muslim protesters burn an effigy symbolizing America during a protest strike in Srinagar on Sept. 18. According to locals, a call for all shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices to be closed and public transport to remain off the roads throughout Kashmir was called on by several local groups. The shutdown was to protest against an anti-Islam film that has sparked violent protests across the world.

A masked youth attends a strike in Srinagar, Sept.18.. According to locals, a call for all shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices to be closed and public transport to remain off the roads throughout Kashmir was called on by several local groups. The shutdown was to protest against an anti-Islam film that has sparked violent protests across the world.

US President Barack Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz, center, and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney impersonator Mike Cote, center left, pose for pictures with tourists in Times Square on Sept. 11 in New York. As the U.S. Presidential election draws nearer the two political impersonators keep a full schedule.

U.S. President Barack Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz, right, and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney impersonator Mike Cote, left, pose for a photo at Times Square on Sept. 11 in New York. As the US presidential election draws nearer the two political impersonators keep a full schedule.

Captain Brett McBride streams seawater over the gills of a nearly 15-foot, 2,292-pound great white shark on the research vessel Ocearch in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Chatham, Mass. A crew of researchers and fishermen are tagging great white sharks off Cape Cod in an unorthodox way. The Ocearch team baits the fish and leads them onto a lift, tagging and taking blood, tissue and semen samples up close from the world's most feared predator. The real-time satellite tag tracks the shark each time its dorsal fin breaks the surface, plotting its location on a map.

Scientists collect blood and tissue samples from a female great white shark on the research vessel Ocearch in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Chatham, Mass. Before release, the nearly 15-foot, 2,292-pound shark was named Genie for famed shark researcher Eugenie Clark. The Ocearch team baits the fish and leads them onto a lift, tagging and taking blood, tissue and semen samples up close from the world's most feared predator. The real-time satellite tag tracks the shark each time its dorsal fin breaks the surface, plotting its location on a map.

Ocearch Captain Brett McBride, right, and Co-Captain Jody Whitworth tie strips of fish to a reinforced cooler containing whale blubber in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Chatham, Mass. The cooler is attached to a cage containing whale blubber on the ocean floor in hopes of attracting great white sharks. The Ocearch team baits the fish and leads them onto a lift, tagging and taking blood, tissue and semen samples up close from the world's most feared predator. The real-time satellite tag tracks the shark each time its dorsal fin breaks the surface, plotting its location on a map.

Aceh government officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.

Aceh police chief Inspector General Iskandar Hasan throws a package of marijuana into the fire as officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.

Aceh government officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.

Demonstrators shout slogans as they march with Chinese national flags and banners near the Japanese consulate during a protest on the 81st anniversary of Japan's invasion of China, in Shanghai Sept. 18.

Paramilitary policemen stand guard behind barriers, as they allow about a hundred demonstrators to enter at a time to protest in the area outside the Japanese consulate, in Shanghai, Sept. 18.

Protesters carrying banners with anti-Japan slogans are stopped by police officers near the Japanese Consulate General, Sept. 18, in Shanghai, China.

A Chinese demonstrator carries a picture showing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku in Japan on Sept. 18.

An artisanal gold miner peers up from a small-scale mine where he is working in Kalana, Mali on August 26.

Small-scale gold miners at work in Kalana.

Small-scale gold miner Bangale Sidibe, 29, poses for a picture with his pickaxe before heading to work in Kalana.

Amadou Dabo, a 46-year-old gold buyer, weighs gold he will buy from an artisanal miner in Kalana. Nearly 10,000 annual tourists visited Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed town, in previous years. Since Mali's coup d'etat in late March, after which Islamist rebels took control of the country's northern two-thirds, less than 20 tourists have come to Djenne, according to the local tourism board.

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, second right, escorted by his bodyguards, greets his supporters at an anti-U.S. protest in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 17. Nasrallah has been living in hiding to avoid assassination since Hezbollah fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006.

Supporters of Hezbollah burn an Israeli flag during a mass rally to denounce an anti-Islam US-made film, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 17.

Supporters of Hezbollah carry banners and Hezbollah flags as they march during a mass rally to denounce an anti-Islam U.S.-made film, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 17.

Meagan Capp, left, and Cora Walker break for a cigarette dressed as Sheik and Link from Legend of Zelda outside Seattle's PAX convention on Sept. 1, 2012.

Destiny Siefert finishes lunch outside Seattle's PAX Convention, Sept. 1. Siefert sports what she calls "Femamerica" as a female version of Captain America.

Josh Nebe takes on the persona of a broke and disenchanted storm trooper outside Seattle's Convention Center, Sept. 1. Nebe's costume was inspired by a demotivatinoal poster popular on the internet.

Jesse Skellington fills his chalice at a Taco Del Mar during Seattle's PAX convention, Sept. 1. Skellington is less cosplayer and more LARPer, or live action role player. Skellington takes on a persona all his own in lieu of characters from any franchise.

Michael Batin waits to buy bottled water inside Seattle's PAX convention on Sept. 1. Batin cosplayed for the first time at PAX where he sported a hip-hop clone trooper costume, boom box not pictured.

Tryston Adachi, right, and Jackie Cunard withdraw money while sporting "steampunk pirate" themed costumes during Seattle's PAX Convention on Sept. 1. Adachi explains the theme as "something out of Jules Verne's mind."

Joao Pedro dos Santos Teixeira, 11, who is deaf and a music student, poses for a portrait at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4. The technique of teaching music to deaf children was developed by Fabio Bonvenuto while working in this public school in 2005, where the percussionists feel the music through vibrations rather than sound waves. Their "Music of Silence Band" recently received an invitation to play in the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup alongside the country's top musicians.

Alex Gustavo Moreira, 8, who is deaf and a member of the "Music of Silence Band," plays a tambourine next to teacher Maria Damaceno, at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4.

Deaf students, from left, Joao Farias Alves, 11, Antonio Marques, 16, and Joao Pedro dos Santos Teixeira, 11, play bongos during their music class at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4.

Deaf students Alexandre Rocha de Lima, left, 18, and Christoffer Rodrigues, 12, use sign language to communicate before their music class at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Aug. 28.

Alexsander da Silva, 14, who is deaf and a member of the "Music of Silence Band", arranges his uniform before their concert at the Municipal Theatre of Vinhedo city, 62 miles from Sao Paulo, on Aug. 31.

Music professor Fabio Bonvenuto, left, plays the bongs with his deaf students and members of the "Music of Silence Band", from right, Weslen Santos de Souza, 14, Sivaldo Beserra Ferraz, 16, Jhenifer Olivia da Silva, 14, Kelvin Santos Magalhaes, 15, and Franciele Santos Oliviera, 14, at the end of their concert at the Municipal Theatre of Vinhedo city, 62 miles from Sao Paulo, on Aug. 31.

215 petitioners, including El Salvador native Enrique Torres Manzano, center, raise their right hands and swear an oath to the United States and become new citizens during a ceremony at the National Archives on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was held on the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in the Rotunda of the archives which holds the "Charters of Freedom": The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

Maria Cruz, center, of El Salvador joins 214 other petitioners seeking U.S. citizenship in saying the Pledge of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in the National Archives, in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17.

U.S. Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks at a naturalization ceremony on Sept. 17 at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

A native of Lebanon, Mirna Mumm uses a U.S. flag to hold her hair in place after becoming one of 215 new citizens during a ceremony at the National Archives on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C.

A model presents a creation during the Burberry Prorsum 2013 Spring/Summer collection catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London on Sept. 17.

A model is prepared backstage ahead of the Burberry Prorsum 2013 Spring/Summer collection catwalk show during London Fashion Week in London on Sept. 17.

Models showcase designs on the catwalk by Peter Pilotto on day 4 of London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013, at the Topshop Venue on Sept. 17 in London, England.

Models showcase designs on the catwalk by Michael van der Ham on day 4 of London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013, at the Topshop Venue on Sept. 17 in London, England.

Police arrest protesters near Wall Street during a demonstration on the anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept. 17.

Police officers arrest a protester.

Occupy Wall Street protesters circulate through the financial district trying to disrupt business on Sept. 17.

Protesters chant during an Occupy Wall Street march Sept. 17 in New York.

Police stand near an arrested protester.

Police arrest a protester.

Afghan protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Kabul on Sept.17, against a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad.

Afghan protesters burn tires in Kabul on Sept. 17.

A protester throws a rock during a clash with the police outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Sept. 17.

Indian Muslim girls shout slogans during a protest against a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad in Jammu, India, on Sept. 17. The placard in Urdu reads "Long live Islam."

Members of the cavalry practice at the beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, on Sept. 17. The horses and riders are tested with gunfire, music and smoke in preparation for tomorrow's parade in The Hague, including the Queen in the Golden Carriage who will pronounce the Speech from the Throne, one of the main features of government policy for the coming parliamentary session.

Members of the cavalry at the beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Sept. 17.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, look at traditional displays during a visit to a cultural village in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Sept. 17, 2012.

Prince William and Catherine, followed by locals dressed as sharks in the background, travel in a traditional war canoe during a visit to Tuvanipupu Island.

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, speaks with traditional weavers during a visit to a cultural village in Honiara on Sept. 17, 2012.

William and Kate watch traditional dancers.

Waves caused by Typhoon Sanba slam into the coast of Yeosu, about 460 km (286 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea.

High waves caused by Typhoon Sanba crash onto a beach in Yeosu, south of Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 17.

High waves beat upon a coast road in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul Sept. 17.

A firefighting helicopter fills a bucket of water in heavy smoke as the North Merna wildfire burns in the Bridger National Forest west of the town of Pinedale, Wyo., Sept. 16.

Ranchers and hunters make their away from the North Merna wildfire in the Bridger National Forest.

A plane flies as smoke billows from the North Merna wildfire in the Bridger National Forest west of the town of Pinedale in Sublette County, Wyo., Sept. 16.

A man watches over his cattle and goats as they graze in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state and around the border of Sudan and South Sudan.

Boys gather to wrestle, a traditional sport practiced in many parts of South Sudan, on a sandy patch of ground in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16.

Tasmin, a mother of six, stands with her children outside her house in Yida camp, South Sudan, Sept. 16.