World in Pictures: Stunning, awesome, deadly

This August 24, 2015 Image from NASA TV shows the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) being grabbed by the Canadarm as it arrives at the International Space Station. Kounotori was bolted into place on the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Harmony module at 10:02 a.m. EDT.   (AFP)

A melted newspaper holder, with newspaper still intact, is pictured near a home destroyed by the Chelan Complex fire in Chelan, Washington August 24, 2015. Moderate winds on Monday were expected to work in favor of firefighters battling the Chelan complex of fires in the north-central part of the state. But hot weather and stronger winds later in the week could lead the collection of blazes to expand again, officials said on the inter-agency fire website, InciWeb. REUTERS/David Ryder

St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Greg Garcia, top, forces out Arizona Diamondbacks'  David Peralta (6) as he turns a double play in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in Phoenix. (David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic via AP)  MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

In this Thursday, July 30, 2015 photo Chad Zrate, an engineering manager at Micron Products, Inc., demonstrates using a launcher that fires a 40mm Blunt Impact Projectile, or PIB, at the manufacturing plant in Fitchburg, Mass. The technology is part of a push to find ways for law enforcement to be able to use force with non-deadly means. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Yemeni women carry empty gas cylinders as they try to refill them at a nearby petrol station, amid an increasing shortage of fuel in the capital Sanaa, on August 23, 2015. (AFP)



Gillian Flaccus' daughter washes her hair under the bath spout during her nightly shower at the family's home, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, near Los Angeles. Flaccus, an Associated Press reporter, and her husband are using the California drought to teach their children life lessons about conservation. (AP)

People take part in a demonstration demanding  the resignation of Guatemalan President Otto Perez on August 23, 2015 in Guatemala City. President Perez refused to resign August 22nd, hours after he was accused of being a leader of the corruption scandal that has rocked his country, his spokesman said. With just over two weeks to go before general elections, prosecutors and officials from a UN investigative commission said they had uncovered extensive evidence implicating Perez and ex-vice president Roxana Baldetti in a massive, highly organized scheme to reduce importers' customs duties in exchange for bribes.   (AFP)

A young migrant reacts after been injured during a clash between Macedonian police forces and migrant trying to cross an illegal crossing point on the border between Greece and Macedonia near the town of Gevgelija on August 22, 2015. Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees forced their way over the Macedonian border today as police hurled stun grenades in a failed bid to stop them breaking through, an AFP reporter said. (AFP)

Syrian refugees from Kobani pose for a "selfie", moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015.  Greece, mired in its worst economic crisis in generations, has been found largely unprepared for a mass influx of refugees, mainly Syrians. Arrivals have exceeded 160,000 this year, three times as high as in 2014. The crisis has exposed massive shortages in Greece's available facilities, but also striking discord within the European Union on how to handle the humanitarian crisis. (Reuters)

A boy prepares to cast a fishing net in the flood waters next to submerged houses after heavy rains at Patekibari village in Marigaon district in Assam, India, August 23, 2015. Four people have died and over 500,000 people have been affected by the floods caused by heavy rains in the state, according to an official media release.  (Reuters)

Protesters set a motorbike on fire during a protest against corruption and against the government's failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 23, 2015. Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. (Reuters)

This photo taken on August 23, 2015 shows a child posing with a perspective painting at the 4D Magic Fantasy exhibition during a beer festival in  Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province.  (CHINA OUT AFP)