From the beautiful performances at the 2016 Rio Paralympics to the multitude of Muslims gathered in Mecca for the annual Eid celebrations, here are top 10 photos of the past week from around the world;

PETA supporters lie with fake blood poured over their bodies as they protest animal cruelty and the consumption of meat, in front of the town hall in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 16, 2016.

An ancient bridge, collapsed after typhoon Meranti hit southeast China, in Yongchun, Fujian province, China, on September 15, 2016

Demonstrators react as a French riot police officer is surrounded by flames during a demonstration against the controversial labor reforms of the French government in Paris on September 15, 2016. Opponents of France’s controversial labour reforms took to the streets on September 15, 2016 for the 14th time in six months in a last-ditch bid to quash the measures that lost the Socialist government crucial support on the left.

Chiaki Takada of Japan competes in the Women’s Long Jump, T11 Final in Rio’s Olympic Stadium during the Summer Paralympic Games on September 16, 2016

Muslims attend a morning prayer to mark Eid al-Adha in Moscow on September 12, 2016. Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha (the feast of sacrifice), the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide marking the end of the annual pilgrimage or Hajj to the Saudi holy city of Mecca.

The image of a face appears as hundreds of military troops holding mosaic cards raise them in a wave, during a review of the troops that will march in the Independence Day parade, in Mexico City, on September 14, 2016. Thousands gathered in Mexico City’s main square known as the Zocalo on Friday for a massive military parade to commemorate Mexico’s independence from Spain

In this photo taken on Saturday September 10, 2016, African refugees and migrants wait aboard a partially punctured rubber boat to be assisted, during a rescue operation on the Mediterranean Sea, about 13 miles North of Sabratha, Libya. A demonstrator stares down a riot policeman during a protest marking the country’s 1973 military coup in Santiago, Chile, on September 11, 2016.

A demonstrator stares down a riot policeman during a protest marking the country’s 1973 military coup in Santiago, Chile, on September 11, 2016.

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a garment packaging factory in the Tongi industrial area on Sept. 10 outside Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The huge blast early Saturday at the Tampaco Foils Ltd. factory outside the capital, Dhaka, triggered a massive blaze that spread quickly at the plant, where flammable chemicals were stored. The death toll from a boiler explosion and subsequent fire at a packaging factory in Bangladesh rose to 31 after more bodies were found in the debris, an official said Monday.

 

Angelique Kerber of Germany reacts after defeating Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during the women’s final at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York on Sept. 10.

 

Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on Sept. 11.

 

 

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at the Black Women’s Agenda Symposium Workshop in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16 after returning to the campaign trail after taking time off to recover from a bout of pneumonia.

 

Muslims make their way to the “stoning of the devil” during the holy Hajj pilgrimage on the first day of eid al-adha near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, September 12. The “stoning of the devil” is a key ritual where pilgrims throw stones at three pillars known as the “Jamarat,” symbolizing the rejection of the devil’s temptation.
A child takes a picture of a lion at a zoo in frankfurt, germany, on Tuesday, September 13

 

Outgoing Miss America crowns new queen.

 

During a Sept. 11 memorial event on Sunday at Ground Zero, she was unsteady and needed help getting into a van after becoming “overheated and dehydrated.” Her campaign later announced she had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.

 

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn’s northern hemisphere. Saturn, where one year lasts for 30 Earth years, will approach its summer solstice in May 2017.

 

A girl holds her mother during a commemoration ceremony for the victims at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.