PHOTOS of the month: September

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by

A combination photograph shows a man setting himself on fire outside a bank branch in Thessaloniki in northern Greece September 16.

The 55-year old man had entered the bank and asked for a renegotiation of his overdue loan payments on his home and business, according to police, which he could not pay, but was refused by the bank.

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An abandoned VIP stairway is seen on a road at the airport in Sirte, which is now under the control of anti- Gaddafi fighters, September 29, 2011.

Forces of Libya's interim government have captured the airport in Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, one of two main remaining bastions of support for the deposed leader.

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Blood-stained shoes worn by Linda Lopez as she evacuated from the 97th Floor of Tower 2 on September 11, 2001 are seen in this photograph before becoming a part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York August 22, 2011.

Linda Lopez was at work at the Fiduciary Trust Company on the 97th floor when the first plane crashed into Tower, sending a fireball past their window and radiating a heat that she said felt like being sunburned. There was quickly a sense of confusion. Lopez felt she had to get out. She had reached only as far as the 61st when she was thrown against a wall as the second plane crashed into the floors above her. Taking off her shoes, she continued to head down the stairs, passing firefighters heading in the opposite direction. She ran barefoot out of the building, across broken glass and other debris. "Lady, your feet are bleeding," someone said to her as she paused a few blocks away in relative safety.

She put her shoes back on, and began learning the details of what it was she had just escaped from. The museum, which occupies seven stories below the ground of the World Trade Centre site, is still being built at the site of the fallen towers. It is due only to open in 2012, on the 11th anniversary of the attacks. Picture taken August 22, 2011

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Base jumper Dan Smith of Wollongong Australia leaps with a parachute off Kuala Lumpur Tower September 29, 2011

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A dog rides a wave at a surf dog contest in Huntington Beach, California on September 25

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A rebel on crutches fires a rocket propelled grenade while fighting on the front line in Sirte on September 24

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Shaista, a three-year-old girl, displaced by floods, holds a drink of water as she takes refuge with her family in a camp for flood victims in the Badin district of Pakistan's Sindh province on September 23.

The latest floods, triggered by monsoon rains, have killed more than 230 people, destroyed or damaged 1.2 million houses and flooded 4.5 million acres (1.8 million hectares) since late last month. More than 300,000 people have been moved to shelters. Some 800,000 families hit by last year's floods are still homeless. Aid groups have warned of a growing risk of fatal diseases.

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A young man looks at an Iranian-made Sejil missile at a war exhibition held by Iran's revolutionary guard to mark the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), also known in Iran as the "Holy Defence", at Baharestan square near the Iranian Parliament in southern Tehran September 23, 2011. Picture rotated 180 degrees

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A teenager practices breakdancing moves as his friends watch at Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai September 23.

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Afghans remove a carpet after burial ceremony of Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council on Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul on September 23.

Weeping Afghans gathered under tight security to bury Rabbani, the government's chief peace negotiator, who was killed this week by a suicide bomber posing as a Taliban envoy with a message about possible talks

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US President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking about passage of his jobs bill during a visit to Cincinnati, Ohio on September 22, 2011

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Fans try to catch a home run hit by Baltimore Orioles Mark Reynolds against the Boston Red Sox in the seventh inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on September 21

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A boy tries to outrun a man fumigating for mosquitoes through the streets of Lahore on September 20.

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A police officer walks through a road as a motorbike burns in Dhaka September 19.

Street marches by members of Bangladesh's biggest Islamic party seeking the release of its leaders from jail turned violent across the country, with at least 70 people wounded in clashes, witnesses said.

Activists belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami party, many carrying sticks and throwing rocks, fought running battles with steel-helmeted riot police in Dhaka and set at least 30 vehicles on fire.

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A model covers herself with a mask so as not to get hairspray on her face as she gets made up during Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week on September 18.

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An anti-Gaddafi fighter covers his ears as a mortar is fired against Gaddafi loyalists in a village near Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds on September 17

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Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama yawns as he attends a conference called 'Living Together with Responsibility and Cooperation' in Sao Paulo on September 17. The Dalai Lama was on a three-day visit to Sao Paulo.

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A man, displaced by floods, carries a tent that he received from a distribution point for flood victims while heading to his village of Yousuf Jonejo, Badin district of Pakistan's Sindh province, September 16.

This year, floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million houses and flooded 4.5 million acres (1.8 million hectares) since late August. More than 300,000 people have been made homeless and over 200 have been reported killed.

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A woman looks in the direction another woman is pointing after crying as her house was demolished at Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh on September 16.

Two bulldozers cleared a number of homes at the lake to pave the way for a private real estate development. A foreign investment boom in Cambodia has come at the expense of what rights groups estimate is about 30,000 Cambodians forcibly evicted from their homes a year

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Jewish settlers dressed as Palestinian protesters clash with a settler during a drill, held by the settler's security response teams, simulating violence that could erupt ahead of the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations September 14, in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba

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A museum staff member lies in an installation that is part of Tomas Saraceno's Cloud Cities exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, September 14

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Carcasses of cows killed in clashes between anti-Gaddafi and pro-Gaddafi forces are seen on the outskirts of Misrata September 14.

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Afghan policemen leave the site of an incident in Kabul on September 14. An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave ended after 20 hours when security forces killed the last of six attackers.

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A man makes a bungee jump in Queenstown September 14

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Brooms placed by members of Rio de Paz (Peace Rio) non-governmental organization are seen at the national congress as a form of protest in Brasilia, on September 28.

A total of 594 brooms, which represent the number of congressmen in the country, were placed at the Esplanade of Ministries  to symbolize the need to "sweep off" corruption in the Brazilian National Congress

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The Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori aerobatic display team performs during the Malta Airshow at Malta International Airport outside Valletta September 25

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The mother (left) of 19-year-old flight attendant Ashmita Shrestha breaks down as she waits for the body of her daughter after it was taken for a post mortem examination at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on September 25.

A small plane carrying foreign tourists to view Mount Everest crashed in bad weather near Nepal's capital Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board. Kathmandu Airport officials said there were 16 passengers and a crew of three on board the Beech aircraft, owned by Buddha Air.

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Revellers enjoy a ride in a roller coaster after the opening of the World's biggest beer fest, the Munich Oktoberfest, at the Theresienwiese in Munich, on September 17.

The world's biggest beer fest runs until October 3.

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A boy cries out as a bull charged at him during a traditional Corraleja or bullfight in Since, Sucre province in Colombia September 18.

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People rush to help injured spectators following the crash of a vintage World War Two P-51 Mustang fighter plane near the grandstand at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, on September 16.

Nine people were killed and over 50 injured in the crash. Picture taken September 16

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