September 18, 2019

A worker stands inside a container full of plastic waste at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia is sending hundreds of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding they were contaminated with used plastic and hazardous materials.

A Hindu priest blesses weapons belonging to Tripura State Rifles during the Vishwakarma Puja or the festival of the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery in Agartala, India.

A laser light show plays from the top of the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort during haze in Singapore.

Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg testifies at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee and House Select Climate Crisis Committee joint hearing on "Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis" on Capitol Hill in Washington.

An owl stands in a field after a fire in a savanna area near the neighborhood Jardim Mangueiral, 20 km from Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2019.

Residents of El Hatillo throw stones at riot police during a protest against the construction of a housing project in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 17, 2019.

A tourist takes a selfie in an area forbidden to walking, overlooking the waterfalls in Gullfoss, Iceland.

Migrants who were rescued by the Italian coastguard, arrive on an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, Malta, Sept. 17, 2019.

A VanesSa braziliensis butterfly is pictured at the San Martin square in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Evening commuters make their way along Omotesando Avenue during a downpour in the Shibuya neighbourhood of Tokyo, Japan.