Best pictures from September 2
A woman walks in front of a graffiti painted on a shop shutter, in Athens September 2, 2013. The decline in Greek retail sales accelerated in June from the previous month, highlighting the pain fiscal austerity is inflicting on household consumption, data by statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
Bonnie Oesch, left, and her husband Ivan Oesch hold hands as they attend The Fair at The PNE on scooters in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday September 2, 2013. Bonnie injured her ankle when she fell off a truck and her husband is recovering from knee surgery.DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail
Michael (L) and Christopher Heaney (R), the sons of Seamus Heaney, help carry their father's coffin from the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, Dublin September 2, 2013. Heaney, one of the world's best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, died on August 30 after a short illness at the age of 74.CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/Reuters
Atlanta Braves left fielder Justin Upton (8) slides past New York Mets catcher Anthony Recker (20) to score on a Freddie Freeman base hit in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, in Atlanta.John Bazemore/The Associated Press
Russian artist Vasily Slonov poses for a picture with his new art project "History of Russia, 20th century - from Lenin to Putin" at the courtyard of the Museum Center in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk September 2, 2013. The artist has chemically engraved portraits of nine Soviet and Russian political figures on a series of butchers' axes.ILYA NAYMUSHIN/Reuters
People ride the new zip line, after climbing up a 126-foot tower, on the last day of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on Monday, September 2, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
A man jumps over a water stream on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai September 2, 2013.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
Utility poles fall over a road after a tornado in Koshigaya city, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Tornadoes tore through eastern Japan on Monday, leaving dozens of people injured, at least one seriously, and destroying some buildings.The Associated Press
Roger Federer, of Switzerland, returns a shot to Tommy Robredo, of Spain, during the fourth round of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, in New York.Darron Cummings/The Associated Press
Pittsburgh Pirates players celebrate after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, in Milwaukee. The Pirates won 5-2.Morry Gash/The Associated Press
A man peddles rubber flip-flops on his motorcycle in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013.Aaron Favila/The Associated Press
A pupil yawns as he takes part in a ceremony marking the start of classes at School No. 85 as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge", in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013.Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press