Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: Sept. 5, 2012

  • A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Images from around the world chosen by the photo desk at the Winnipeg Free Press.

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  • September 5, 2012

    Day in Photos: Sept. 5, 2012

  • Astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in the mission's third session of extravehicular activity. During the six-hour, 28-minute spacewalk, Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (out of frame), completed the installation of a Main Bus Switching Unit that was hampered last week by a possible misalignment and damaged threads where a bolt must be placed. They also installed a camera on the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.

    Astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in the mission's third session of extravehicular activity. During the six-hour, 28-minute spacewalk, Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (out of frame), completed the installation of a Main Bus Switching Unit that was hampered last week by a possible misalignment and damaged threads where a bolt must be placed. They also installed a camera on the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.   (NASA / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Photo Store

  • A riot police officer with his masked stained with paint thrown by students watches a march by teachers and students protesting a wide range of issues regarding the government's educational policies in Bogota, Colombia. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

    A riot police officer with his masked stained with paint thrown by students watches a march by teachers and students protesting a wide range of issues regarding the government's educational policies in Bogota, Colombia. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) Photo Store

  • Former President Bill Clinton speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    Former President Bill Clinton speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Photo Store

  • An African penguin is washed by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, SANCCOB, after it was found covered in oil on Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa. Around 55 penguins have been found covered in oil from a spillage by the Turkish stricken bulk carrier the Seli One. The birds are being cleaned and will be returned to the wild after recuperating. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

    An African penguin is washed by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, SANCCOB, after it was found covered in oil on Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa. Around 55 penguins have been found covered in oil from a spillage by the Turkish stricken bulk carrier the Seli One. The birds are being cleaned and will be returned to the wild after recuperating. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) Photo Store

  • An Indian Hindu devotee walks on the banks of the Ganges River in Allahabad India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

    An Indian Hindu devotee walks on the banks of the Ganges River in Allahabad India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Photo Store

  • Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, taxis on the runway under a heavy rain before departing from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Charlotte, N.C. for the Democratic National Convention. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

    Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, taxis on the runway under a heavy rain before departing from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Charlotte, N.C. for the Democratic National Convention. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Photo Store

  • A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

    A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) Photo Store

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