Faceing Blog's Daily Life September

Faceing Blog's For this edition of our look at daily life we share images from China, India, Iraq, Nepal, United States and other countries from around the world.

Zachary Bozann, 9, of Okemos smiles as he looks at countless reflections of himself, appearing to the camera as nine heads joined together in an three-dimensional interactive art display called “The Infinity Boxes” by Los Angeles artist Matt Elson on Sept. 28 at ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich

A couple sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River as the full moon rises in the distance on Sept. 8 in Kansas City, Mo. Monday night’s full moon, also known as a Harvest Moon, will be the third and final “supermoon” of 2014. The phenomenon, which scientists call a “perigee moon,” occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons.

A Chinese construction worker rests as he takes a break from work in the area around the Drum Tower on Sept. 18 in central Beijing, China. The Drum tower was built in 1272.

Facing Blog's A devotee of Ban Tha Rua Chinese shrine with his cheeks pierced works himself into trance before a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket on Sept. 28. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism celebrates the local Chinese community’s belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.

A child prepares for a run at the Madison Ave. Soapbox Derby in Decatur, Ga. on Sept. The annual event has grown in participation and raises money for families of children with developmental disabilities.

Lake Michigan College students Derek Mitzger (left) from Stevensville, Mich., and Divineer Walters, from Benton Harbor, Mich., try out BonZi Bikes on Sept. 24 during a Fall Fest student event at Lake Michigan College’s Napier Avenue campus in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Chinese students play basketball backdropped by a large poster of NBA great Michael Jordan on Sept. 1 in Beijing, China. Basketball is one of the fastest growing sports for the youth in modern China.

Kindergartner Charlize Milton gets her first day photo taken by mom Ida van Schalkwyk a few minutes before classes begin as Holy Family School in Lacey, Wash. which celebrates both its 40th year anniversary and the first day of the new school year on Sept. 2.

East View Elementary School third-grader Candi Jimenze, 8, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, looks up toward Lincoln presenter David Wolfe on Sept. 15 at the school. This is the third year Wolfe has come to the school to do a Lincoln presentation to the students. He said the students study Lincoln and some of them take a field trip to Lincoln’s boyhood home.

eremiah Alvarez, 5, of Brandon, gets some help hanging upside down on a 10-foot fitness pole from Heather Early of St. Petersburg, during a demo day for Impulse Studios in North Sraub Park in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sept. 28. They also had a Lyra and a Fly Gym available for people to try out.

A participant operates a homemade human-powered flying machine during the Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Sept. 28. Participants from 32 teams competed to fly the longest distance in their homemade human-powered flying machines on Sunday

One of two new 2-year-old twin polar bears, Suka or Sakari, swims inside the Polar Bear Odyssey display at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory on Sept. 23 in St. Paul, Minn. The bears were born in November 2012 at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio and arrived at the Como Zoo two weeks ago.

BASE jumper Luke Denniss of Australia gestures as he dives in the air from the Kuala Lumpur Tower during the KL Tower International Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sept. 27. BASE stands for the places such jumpers usually jump from buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs)

Shiite fighters, who joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, celebrate after the end of their training in the desert region between Kerbala and Najaf, south of Baghdad on Sept. 25.

Four year old trampoline performer Ella Hansen catches some air between shows on Sept. 3 at the Luzerne County Fair in Dallas, Pa. Ella is the youngest member of the Hansen family, a traveling acrobatic family from Sarasota, Fla., whose performance “Hansen’s Spectacular” play at the fair.

A Nepalese man does morning exercises in the Dailekh District some 600 kilometers west of Kathmandu on Sept. 12.

A child walks over dried mud on the banks of a river after waters from the seasonal monsoon rains receded in Allahabad on Sept. 20. The southwest monsoon began receding from northern India and is unlikely to revive, Indian meteorological officials said, with this year’s season regarded as deficient.

A woman standing in the fog prepares to board a public bus in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on Sept. 22.

A man repairs a wall of a house in Lisbon’s Alfama neighborhood of Portugal on Sept. 9.

Cecil Abella, from Topeka, Kan., takes a self portrait in a sunflower field on Sept. 1 near Lawrence, Kan. The 40 acre field planted annually by the Grinter family draws bees and lovers of sunflowers alike during the weeklong late summer blossoming of the flowers.

McKinlee Roberts, 4, plays in the Walk on Water Bubbles during opening day of the 158th Annual Mid-South Fair at The Landers Center in Southaven, Miss., on Sept. 19. As of late the fair has found a home in Mississippi were thousands of people from all over the mid-south enjoy the fun filled action the fair offers during its 10-day run.

A man walks past workers installing cables on a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers on display at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China on Sept. 25. Hundreds of thousands of foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flock to the square to celebrate National Day, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, on Oct. 1.

A competitor rolls in colored powder as she participates in the Color Run in Shanghai on Sept. 27. Inspired by the Hindu Holi festival, participants take part in a five-km (3.11-mile) run dotted with locations where colored powders are thrown over them.

Faceing Blog's Hong Kong protesters refuse to leave

Faceing Blog's Protests in Hong Kong continue after tens of thousands of people defied calls for them to dismantle their camps and return home. Demonstrations fanned out to more neighborhoods after police tried to disperse crowds using batons and tear gas early Monday morning. Riot police later withdrew. The pro-democracy protesters are angry at China for limiting their choice in Hong Kong’s 2017 leadership elections. Demonstrators used umbrellas to protect themselves from tear gas overnight and to ward off the sweltering sun as they continued their sit-in throughout the day. That gave rise to the movement’s name—The Umbrella Revolution

Riot police fire tear gas on student protesters occupying streets surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, early Monday, Sept. 29, 2014.

Police walk down a stairwell as pro-democracy demonstrators gather for a rally outside the Hong Kong government headquarters on September 29, 2014. Police repeatedly fired tear gas after tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on September 28 in protest at Beijing's refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy.

Protesters put on goggles and wrap themselves in clear wrap after hearing a rumor that police were coming with tear gas outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on September 29, 2014. Thousands of pro democracy supporters have remained in the streets of Hong Kong for another day of protests. Protestors are unhappy with Chinese government's plans to vet candidates in Hong Kong's 2017 elections.

Facing Blog's 17-year-old student leader Joshua Wong outside the Hong Kong government offices on the second day of the mass civil disobedience campaign Occupy Central, Central District, Hong Kong, China, September 29, 2014. Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong said Monday they would continue their occupation of key parts of the metropolis, despite warnings from officials to clear out after a night of police using pepper spray and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds.

Protestors and student demonstrators hold up their cellphones in a display of solidarity during a protest outside the headquarters of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.

Pro-democracy protesters block the tram tracks with over-turned plant pots in Admiralty, on the second day of the mass civil disobedience campaign Occupy Central, Central District, Hong Kong, China, September 29, 2014. 

A pro-democracy protester hands out yellow ribbons symbolizing democracy as a sign board shows Hong Kong's stock market Hang Seng Index falling by 449.2 points, in Mong Kok, on the second day of the mass civil disobedience campaign Occupy Hong Kong, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, 29 September 2014.

A photojournalist takes a rest as protesters block the main street to the financial Central district, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, Sept. 29, 2014. Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the center of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago. China wagged its finger at the student protesters, and warned against any foreign interference as they massed again in business and tourist districts of the city in the late afternoon.

Pro-democracy protesters sit on a road as they face-off with local police in Hong Kong Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Protesters expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing's decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub.

A woman reads the latest newspaper articles displayed at a sit-in protest in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014.

Guests walk out of the shuttered entrance to the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel as pro-democracy protesters rally outside in the Central district of Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.

Protesters take pictures with their mobile phones as they block the main street to the financial Central district, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong September 29, 2014.

A man helps protesters use a makeshift ladder to climb over concrete street barricades outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on September 29, 2014 in Hong Kong

Thousands of students gather in a sit-in to block the main roads of a popular fashion district of Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014.

A masked student protester fortifies barricades to block the main streets in the central business district of Hong Kong, late Monday, Sept. 29, 2014.

Residents on scooters bring supplies to protesters camped outside the headquarters of the Legislative Council during protests in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.

Protesters carry a defaced cutout of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, as they protest near the central government offices in the business district of Admiralty in Hong Kong September 29, 2014.

Faceing Blog's The Natural World: September

Faceing Blog's The Natural World is a monthly post that showcases photography depicting animals (sometimes in man-made habitats) and environments across the planet.

A Bryde's whale and seagulls feast on anchovies in the Gulf of Thailand, Sept 9. An estimated population of 30 to 35 Bryde's whales are commonly seen along the upper Gulf of Thailand coastlines, between March and October. The Bryde's whale is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which prohibits international trade of any parts of the animal. 

A crane fly sits on a window in Sehnde near Hanover, Germany, Sept. 11.

A one month old Turquoise colored Green Veiled Chameleon perches on a finger in the Cardin's Chameleons booth at Repticon 2014 in Jacksonville, Fla.

A seven-day old dolphin (L) swims with his mother Mancha (R) at the Zoo-Aquarium of Madrid on September 5. The dolphin cub was born at the zoo on August 29. 

Four-year-old African lion mother Tajiri plays with one of her cubs during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo Sept. 5. The four cubs were born to in late June at the zoo.

A praying mantis stands on a fence at Scranton Memorial Stadium in Scranton, Pa. on Aug. 29. 

Two ruddy shelducks and a moorhen are reflected in a pond in the Killesberg park in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Aug. 13.

A usefly sits on a flower bud in a garden in Lahore, Pakistan, Sept. 18.

A caiman crawls in its enclosure at the Planet of Crocodiles in Civaux near Poitiers, western France, on August 28. 

A wind-gnarled tree, lit by a flashlight, is photographed along the Scenic Point Trail in Glacier National Park, Mont., Sept 20. 

Three-week-old female White Rhinoceros runs with her mother Tanda, 21, at the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv, on Sept. 3.

An avocet bird walks in a salt marsh in Guerande, western France. 

A juvenile Sri Lankan temple monkey gestures at the Rangiri Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya Buddhist pilgrimage site in Dambulla on Aug. 29.

14A European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) wraps its prey in silk on Sept. 16, in Lille, France

Animal prints are visible in dry cracked earth on the banks of Shasta Lake on Aug. 30 in Lakehead, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State's lakes and reservoirs is reaching historic lows.

Panda cub Bao Bao hangs from a tree in her habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Aug. 23. It was her first birthday and the zoo is marking the event with a traditional 'Zhuazhou' ceremony, a Chinese birthday tradition symbolizing long life to mark the event. 

A Grevy's zebra foal stands next to other zebras in an enclosure at Berlin Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 19. The foal was born on Sept. 11.

A gnat is ensnared by water droplets left by fog on a cobweb on Sept. 16, in London, England

Visitors are silhouetted as they stroll through red spider lilies in full bloom growing at the Kinchakuda park in Hidaka, Saitama prefecture, Japan, Sept. 22. Red spider lilies, or Higanbana, mark the end of summer and the entry in autumn with its cooler days. Some five million red spider lilies are covering the area.

A six-year-old female White Bengal tiger climbs on a tree as it catches a pheasant hanged by a keeper, at Yunnan Wildlife Park in Kunming, China, Sept. 19

A seagull files as its shadow follows on Sconset Beach, Nantucket

A female Alpine Ibex, a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps, climbs down a vertical dam (up to 80°) at the lake Cingino with her young, on Sept. 22, near Antrona Piana, Italy. Alpine Ibexes come to the wall to lick the salt that seeps from the stones.

A polar bear takes a sun bath at Moscow's zoo on Sept. 12, in Moscow

A bird perches on a post as a wildfire burns in the background, near the Sobradinho neighborhood in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 12. Drought, high temperatures and areas of low humidity have caused fires to start at several places in Brasilia, according to the fire-fighters putting out the blazes.

The Mont Blanc massif mountain range is viewed from Geneva during sunrise Sept. 19

A baby chameleon sits in its enclosure at the Planet of Crocodiles in Civaux near Poitiers, western France, on August 28.

A seagull sits on a bollard as sun rises at the port of Hamburg, northern Germany, on Sept. 4.

A peacock butterfly sits on a flower in a garden in Sieversdorf, Germany, on Sept. 7

A fox sits among the gravesites at the Main Cemetery in Weston, Mass. on Sept. 24.

A snapping turtle was one of several turtles greeting guests, at Hartman Reserve in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The live critters were the center of attention Sunday for Hartman's turtle open house. Dozens of people and families filed in throughout the afternoon for turtle-related activities, displays and snacks.

 A white-tailed eagle is photographed in its enclosure in the zoo in Stralsund, Germany, on Sept. 8. This large eagle breeds in northern Europe and northern Asia. The largest bird population in Europe is found along the coast of Norway.

A bee covered with pollen crawls over an autumn crocus aka in Chur, canton Grison, Switzerland on Sept. 3.