Today in Pictures, Sept 14, 2015

US Open Tennis Championship, the Lollapalooza festival in Berlin and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Sep 14, 2015, 12:04 PM

An image made with a tilt-shift lens shows Switzerland's Roger Federer serving to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's final of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows in New York on Sept 13, 2015. PHOTO: EPA/CJ GUNTHER

Workers using equipment to dry the court after rain delayed the start of the men's singles final match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the US Open Championships tennis tournament in New York on Sept 13, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI

A visitor admiring the 'luminarium' - an interactive walk-in sculpture maze - at the Lollapalooza festival in Berlin, Germany, on Sept 13, 2015. PHOTO: EPA/BRITTA PEDERSEN

Koukokuji temple's chief priest Taijun Yajima posing for a photo in the Ruriden columbarium in Tokyo, where glass Buddha statues are illuminated by light-emitting diodes. In Japan, where Shinto-Buddhism is the predominant belief system, the cremation rate is more than 99 per cent, one of the highest in the world. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG/KIYOSHI OTA

A multiple exposure image of Japanese rider Taka Higashino performing a trick during the Redbull X Fighters at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. PHOTO: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

A destroyed vehicle rests under a carport after the Valley Fire raged through Middletown in northern California on Sept 13, 2015. The rapidly spreading wildfire has destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings as it roars through Middletown and nearby communities. PHOTO: REUTERS/NOAH BERGER

Russia's Mikhail Nastenko riding Reistag falls at the Lochan fence in the cross country event of the FEI European Eventing Championship at Blair Castle in Scotland on Sept 12, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/RUSSELL CHEYNE

An Afghan woman buying a traditional burqa at a shop in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. The burqa is a traditional Muslim women's dress consisting of an all-over veil and headscarf, with only a slit for the eyes. A full burqa also covers the eyes with a hanging veil, allowing the wearer to see but shielding her eyes from onlookers. The wearing of the full burqa was mandatory in Afghanistan under the former Taleban regime. PHOTO: EPA/SAYED MUSTAFA

A dog demonstrating its skills during a dog frisbee competition in Moscow on Sept 13, 2015. Dogs and their owners took part in a variety of distance and accuracy tests during the contest. PHOTO: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPUKHIN

Dancers performing during a basketball match between Serbia and Finland at EuroBasket 2015 in Lille, northern France, on Sept 13, 2015. PHOTO: AFP/PHILIPPE HUGUEN

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