Today in Pictures, Sept 17, 2015

A new contemporary art museum in California and Japan holds its final debate on security-related legislation in parliament. These, and more from around the world, in Today in Pictures.

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September 17, 2015 at 10:25 AM

A visitor wandering through Under The Table by artist Robert Therrien at the press preview of the new The Broad contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sept 16,2015. The museum, built by local philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, houses nearly 2,000 works from one of the most prominent collections of contemporary art in the world. Photo: EPA/Eugene Garcia

A lawmaker rests as he waits for the start of an upper house special committee session for the final debate on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Sept 16 as Japan's parliament moved to passing Bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

A Comex diver wearing a Gandolfi space suit undertaking training procedures in the Comex swimming pool in Marseille, southern France, on Sept 16, 2015. The diver uses a computer underwater to drive the robotic vehicle Yemo to test all the transmissions. This training session prepares for further operations on the Moon or Mars. Photo: AFP/Boris Horvat

Smoke billowing from the Syrian rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following a reported air strike by government forces on Sept 16, 2015. Photo: AFP/Abd Doumany

Models running through a rehearsal backstage and looking over a board of looks before the runway show by Thomas Wylde during New York Fashion Week in New York, New York, on Sept 16, 2015. Photo: EPA/Justine Lane

Christ the Redeemer statue is seen with the new moon in the background, forming a shape as if the statue had wings, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept 16, 2015. Photo: AFP/Tasso Marcelo

A worker inspecting solar panels at a solar Dunhuang, 950km north-west of Lanzhou, Gansu Province. As China's slowdown hits demand for metals in traditional sectors such as housing and heavy industry, copper is being offered a lifeline - massive plans to expand solar and wind power in the world's second-biggest economy. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

Cuban children watching TV at the Father Usera daycare center in Havana. Parochial education disappeared after Fidel Castro's rebels came to power in 1959, and only in the years since Pope John Paul's II visit have Catholic schools returned. PHOTO: REUTERS

Players reaching out to the ball during the round of 8 basketball match between Italy and Lithuania at the EuroBasket 2015 in Lille, northern France, on Sept 16, 2015. Photo: AFP/Emmanuel Dunand

Troops holding coloured cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City on Sept 16, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Edgard Garrido

People holding up photos of alleged victims of persecution during a protest in front of the White House ahead of the upcoming state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

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