Today in Pictures, Sept 4, 2017

A space capsule lands outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, a two-headed Greek tortoise in Geneva, Switzerland, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Sep 04, 2017, 09:34 AM

A Russian Soyuz MS-04 space capsule carrying Astronauts Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer of NASA and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, lands in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, September 3, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Janus, the Geneva Museum of Natural History's two-headed Greek tortoise, is photographed on the day of its 20th birthday, on September 3, 2017, in Geneva. PHOTO: AFP

A Virgin Australia aircraft prepares to land at Sydney International Airport through smoke caused by a bushfire burning on the Kurnell Peninsula of Sydney, Australia, September 4, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ryan Ashcraft uses a pistol loaded with a rat-shot to drive the more stubborn animals away from floodwaters in Damon, Texas, Sept. 2, 2017. Since Hurricane Harvey caused wide-spread flooding in the region south of Houston, Ashcraft and another pilot have spent hours using their helicopters to drive cattle to dry, high ground. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Soldiers of the of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment of the Texas Army National Guard sleep in the parking lot of a Sears store where his unit is staging operations in Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

German Oliver Struempfel competes to set a new world record in carrying one liter beer mugs over a distance of 40 m (131 ft 3 in) in Abensberg, Germany September 3, 2017. Struempfel carried 29 mugs over 40 meters to set a new world record. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo released on Sept 3. 2017 shows a ceramic net that evenly distributes sound above the Staatsoper opera house in Berlin, Aug. 30, 2017. After seven years of construction, the Staatsoper is finally preparing to reopen its doors on the historic Boulevard Unter den Linden, at least temporarily. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Actor and director George Clooney and his wife Amal leaves the hotel before the red carpet for the movie Suburbicon at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 2, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A competitor throws a weight as he participates at the Braemar Highland Gathering in Braemar, Scotland, Britain September 2, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia during their fourth round US Open tennis match in New York, U.S., on September 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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