Top pics from the weekend: Football returns, and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Dolphins Patriots Football
The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins play before empty stands during the coronavirus pandemic in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
APTOPIX Clippers Nuggets Basketball
Denver Nuggets' Jamal Murray dunks the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers during the second half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Nuggets won 111-98. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
APTOPIX Jets Bills Football
New York Jets linebacker Harvey Langi (44) breaks up a pass intended for Buffalo Bills running back Devin Singletary (26) during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
APTOPIX Browns Ravens Football
Baltimore Ravens safety Chuck Clark (36) grabs Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt's (27) foot, during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Baltimore, MD. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
APTOPIX Chargers Bengals Football
Los Angeles Chargers' Mike Williams (81) tries to make a catch against Cincinnati Bengals' William Jackson (22) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Cincinnati. The pass was incomplete. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
APTOPIX Cardinals 49ers Football
Arizona Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds (29) dives past San Francisco 49ers middle linebacker Kwon Alexander (56) to score a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe)
APTOPIX Buccaneers Saints Football
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) celebrates his touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
APTOPIX Buccaneers Saints Football
the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in the Superdome without fans, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
APTOPIX US Open Tennis
Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns a shot to Dominic Thiem, of Austria, during the men's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
APTOPIX Buccaneers Saints Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) reacts after an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. The Saints won 34-23. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
APTOPIX Cardinals 49ers Football
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) celebrates during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
APTOPIX Cowboys Rams Football
Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott (21) runs around a group of Los Angeles Rams defenders on his way to a touchdown after a catch during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong )
APTOPIX US Open Tennis
Dominic Thiem, of Austria, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Alexander Zverev, of Germany, in the men's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Trump
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Xtreme Manufacturing, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Japan Politics
Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba celebrate after Suga was elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Tokyo. The ruling LDP chooses its new leader in an internal vote to pick a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced his intention to resign last month due to illness. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Italy Berlusconi
Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from the hospital after what he says was an “insidious” bout with COVID-19. Wearing a suit and smiling, the 83-year-old Berlusconi said doctors at San Raffaele hospital in Milan told him he had the highest levels of virus they had seen in the tens of thousands of samples they had taken over the past six months. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain Schools
Students wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus sit in their classroom in a school in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer Premier League
Arsenal's Gabriel, second from left, is cheered by teammates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Arsenal in London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Greece Migrant Camp Blaze
A migrant holds her baby as she runs to avoid a small fire in a field near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Thousands of asylum-seekers spent a fourth night sleeping in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos, after successive fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp during a coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
APTOPIX Hong Kong China
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. They called for their family members to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
APTOPIX Belarus Protests
Women attend an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Daily protests calling for the authoritarian president's resignation are now in their second month and opposition determination appears strong despite the detention of protest leaders. (Tut.by via AP)
APTOPIX Italy Cycling Tirreno Adriatico
A woman, top left, leans from her balcony to take a look at cyclists passing by, during the fifth stage of the Tirreno Adriatic cycling race, from Castelfidardo to Senigallia, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer Premier League
Crystal Palace's Jordan Ayew, center, is challenged by Southampton's Kyle Walker-Peters, left, and Nathan Redmond during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Southampton, at Selhurst Park, London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
APTOPIX Pacific Northwest Wildfires
A man stops on his bike along the Willamette River as smoke from wildfires partially obscures the Tilikum Crossing Bridge, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
APTOPIX Lebanon Protest
An anti-government protester clashes with Lebanese soldiers, during a protest against the Lebanese President Michel Aoun near the presidential palace, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Soldiers fired rubber bullets and live rounds in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to march to the presidential palace during an anti-government demonstration. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
APTOPIX Germany Dresden Concert
Musicians with alp horns perform on the roof of an apartment block for a concert featuring distant harmonies, at a time when cultural events have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, in the Prohlis neighborhood in Dresden, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. About 33 musicians of the Dresden Sinfoniker perform a concert named the 'Himmel ueber Prohils', The Sky above Prohlis, on the roof-tops of communist-era apartment blocs in the Dresden neighborhood Prohlis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
APTOPIX France Cycling Tour de France
Spectators encourage cyclists during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 194 kilometers (120,5 miles) with start in Clermont-Ferrand and finish in Lyon, France, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
APTOPIX Lebanon Protest
A supporter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun argues with riot police as they try to take a main road that links to the presidential palace before the arrival of the anti-government protesters, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Soldiers fired rubber bullets and live rounds in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to march to the presidential palace during an anti-government demonstration. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
APTOPIX Lincoln Shooting Funeral
The hearse carrying the remains of Lincoln Police Investigator Luis "Mario" Herrera is seen outside Pinnacle Bank Arena, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Lincoln, Neb. Herrera, a 23-year veteran of the Lincoln Police Department, died on Monday, nearly two weeks after he was shot while attempting to arrest a 17-year-old on an assault warrant. (Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)
APTOPIX Belarus Protests
Protesters march during an opposition supporters rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian president's resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (Tut.by via AP)
APTOPIX Pacific Northwest Wildfires
George Coble carries a bucket of water to put out a tree still smoldering on his property destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Mill City, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
APTOPIX Philippines US Marine Killing
In this photo provided by the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton has handcuffs placed before leaving Camp Aguinaldo on his way to the airport in Quezon city, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Pemberton, a U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman, was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines. (Bureau of Immigration via AP)
APTOPIX US Open Tennis
Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the women's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain
An elderly woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks past a painting named "to be or not to be" by artist TVBOY and depicting Spanish government's top virus expert Fernando Simon in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
APTOPIX Indiana Mall Shooting
Police respond to University Park Mall following a shooting on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Mishawaka, Ind. A shooting at the northern Indiana mall left one person dead and sent shoppers running for safety, authorities said. St. Joseph County Coroner Michael McGann said Saturday evening that one person was killed in the shooting about 3 p.m. at the mall. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)
APTOPIX Lakers Rockets Basketball
Houston Rockets' P.J. Tucker (17) grabs a rebound between Los Angeles Lakers' Danny Green, left, and Markieff Morris during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Trump
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX MLS Rapids Real Salt Lake Soccer
Colorado Rapids' Braian Galvan celebrates after scoring against Real Salt Lake in the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
APTOPIX Netherlands Daily Life
The sun rises behind windmills in Kinderdijk, Netherlands, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. The windmills are part of 19 mills built in the 18th century about 15 kilometers (8 miles) south of Rotterdam. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak India
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. India's coronavirus cases are now the second-highest in the world and only behind the United States. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
APTOPIX Belarus Protests
A woman covered herself by an old Belarusian national flag kneels in front of a riot police line as they block Belarusian opposition supporters rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian president's resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (TUT.by via AP)
APTOPIX India Kashmir Agriculture
Kashmiri farmers thresh paddy on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Apart from tourism agriculture is the main source of income and employment in valley. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
APTOPIX Russia Regional Election
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus infection leaves a voting booth at a poling station during Leningrad region's governor and municipal elections in Luppolovo village, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Leningrad region is the territory surrounding St. Petersburg. Elections are being held to choose governors and legislators in about half of Russia's regions. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
APTOPIX Italy F1 GP Auto Racing
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Grand Prix of Tuscany, at the Mugello circuit in Scarperia, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, Pool)
APTOPIX Spain Fashion Week
A model wears a creation by Rubearth during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul White)
APTOPIX Tirreno Adriatico Cycling
Cyclists compete during the seventh stage of the Tirreno Adriatico cycling race from Pieve Torina to Loreto, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)
APTOPIX France Cycling Tour de France
Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after stage 15 of the Tour de France cycling race over 174.5 kilometers (108.4 miles) from Lyon to Grand Colombier pass, France, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
APTOPIX Italy F1 GP Auto Racing
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Formula One Grand Prix of Tuscany, at the Mugello circuit in Scarperia, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Bryn Lennon, Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Dolphins Patriots Football
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton shouts as he warms up before an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
APTOPIX Eagles Washington Football
Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott (35) breaks away from a tackle from Washington Football Team cornerback Jimmy Moreland (20) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
APTOPIX France Cycling Tour de France
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, crosses the finish line ahead of Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, left, to win stage 15 of the Tour de France cycling race over 174.5 kilometers (108.4 miles) from Lyon to Grand Colombier pass, France, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Christophe Petit-Tesson/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Italy Fashion Laura Biagiotti
A model wears a creation part of Italian fashion designer Laura Biagiotti's spring-summer 2021/22 collection, unveiled in Rome's Piazza del Campidoglio city council square, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Venezuela
Antonio Martinez, 67, tends to his crops on a small plot of land on a hillside above Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Caracas residents are growing crops where ever they can find space, using their harvests for their own consumption, sharing it with their neighbors, or selling a part of their yield to cushion their financial situation due to the country's spiraling economic crisis, intensified by the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
APTOPIX Eagles Washington Football
Members of the Washington Football Team and Philadelphia Eagles lineup on the field for the opening kickoff to start the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Al Drago)
APTOPIX Spain Fashion Week
A model wears a creation by Accidental Cutting during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul White)
APTOPIX Brazil Wetlands Fire
A jaguar crouches on an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas park in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been scrambling to find and rescue jaguars and other animals before they are overtaken by the flames, which have been exacerbated by the worst drought in 47 years, strong winds and temperatures exceeding 40 degrees centigrade (104 fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
APTOPIX Brazil Wetlands Fire
Men fish in the Cuiaba river amid smoke from fires at the Encontro das Aguas park at the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. A vast swath of the world's largest tropical wetlands is burning in Brazil, sweeping across several national parks and obscuring the sun behind dense smoke. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
APTOPIX Greece Migrants
Migrants pray on the road near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demanded Sunday that the European Union take a greater responsibility for managing migration into the bloc, as Greek authorities promised that 12,000 migrants and asylum-seekers left homeless after fire gutted an overcrowded camp would be moved shortly to a new tent city. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
APTOPIX Greece Migrants
A migrant holds up a baby as others gather on the road near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demanded Sunday that the European Union take a greater responsibility for managing migration into the bloc, as Greek authorities promised that 12,000 migrants and asylum-seekers left homeless after fire gutted an overcrowded camp would be moved shortly to a new tent city. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
APTOPIX Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after several days of staying in a tent at an evacuation center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Oak Grove, Ore. "It's nice enough here you could almost think of this as camping and forget everything else, almost," said Summers about staying at the center after evacuating from near Molalla, Oregon which was threatened by the Riverside Fire. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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