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USA AFGHANISTAN KONFLIKT OPFER

Army Major General Janet Cobb, assistant deputy chief of staff, salutes during a dignified transfer for Army Spc. Nicholas Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, Ca., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Burley died July 30, in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire while he was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

SYRIEN KONFLIKT REGIERUNG ASSAD

This image posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad talking with soldiers with during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. Syrian state-run TV says Assad has visited a tense Damascus suburb to inspect his troops on the occasion of the country's Army Day. The visit on Thursday is Assad's first known public trip outside the capital, his seat of power, since he visited the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs after troops seized it from rebels in March 2012. Daraya, just south of Damascus, was held by rebels for a long time and it took the army weeks of heavy fighting to regain control earlier this year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

INDIA ASSAM PROTEST

epa03810891 Relatives and villagers gather around the coffin of Rahul Singnar, 22, who died during violent clashes, a the casket is prepared for burial, in Diphu, in the Karbi Anglong hills district of the Indian Assam state, about 270 kilometers from Guwahati, India, 02 August 2013. Violence and unrest has recently escalated, with two people being killed in police fire, as calls for a separate Karbi Anglong state in India are getting stronger. EPA/STRINGER

PORTUGAL WALDBRAND

epa03810708 Firemen are silhouetted against the flames as they fight a forest fire at Moimenta da Beira, Portugal, 02 August 2013. Media reports citing a spokesman for the National Fire Coordination Center state that more that 200,000 hectares of forest have been burnt by wildfires in this year following months of severe drought. According to the media reports there has been already several casualties by the wildfires. EPA/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA

SOMALIA KONFLIKT

epa03813473 A handout picture provided the African Union / United Nations Information Support Team on 05 August 2013 shows two women helping another through a hedge of cacti at a food distribution center in Afgoye, Somalia, 04 August 2013. The UAE Red Crescent gave out food aid as part of a program they are conducting during the month of Ramadan. Over 5,000 internally displaced people were given food during the NGO's trip to Afgoye, which was aided in part by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces. EPA/TOBIN JONES / AU UN IST / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

ISRAEL IRAN KONFLIKT SPIONAGE PROZESS

epa03813506 An Israeli, whose name was not released, of the ultra-Haredi Neturei Karta sect is escorted by prison guards after a hearing over his indictment for allegedly making contact with Iranian officials and offering to spy in Israel, at the Jerusalem District Court, Israel, 05 August 2013. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

SCHWEIZ ZWEITWOHNUNGSINITIATIVE

Ein Immoblilienunternehmer klagt auf seinem Plakat Franz Weber wegen verlorener Arbeitsplaetze an, am Samstag, 3. August August 2013, an der Zufahrtstrasse zu Crans VS. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro della Valle)

KENIA FLUGHAFEN NAIROBI BRAND

epa03815560 Police officers investigate the scene of a huge blaze at the arrival terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, 07 August 2013. A major fire forced the closure of Nairobi's main international airport early 07 August as crews battled the blaze which engulfed an entire terminal building. Parts of the roof of terminal 1 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport collapsed in the fire, making it more difficult for fire crews to battle the blaze, which began in the early morning. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

SCHWEIZ UNGLUECK HEISSLUFTBALLON

Swiss police officer inspect the gondola of hot air ballon after it crashed, in Montbovon near Chateaux d'Oex, Switzerland, Tuesday, August 6, 2013. A hot air balloon crashed Tuesday in the region Montbovon in the canton of Fribourg. A man from the US died, his wife and his two grown-up daughters were gravely injured. The pilot was injured as well. The balloon stroke a high voltage power line during the approach. (KEYSTONE/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

SCHWEIZ STREET PARADE 2013

Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the city center of Zurich, Switzerland, as they participate in the annual Street Parade "Dance for Freedom!" on Saturday, August 10, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Gian Ehrenzeller)

ISRAEL FEIER EID AL ADHA

Palestinians and Israelis enjoy the Mediterranean sea during the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. One of the most important holidays in the Muslim world, Eid al-Fitr, is marked with prayers, family reunions and other festivities. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

SCHWEIZ ASYLZENTRUM REALP

Aussenaufnahme bei der Asylunterkunft Schweig bei Realp am Freitag, 9. August 2013, bei Realp. Das Bundesamt fuer Migration gewaehrte an einer Medieninformation Einblick in die Asylunterkunft. In der Armeeunterkunft sind Asylbewerber untergebracht. (KEYSTONE/Sigi Tischler)

SCHWEIZ FILM FESTIVAL LOCARNO 2013

Swiss right wing politcican Christoph Blocher looks at his mobile at the Piazza Grande Square of Locarno during the 66th Locarno International Film Festival, Tuesday, August,13, 2013, in Locarno, Switzerland. (KEYSTONE/Urs Flueeler)

AEGYPTEN REGIERUNG PROTEST

A protester comes to the aid of a wounded comrade as security forces clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)

AEGYPTEN REGIERUNG PROTEST

A police vehicle is pushed off of the 6th of October bridge by protesters close to the largest sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camps set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

MALI WAHLEN PRAESIDENT

An election worker tallies votes in a polling station, after the close of polls in Mali's presidential runoff, in Bamako, Mali, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. From the ancient desert town of Timbuktu to refugee camps in neighboring countries, voters chose Sunday who should lead Mali out of the political upheaval that left the country's north in the hands of al-Qaida-linked militants for much of last year. Mali's next president will be tasked with not only rebuilding the country's shattered economy but also resolving a simmering separatist movement in the far north. (AP Photo/Thomas Martinez)

LIBANON KONFLIKT ANSCHLAG BEIRUT

A Lebanese army investigator takes photos at the site of a car bomb explosion in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. A powerful car bomb tore through a bustling south Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least 18 and trapping dozens of others in an inferno of burning cars and buildings in the bloodiest attack yet on Lebanese civilians linked to Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

FUSSBALL LAENDERSPIEL CHE BRA

Brazil's Neymar, right, fights for the ball with Switzerland's Valon Behrami, left, during a test soccer match between Switzerland and Brazil at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer)..

SPACE ISS JAPANESE SPACECRAFT DOCKING

epa03825714 A handout picture dated 09 August 2013 made on board the International Space Station (ISS) and released by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos on 15 August 2013 shows Japanese robotic cargo spaceship HTV-4, also called Kounotori-4 ( 'White Stork' in Japanese ), caught by the Canadian robotic arm during its docking at the ISS. The HTV-4 was launched into orbit atop Japanese H-2B rocket 03 August 2013 from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The HTV-4 spacecraft reportedly delivered about six tonnes of cargo to the ISS, including a small talking robot Kirobo. EPA/ROSCOSMOS / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

SCHWEIZ ALPHORNBLAESER WELTREKORD

Alphorns are pictured after 508 alphorn blowers played together establishing a new world record for largest alphorn group performance, on the Gornergrat Mountain at 3'089 meters above sea level with the Matterhorn mountain in the background, near Zermatt, Saturday, August 17, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud)

USA AMOK SCHULE DECATUR

Laterrica Luther, right, holds the hand of her six year-old nephew Jaden Culpepper, as students from Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy arrive on school buses to waiting loved ones in a Walmart parking lot after they were evacuated when a gunman entered the school, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IRAK SYRIEN KONFLIKT FLUECHTLINGE

Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Around 30,000 Syrians, the vast majority of them Kurds, have fled the region over a five-day stretch and crossed the border to the self-ruled Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Another 4,000 made the trek across the frontier Tuesday, said Youssef Mahmoud, a spokesman for the UNHCR in Iraqi Kurdistan. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

SUEDAFRIKA JUSTIZ VERBRECHEN PISTORIUS

epa03830502 Murder accused Oscar Pistorius (C) appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa, 19 August 2013. The trial of double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, accused of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will begin on 03 March 2014, a judge ruled on 19 August 2013. Judge Desmond Nair set the trial to run through March 20 next year at a high court in Pretoria, in coordination with defence lawyers and the prosecution. EPA/STR

SCHWEIZ LANDHOCKEY FINAL CHE HRV

Croatia's Igor Primuzic crashes into Switzerland's Jan Hoedle (top) during their division III EuroHockey Championship field hockey final game in Lausanne, Sunday, August 18, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud)

CHINA HOCHWASSER

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 aerial photo, houses are inundated by deluge in Xiangyang town of Jiayin county in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Heavy flooding in the extreme south and northeast has left more than 200 dead or missing in recent days. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

USA MILITAER JUSTIZ WIKILEAKS MANNING

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court martial. The military judge overseeing Manning's trial said she will announce on Wednesday his sentence for giving reams of classified information to WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

SYRIEN KONFLIKT ANGRIFF ARBEEN

This image provided by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show several bodies being buried in a suburb of Damascus, Syria during a funeral on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in eastern Damascus on Thursday, bombing rebel-held suburbs where the opposition said the regime had killed more than 100 people the day before in a chemical weapons attack. The government has denied allegations it used chemical weapons in artillery barrages on the area known as eastern Ghouta on Wednesday as "absolutely baseless."(AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

ISRAEL NAHOST AETHIOPISCHE JUDEN

Ethiopian Jews display photographs of relatives still in Ethiopia, at a protest held outside the offices of the Israeli Prime Minister on 28 August 2013 calling on the government to allow Ethiopian Jews still in Ethiopia, called Falash Mura, to join their relatives in Israel. as Israel will launch later the final step of the Operation Dove's Wings and brings 450 Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Abrir Sultan)

SCHWEIZ PROSTITUTION STRICHPLATZ ZUERICH

Besucher informieren sich am Tag der offenen Tuer ueber die Sexboxen, am Samstag, 24. August 2013 am Depotweg in Zuerich. Am Montag, 26. August wird der neue Strichplatz eroeffnet. - Visitors watch the so-called "sex boxes" on the ocassion of an "open day" for the neighborhood residents of the new built facility for street prostitution in Zurich, Saturday, August 24, 2013. The drive-in booths outside the city center, which will accomodate sex workers and their costumers as of August 26, are a part of a package of measures to regulate street prostitution and improve the prostitutes' working conditions. (KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza)

USA MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2013

Robin Thicke, left, and Miley Cyrus perform "Blurred Lines" at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

SYRIEN KONFLIKT UNO WAFFENINSPEKTOREN

A citizen journalism handout image released on 29 August 2013 by the Local Committee of Arbeen and originating from Douma Local Commitee is said to show a UN weapons inspector collecting samples during the team's investigations at Ain Terma, near Damscus, Syria, 28 August 2013. UN chemical weapons inspectors are to leave Syria 31 August morning, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said. They would continue their investigations and would draw up a report as soon as they have left Syria, Ban said. (KEYSTONE/EPA/LOCAL COMMITEE OF ARBEEN/Str) HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. EPA IS USING AN IMAGE FROM AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE AND CANNOT PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF CONTENT, AUTHENTICITY, PLACE, DATE AND SOURCE. HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

SCHWEIZ VERBRECHEN GRABS

Blick auf den Brandfleck im Simmenboedeli in Grabs SG, wo sich am Sonntag, 25. August 2013 eine Familientragoedie ereignet hat, aufgenommen am Montag, 26. August 2013. Nach jetzigen Erkenntnissen hat ein 44-jaehriger Familienvater seine zwei Maedchen im Alter von zwei und fuenf Jahren umgebracht, wie die Kantonspolizei St. Gallen mitteilt. Sein ausgebranntes Auto wurde mit zwei Kinderleichen und er selbst mit schweren Brandverletzungen gefunden, welchen er spaeter erlag. (KEYSTONE/Gian Ehrenzeller)

LEICHTATHLETIK DIAMOND LEAGUE 2013 ZUERICH

Usain Bolt from Jamaica, right, competes in the men's 100m race, during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting in the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, August 29, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)

SCHWEIZ ABSTIMMUNG UNIA 1:12

Mitglieder der Unia gehen mit Styroporzahlen ueber den Paradeplatz, anlaesslich einer Flyeraktion der Gewerkschaft Unia zur Initiative "1:12 - Gemeinsam fuer gerechte Loehne", am Freitag, 30. August 2013 in Zuerich. Die Initiative kommt am 24. November 2013 vor das Schweizer Stimmvolk. (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri)

SCHWEIZ NEAT GOTTHARD BASISTUNNEL

Participants travel in a SBB train through the west tunnel in the Gotthard Base Tunnel on the occasion of the first drive through the NRLA Base Tunnel from Bodio to Erstfeld, Switzerland, pictured on August 30, 2013. A premiere on the Gotthard route: For the first time, the new base tunnel was traversed by train, car and on foot. Representatives of the companies involved in structural work, project designers, the railway technology consortium and the media drove from Bodio (canton of Ticino) to Erstfeld (canton of Uri). On the 57-kilometer route, the participants were not only traveling by train, but also by bus and on foot, according to a statement of AlpTransit Gotthard from August 30, 2013. It will yet take around 1000 days until the longest tunnel in the world is ready for use, the statement said. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) Teilnehmer reisen im einem SBB-Zug durch die Westroehre im Gotthard-Basistunnel, anlaesslich der ersten Fahrt durch den NEAT-Basistunnel von Bodio nach Erstfeld, am Freitag, 30. August 2013. Premiere am Gotthard: Zum ersten Mal ist ein Zug durch den neuen Basistunnel gefahren. Vertreter der am Rohbau beteiligten Unternehmen, Projektverfasser und das fuer die Bahntechnik verantwortliche Konsortium sowie Medienleute fuhren von Bodio TI nach Erstfeld UR. Nicht nur im Zug, sondern auch in Bussen und zu Fuss waren die Beteiligten auf der 57 Kilometer langen Strecke unterwegs, wie AlpTransit Gotthard am Freitag, 30. August 2013, mitteilte. Bis der laengste Tunnel der Welt betriebsbereit ist, dauere es noch rund 1000 Tage, hiess es in der Mitteilung.(KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)

MOUNTAIN BIKE WM 2013 PIETERMARITZBURG

Swiss cyclist Linda Indergand crash down the track to reach the 7th place of the U23 Women Cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike, MTB, World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Friday August 30, 2013. (KEYSTONE/Maxime Schmid)..