WorldWeek in Photos: September 6, 2013Behind the LensAfter 53 hours in the water, Diana Nyad succeeded in her fifth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. See the week's most striking images.Updated Jul. 11, 2017 8:28PM EDT / Published Sep. 05, 2013 2:13PM EDT Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Washington, D.C.Evan Vucci/AP Aleppo, SyriaMuzaffar Salman/Reuters Washington, D.C.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Brooklyn, NYSpencer Platt/Getty Havana, CubaYamil Lage/AFP/Getty Baghdad, IraqSabah Arar/AFP/Getty Najaf, IraqAP Saint Petersburg, RussiaAlexander Demianchuk/Reuters Marianna, Fla.Pool photo by Edmund D. Fountain Cairo, EgyptAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Jakarta, IndonesiaDita Alangkara/AP SingaporeWong Maye-E/AP
Washington, D.C.Evan Vucci/AP Aleppo, SyriaMuzaffar Salman/Reuters Washington, D.C.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Brooklyn, NYSpencer Platt/Getty Havana, CubaYamil Lage/AFP/Getty Baghdad, IraqSabah Arar/AFP/Getty Najaf, IraqAP Saint Petersburg, RussiaAlexander Demianchuk/Reuters Marianna, Fla.Pool photo by Edmund D. Fountain Cairo, EgyptAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Jakarta, IndonesiaDita Alangkara/AP SingaporeWong Maye-E/AP