Top photos of the day: Sunday, September 21, 2014

A selection of some of the best photographs from around the world:

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton dives into the end zone to score a touchdown during the first quarter against the Tennessee Titans at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. | Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon supply ship flies into space after lifting off from the launch pad on a resupply mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The private spaceflight rocket is delivering a cargo capsule to the International Space Station. | Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

People protest for greater action against climate change during the People’s Climate March in New York City. The march, which calls for drastic political and economic changes to slow global warming, has been organized by a coalition of unions, activists, politicians and scientists. | Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Japan performs in the Women’s Team Technical Routine during day two of the 2014 Asian Games at Munhak Park Tae-Hwan Aquatics Center in Incheon, South Korea. | Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

A Bangladeshi man checks his mobile phone as he sits on a handcart at a garage during a nationwide strike called by the Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist party in Muslim-majority Bangladesh called for the strike to protest a recent court verdict awarding life sentence to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of their top leaders saying Sayedee was innocent. | AP Photo/A.M. Ahad

Pope Francis waves from the top of the stairs leading to the plane before at Rome’s Fiumicino international airport. The pontiff traveled to Albania for a packed one-day visit that spotlighting the country as a model of inter-religious harmony, amid turmoil in the Middle East and rising intolerance in Europe. | Getty Images

People protest for greater action against climate change during the People’s Climate March in New York City. The march, which calls for drastic political and economic changes to slow global warming, has been organized by a coalition of unions, activists, politicians and scientists. | Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images

The Patriots’ Dont’a Hightower breaks up a pass intended for the Raiders’ Darren McFadden at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. | Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images