Top photos of the day: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014

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From the archives:

President George W. Bush is surrounded by firefighters while standing in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of the devastation on Sept. 14, 2001. Bush is standing on a burned fire truck. | Doug Mills/AP

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

Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced Miller to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. | Kim Kwang Hyon/AP

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is tackled by Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jerraud Powers during a game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. | Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

Ellie Goulding performs during the Jaguar Land Rover Invictus Games Closing Ceremony at the South Lawn of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England. | Paul Thomas/Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover

Residents wave to Pro-Russian rebels atop an armored personal carrier during a parade in the town of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Some semblance of normality is returning to parts of eastern Ukraine after a cease-fire agreement sealed between Ukrainian government forces and separatist rebels earlier this month, although exchanges of rocket fire remain a constant in some areas. | Darko Vojinovic/AP

A just-married couple kiss under a statue of Adonis who is holding a Ukrainian flag on Rynok Square in Lviv, Ukraine. Hundreds of miles away sporadic fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine is continuing and many people doubt the current ceasefire overtures will lead to an end to the war. | Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Pro independence supporters march through Glasgow en route to the BBC Scotland, where they staged a protest against their perceived bias in Glasgow, Scotland. The latest polls in Scotland’s independence referendum puts the No campaign back in the lead, the first time they have gained ground on the Yes campaign since the start of August. | Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Volunteers throw a sack full of clothes from the top of a vehicle as flood victims wait below in village Teing near Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Military specialists blew up dikes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers and save cities from raging floods that have killed hundreds of people, authorities said Saturday, as officials stepped up efforts in India’s part of Kashmir to prevent the spread of water-borne diseases there. | Altaf Qadri/AP

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