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Dense plumes are spewed out from Mount Ontake as the volcanic mountain erupts in central Japan on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (Photo: AP)- Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday (Photo: AP)
- Foreign Minister for Jamaica Arnold Nicholson addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday, (Photo: AP)
- The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday. Nation heads from around the world attended and addressed the UNGA. (Photo: AP)
- Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addresses the 69th UN General Assembly. (Photo: AP)
- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Friday (Photo: AP)
- Veteran activist Martin Lee, center, wearing goggles and a mask waves to reporters as he appears outside the government headquarters to join a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
- The scenes of disorder came at the end of a weeklong strike by students demanding China’s communist leaders allow residents to directly elect a leader of their own choosing in 2017. (Photo: AP)
- Protesters wear masks and goggles to protect themselves from pepper spray while blocking a police car outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
- Riot policemen stand guard against protesters after young pro-democracy activists forced their way into Hong Kong government headquarters during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Saturday. (Photo: AP)
- Honkong Democracy Protest: There has been a week-long protest against Beijing’s refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy turned angry. (Photo: AP)
- A woman, who was badly injured during the eruption of Mount Ontake, is carried into a hospital in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, central Japan (Photo: AP)
- Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces conduct a rescue operation on Mount Ontake. (Photo: AP)
- Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces carry a person rescued from a cabin, top left, near the peak of Mount Ontake. An estimated 40 people were stranded at mountain lodges overnight, many injured and unable or unwilling to risk
- Mount Ontake in central Japan erupted shortly before noon Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. (Photo: AP)
- The 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) peak erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday, catching climbers by surprise and stranding dozens injured people in areas that rescue workers have been unable to reach. (Photo: AP)
Dense plumes are spewed out from Mount Ontake as the volcanic mountain erupts in central Japan on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (Photo: AP)
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