Pictures of the Week: September 7 – September 14

Gary Hershorn—Reuters
Gary Hershorn—Reuters
Sept. 9, 2012. One World Trade Center stands tall on the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan as a boy stands on a pier in Hoboken, N.J.

From ceremonies commemorating September 11th and attacks on U.S. Embassies around the world to the Pencil Nebula in space and playtime weightlifting in North Korea, TIME presents the best images of the week.

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