22/09/2011 11:20 | By Antony Bennison, Photo Editor, MSN UK
Week in pictures - 23 September 2011

Tokyo

Passengers wait for the resumption of train service after it was halted by Typhoon Roke, at Shibuya station in Tokyo. A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, pummeling the Tokyo area with heavy rain, disrupting public transportation and leaving four people dead. (© Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS)
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  • Passengers wait for the resumption of train service after it was halted by Typhoon Roke, at Shibuya station in Tokyo. A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, pummeling the Tokyo area with heavy rain, disrupting public transportation and leaving four people dead. (© Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS)
  • An anti-Gaddafi fighter tries to put out a fire at a burning house believed to belong to a Gaddafi loyalist in Tripoli. Citizens in the neighbourhood burnt several houses belonging to senior military officers they called Gaddafi loyalists. (© Suhaib Salem/REUTERS)
  • Street bike freestyler Chris Pfeiffer of Germany performs during an exhibition show with Swiss race car driver Christina Surer at the Red Bull Race Day in Mollis, Switzerland. (© Romina Amato/REUTERS)
  • A man walks past a driftwood seen near Shonai river after it was flooded due to typhoon Roke in Kasugai, central Japan. At least four people died and two were missing in Japan as typhoon Roke bore down on Tokyo on Wednesday. (© Kyodo/REUTERS)
  • Models presenting creations from designer Montse Bassons' Spring/Summer 2012 collection wait backstage for the start of the show during Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week. (© Susana Vera/REUTERS)
  • An aerial view shows part of the illuminated Marina Bay street circuit of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at dusk. (© David Loh/REUTERS)
  • An anti-Gaddafi fighter salvages weapons at a pro-Gaddafi weapons and ammunition compound in a village near Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds. (© Goran Tomasevic/REUTERS)
  • Pablo Cesar Cano of Mexico bleeds from a cut above his eye as he fights compatriot Erik Morales during their WBC super lightweight title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (© Steve Marcus/REUTERS)
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Passengers wait for the resumption of train service after it was halted by Typhoon Roke, at Shibuya station in Tokyo. A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, pummeling the Tokyo area with heavy rain, disrupting public transportation and leaving four people dead.

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