The weekend in pictures

London, England: designer Julien Macdonald makes a last-minute adjustment to a dress backstage during his London fashion week show Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty Images

Sofia, Bulgaria: a sphynx cat awaits assessment by the jury during the second day of an international cats exhibition Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

London, England: Anne Haug of Germany starts the swim leg of the women's elite race during the world triathlon grand final in Hyde Park Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Liberty Township, Ohio: a highway patrol officer investigates an overturned Greyhound bus following a crash in which 35 people were injured Photograph: Jeff Swinger/The Cincinnati Enquirer/AP

South Shields, England: Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo heads towards the finish line to win the women's race in the Great North Run half-marathon Photograph: Ian Macnicol/AFP/Getty Images

Glasgow, Scotland: Liberal Democrat party conference attendees during a debate on green growth and green jobs Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian

Sofia, Bulgaria: An artist descends from a balloon during the official opening programme of the annual Sofia Dance Week festival Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan: a child lifts a piece of mangled wreckage from a vehicle at the scene of a blast Photograph: Siddiqullah Alizai/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain: a child walks in the grandstand at the Caja Mágica sports complex during the Davis Cup world group playoffs Photograph: Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images

Kolkata, India: schoolgirls cycle past rickshaws during a rain shower Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Greeley, Colorado: farm buildings stand in fields submerged by flooding along the South Platte river in Weld County Photograph: John Wark/AP

Beijing, China: performers from Cirque du Soleil sit backstage during a gala event at a recently opened shopping centre Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Baikonur, Kazakhstan: US astronaut Michael Hopkins checks equipment inside the Soyuz spacecraft during a training session at the cosmodrome. Hopkins is scheduled to be part of a mission to the International Space Station that will launch on 26 September Photograph: Sergei Remezov/Reuters

Mutters, Austria: decorated cows stand on grassland. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the mountains to the valley into winter pastures Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters