Relive the most important moments of September 2023 in pictures.
TOPSHOT – Vehicles line up to leave the site of the annual Burning Man Festival on September 5, 2023, after heavy rains turned the site in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a mud pit. Thousands of revelers stuck in the mud for days at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada were told they could finally trek home on September 4, 2023, after torrential rain had prompted shelter-in-place orders. With the sun shining on the colorful makeshift community of 70,000 people called Black Rock City, the roads opened Monday afternoon, kicking off the official exit process known as the « Exodus. » (Photo by Julie JAMMOT / AFP) (Photo by JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images) 
TOPSHOT – (L-R) Ron Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of legendary British rock band, The Rolling Stones pose on stage during a launch event for their new album, « Hackney Diamonds » at Hackney Empire in London on September 6, 2023, their first album of original material since 2005. The Rolling Stones will on Wednesday, September 6, reveal details of « Hackney Diamonds », the band’s first studio album of new music since 2005, at a launch event in east London. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) 
A chicken pecks on the rubble of houses in the village of Moulay Brahim in Morocco’s central province of Al-Haouz early on September 15, 2023 in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake, Morocco’s strongest ever, flattened entire villages on September 8 and left tens of thousands of people homeless, leaving nearly 3,000 people dead and more than 5,600 injured. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, USA: September 9: Coco Gauff of the United States with the winner’s trophy after her victory against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the Women’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium during the US Open Tennis Championship 2023 at the USTA National Tennis Centre on September 9th, 2023 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, USA: September 10: Novak Djokovic of Serbia with the winners’ trophy and wearing a tracksuit representing his 24th grand slam win after his victory against Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the Men’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium during the US Open Tennis Championship 2023 at the USTA National Tennis Centre on September 10th, 2023 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) 
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – SEPTEMBER 13: One of the two ‘non-human’ beings displayed to the media is seen during a press conference of Mexican journalist and UFO expert, Jaime Maussan, at the Camino Real hotel, in Mexico City, Mexico on September 13, 2023. The press conference was holding the day after the country’s first public congressional hearing on the topic with UFO experts. The bodies displayed in cases, have three fingers on each hand they were recovered in Peru in 2017, they have no relation to human beings, experts said. (Photo by Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) 
AMUR REGION, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 13: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘KREMLIN PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hand with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (L) ahead of the their inspect the Russian spaceport Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region in the Far East on September 13, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on Wednesday that relations with Russia are ‘the very first priority’ for his country. Putin and Kim then visited several facilities of the cosmodrome and also examined the construction of the new infrastructure. (Photo by Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) 
against the at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Sep. 11, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 
TOPSHOT – US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on September 19, 2023. Gershkovich was detained in March during a reporting trip to the Urals and accused of spying — charges that he, the US government and his employer, the Wall Street Journal, vehemently deny. In August his pre-trial detention was extended by three months. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) 
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 24: <> at Hard Rock Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) 
KANSAS CITY, MO – SEPTEMBER 24: Taylor Swift cheers from a suite as the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) 
US President Joe Biden joins a picket line with members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023. Some 5,600 members of the UAW walked out of 38 US parts and distribution centers at General Motors and Stellantis at noon September 22, 2023, adding to last week’s dramatic worker walkout. According to the White House, Biden is the first sitting president to join a picket line. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) 
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 27: Ronald Acuña Jr. #13 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates after stealing second base in the tenth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Truist Park on September 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Acuña Jr. is the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 70 bases in a single season. (Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images) 
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 30: (Exclusive Coverage) Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den Berg of U2 perform during U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere on September 30, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)