Pictures of the Week (Aug. 29 – Sept. 2)

Risa Miyashita competes during The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu 2011, during the women’s Javelin Throw Qualification at Daegu Stadium in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011. (Photo by Takashi Okui/AFLO)

Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda (C), poses with his Cabinet ministers during a formal photo session following a swearing-in ceremony before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday, September 2, 2011. Noda, 54, formed his Cabinet with relatively unknown lawmakers to tackle a tall task to reconstruct the quake-hit area and the country’s economy. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Megumi Kinukawa is carried off the track by a medical staff at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu 2011, during the Women’s 10000m Final at Daegu Stadium, Daegu, South Korea on August 27, 2011 (Photo by Jun Tsukida/AFLO SPORT)

Koji Murofushi competes during the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu 2011, during the Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification at Daegu Stadium in Daegu, South Korea on August 27, 2011. (Photo by Jun Tsukida/AFLO SPORT)

Japan’s Finance Minister, Yoshihiko Noda addresses his fellow lawmakers after being elected president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan by beating Economy Minister, Banri Kaieda, in a run-off vote in Tokyo Monday, August 29, 2011. Kaieda received 143 votes against Nodas 102 in the first round of the party leadership election to select a successor to unpopular outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)