Dense plumes are spewed out from Mount Ontake as the volcanic mountain erupts in central Japan on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (Photo: AP)
Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday (Photo: AP)
Foreign Minister for Jamaica Arnold Nicholson addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday, (Photo: AP)
The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Saturday. Nation heads from around the world attended and addressed the UNGA. (Photo: AP)
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addresses the 69th UN General Assembly. (Photo: AP)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Friday (Photo: AP)
Veteran activist Martin Lee, center, wearing goggles and a mask waves to reporters as he appears outside the government headquarters to join a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
The scenes of disorder came at the end of a weeklong strike by students demanding China’s communist leaders allow residents to directly elect a leader of their own choosing in 2017. (Photo: AP)
Protesters wear masks and goggles to protect themselves from pepper spray while blocking a police car outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
Riot policemen stand guard against protesters after young pro-democracy activists forced their way into Hong Kong government headquarters during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Saturday. (Photo: AP)
Honkong Democracy Protest: There has been a week-long protest against Beijing’s refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy turned angry. (Photo: AP)
A woman, who was badly injured during the eruption of Mount Ontake, is carried into a hospital in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, central Japan (Photo: AP)
Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces conduct a rescue operation on Mount Ontake. (Photo: AP)
Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces carry a person rescued from a cabin, top left, near the peak of Mount Ontake. An estimated 40 people were stranded at mountain lodges overnight, many injured and unable or unwilling to risk
Mount Ontake in central Japan erupted shortly before noon Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. (Photo: AP)
The 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) peak erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday, catching climbers by surprise and stranding dozens injured people in areas that rescue workers have been unable to reach. (Photo: AP)