Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty ImagesMonday, Aug. 13, 2018: This aerial picture shows a giant roll of more than 2500 laminated postcards displayed for an exhibit test of an action against climate change, in the Aletsch Glacier near the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps.
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty ImagesMonday, Aug. 13, 2018: The Chrysler Building is seen through a rain covered high-rise window.
Ulises Ruiz, AFP/Getty ImagesMonday, Aug. 13, 2018: A woman is baptized at "La Luz del Mundo" church on Aug. 13, 2018, in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesMonday, Aug. 13, 2018: Brig the dog retrieves a grouse shot on first day of the grouse shooting season on Forneth Moor in Dunkeld, Scotland.
Behrouz Mehri, AFP/Getty ImagesMonday, Aug. 13, 2018: A family pays respects in front of jizo statues in Jizoji Buddhist Temple in Oganomachi, Saitama prefecture, for the souls of unborn children and those who died at a young age.
Valery Hache, AFP/Getty ImagesTuesday, Aug. 14, 2018: Italian rescuers climb onto the rubble of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge to look for victims and survivors in the northern port city of Genoa.
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018: Faithful take part in the 2018 annual Holy Convocation of "La Luz del Mundo" church in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico.
Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via APTuesday, Aug. 14, 2018: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, center, celebrates with her children after her Congressional 5th District primary victory in Minneapolis.
Frank Augstein, The Associated PressTuesday, Aug. 14, 2018: Forensics officers carry away bags from the car that crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Authorities said in a statement Tuesday that a man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offenses after a silver Ford Fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into the barriers during the morning rush hour.
Angela Weiss, AFP/Getty ImagesWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: People take photos and videos with their mobile phones as Aerosmith performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Visar Kryeziu, The Associated PressWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: Anarita Mihilli, is being held by her mother as she kisses the gold plated cross in the church of the Black Madonna, during the feast of Assumption in the village of Letnica, Kosovo. Thousands of pilgrims gathered in southeastern Kosovo in the small Roman Catholic community where Mother Teresa is believed to have heard her calling to become a nun.
Bandar Al-Dandani, AFP/Getty ImagesWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: Muslim worshippers perform prayers around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca prior to the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city.
Narinder Nanu, AFP/Getty ImagesWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: Indian Border Security Force personnel and Pakistani Rangers (black uniforms) take part in the daily beating of the retreat ceremony during India's 72nd Independence Day celebrations at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post, some 35kms west of Amritsar.
John Wessels, AFP/Getty ImagesWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: An unconfirmed Ebola patient enters a Biosecure Emergency care Unite (CUBE) in the new Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Beni.
Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune via APWednesday, Aug. 15, 2018: Utah firefighter Matt Burchett, 42, who died fighting a wildfire in California, is honored by a detail along Murray Parkway as his body is returned home, traveling along Interstate 215 after being flown to the Utah Air National Guard in Salt Lake City. Burchett was hit by a falling tree and died Monday night while fighting the largest blaze in California history, the Mendocino Complex fire north of San Francisco.
Mohammed Huwais, AFP/Getty ImagesThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: A Yemeni artist paints a pro-peace graffiti on a wall in the capital Sanaa, as they call for peace and tolerance and rejecting the ongoing conflict in the Arab country. MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire erupted in a building allegedly highjacked, in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.
Frank Franklin II, The Associated PressThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: People gather at a makeshift memorial at the nameplate for singer Aretha Franklin outside the Apollo Theater in New York. Franklin died Thursday in her home in Detroit at age 76 from pancreatic cancer.
Tim P. Whitby, Getty ImagesThursday, August 16, 2018: Emma Thompson and Hayley Atwell attend "The Children Act" UK Premiere at The Curzon Mayfair in London, England.
Luca Zennaro, ANSA via APThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: A firefighter looks up at the partially collapsed Morandi highway bridge, in between buildings, in Genoa, Italy.
Sergei Grits, The Associated PressThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: A woman walks past the remnants of destroyed buildings in the city of Aleppo, Syria. Russian air defense assets in Syria claim to have downed 45 drones targeting their main base in the country, its military said Thursday, after an attack by the Islamic State group on a Syrian army base a day earlier killed seven troops.
Virginia Mayo, The Associated PressThursday, Aug. 16, 2018: The Brussels Flower Carpet, laid out in its entirety, on the Grand Place in Brussels. More than 500,000 flowers were used to create the Latin American theme, devoted to the Mexican region of Guanajuato which has an exceptionally rich culture and flower tradition.
Joel Saget, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: Abandoned by individual keepers, goldfish are displayed after quarantine at the Aquarium in Paris, France.
Marco Bertorello, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, August 17, 2018: A mourner prays at the coffin of a victim of the Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy.
Jawed Tanveer, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: An Afghan health worker, left, administers the polio vaccine to a child, as other members of the vaccination campaign team wearing burqas look on, in Arghandab district of Kandahar province.
Bas Czerwinski, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: An animated marionette, a so-called Giant, of French street theatre company Royal de Luxe parades through the streets in the European Capital of Culture 2018, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Justin Sullivan, Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: Sophia Biniam, 7, holds an American flag during a naturalization ceremony for kids between the ages of 6-12 at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Thirty-two children from seven countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens during a special naturalization ceremony.
Sumy Sadurni, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: Medical staff check each others protective suits before entering the isolation unit at a hospital in Bundibugyo, western Uganda, where there is one suspected case of Ebola.
Shakil Adil, The Associated PressFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: A Pakistani owner tries to load camel on a truck at a cattle market set up for the upcoming Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Karachi, Pakistan.
Khaled Desouki, AFP/Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: An Egyptian boy holds a camel at the Berqash camel market northeast of Cairo. Muslims across the world are preparing for the Eid al-Adha holiday when custom requires the faithful to make a sacrifice.
AFP/ Getty ImagesFriday, Aug. 17, 2018: Indian volunteers and rescue personal evacuate local residents in a residential area in Ernakulam district, in the Indian state of Kerala. Troop reinforcements stepped up desperate rescue attempts in India's flood-stricken Kerala state on August 17 after more than 100 bodies were found in a day and a half, taking the crisis death toll to at least 164.
AFP/ Getty ImagesSaturday, Aug. 18, 2018: View of a flooded area is pictured in the north part of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala. Rescuers in helicopters and boats fought through renewed torrential rain on August 18 to reach stranded villages in India's Kerala state as the toll from the worst monsoon floods in a century rose above 320 dead.
Anthony Wallace, AFP/Getty ImagesSaturday, Aug. 18, 2018: Performers stand in line as they wait to take part at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Fred Dufour, AFP/Getty ImagesSaturday, Aug. 18, 2018: A performer poses in an alley before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta.
Ted S. Warren, The Associated PressSaturday, Aug. 18, 2018: A man who was protesting with Patriot Prayer and other groups supporting gun rights is treated for an injury during a rally and counter-protest near City Hall in Seattle.
Rashide Frias, AFP/Getty ImagesSaturday, Aug. 18, 2018: A lightning bolt strikes in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico.
Manjunath Kiran, AFP/Getty ImagesSunday, Aug. 19, 2018: Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, in the south Indian state of Kerala.
Aijaz Rahi, The Associated PressSunday, Aug.19, 2018: A volunteer throws a pack of bread towards a family stranded in a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala, India. Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century.
Dolores Ochoa, The Associated PressSunday, Aug. 19, 2018: Venezuelans without passports wait at the Rumichaca International Bridge that connects Colombia and Ecuador. Authorities in Peru announced Friday that they will follow Ecuador's recent decision to require Venezuelans reaching the border to enter with a passport, a document that has grown increasingly difficult to obtain in Venezuela.
Tony Karumba, AFP/Getty ImagesSunday, Aug. 19, 2018: Two men read a local newspaper with the cover dedicated to Koffi Annan's legacy in the suburb of Huruma, in Nairobi.
Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesSunday, Aug. 19, 2018: Aria Berry, right, 4, and her father James Berry join about 20 members and supporters of Confederate heritage groups, including CSA II: The New Confederate States of America and the Virginia Task Force of Three Percenters or the "Dixie Defenders," as they rally across the street from the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, Virginia.
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Monday, Aug. 13, 2018: This aerial picture shows a giant roll of more than 2500 laminated postcards displayed for an exhibit test of an action against climate change, in the Aletsch Glacier near the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps.
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The news in photographs: the best pictures of tragedy, hope, despair and beauty from around the world for the week of Aug. 13–19, 2018.







































