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Week in pictures: 28 August - 3 September 2021

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

News imageUS Central Command / Getty Images Major General Chris Donahue boards the final US military flight out of Afghanistan on 30 August 2021US Central Command / Getty Images
Maj Gen Chris Donahue, the last US service member to leave Afghanistan, boards the final US military flight out of the country, ending America's 20-year presence there.
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News imageWakil Kohsar / AFP Taliban fighters sit in the cockpit of an Afghan Air Force aircraft at Kabul airport on 31 August 2021Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Taliban fighters sit in the cockpit of an Afghan Air Force aircraft at Kabul airport following the US withdrawal of troops.
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News imageChristophe Archambault / AFP Workers move the skull of a triceratops into a gallery in Paris, FranceChristophe Archambault / AFP
The skull of a 66 million-year-old triceratops, nicknamed Big John, is moved into a gallery where the full skeleton is set to be displayed ahead of its auction sale at Drouot auction house in Paris. A laceration on its collar indicates a duel with a smaller triceratops.
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News imageTom Nicholson / Reuters An activist wearing a wedding dress stands in a police vehicle during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London on 31 August 2021Tom Nicholson / Reuters
An activist wearing a wedding dress stands in a police van during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London. Roads near Oxford Circus were blocked as activists glued themselves to a giant table during climate-change protests that lasted several days.
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News imageEd Jones / AFP A motorist drives a car through a flooded expressway in Brooklyn, New York, on 2 SeptemberEd Jones / AFP
Parts of New York were badly hit by record-breaking rainfall as eastern parts of the US suffered flash flooding and tornadoes when Storm Ida struck, killing at least 41 people.
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News imageESA/NASA Hurricane Ida is seen in an image taken on board the International Space Station on 29 August 2021ESA/NASA
This is what Hurricane Ida looks like from space. The photo, from the International Space Station, was taken by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet on 29 August.
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News imageJosh Edelson / AFP Flames surround a chair lift at Sierra-at-Tahoe resort, a skiing area, during the Caldor fire in Twin Bridges, California, US on 29 August 2021Josh Edelson / AFP
Flames surround a chairlift at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort in Twin Bridges, California. The Caldor wildfire has already burned more than 191,000 acres of land, and more than 3,500 firefighters have been deployed to combat the blaze.
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News imageYasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Matt Stutzman, of the US, competes in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic GamesYasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Matt Stutzman, of the US, known as the Armless Archer, competes against Slovakia's Marcel Pavlik in the men's archery individual compound open event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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News imageKevin Frayer / Getty Images A man piles salvaged e-bikes and scooters on the back of a three-wheeler vehicle in Beijing, China, on 31 August 2021Kevin Frayer / Getty Images
A man piles salvaged e-bikes and scooters on to the back of his three-wheeler vehicle before taking them to be recycled in Beijing.
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News imageZohra Bensemra / Reuters A village weaver bird pulls a strip of leaf from a banana tree to build a nest in Thies, Senegal, on 28 August 2021Zohra Bensemra / Reuters
A village weaver, also known as a black-headed weaver, pulls a strip of leaf from a banana tree to build a nest in Thies, Senegal.

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