Photos of the Week

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A home burns on Jeters Road as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, California, on August 16, 2021



A view of Sumela Monastery, built in the 14th century, in Turkey's Trabzon province, on August 15, 2021



A woman takes a picture of a sculpture depicting Puck from Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream," during a flower festival in Pakruojis, Lithuania, on August 14, 2021



Participants march during the Bucharest Pride parade on August 14, 2021, in Bucharest, Romania. Thousands attended the annual event, which has been celebrated since 2005, but was suspended in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic



Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire between Navalacruz and Riofrio, near Avila, Spain, on August 16, 2021



Antelopes are seen in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya



Extinction Rebellion activists walk past the Brandenburg Gate as they take part in a protest to demand action against climate change, in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2021



A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon where images of women have been defaced with spray paint in Shar-e-Naw, in Kabul, on August 18, 2021



Houseboats sit in a channel at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area in Butte County, California, on August 14, 2021. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 24 percent capacity and 34 percent of its historical average



A train sits embedded in mud and debris after flooding in Wald im Pinzgau, near Salzburg, Austria, on August 17, 2021. Storms battered large parts of Austria, causing landslides and flooding



A member of Gladiators NYC, dressed in medieval armour, lies down after fighting in Central Park on August 14, 2021, in New York City. Once a month, Gladiators NYC meets in Central Park for a full-contact-combat tournament



Seen in a long-exposure photograph, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford, in Lassen County, California, on August 17, 2021


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