From the earthquake in Haiti, to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, to wildfires in Israel, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world.
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.
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Tourists walk try to walk along a road damaged by flooding near the village of Tsybanobalka, Krasnodar region, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.
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A boy points at an approaching helicopter bringing aid for earthquake survivors in a neighborhood near the airport in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021.
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Children attend a mobile classroom set up in a parked bus by a social activist for children living in a slum in Mumbai, India Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.
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Wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, elementary school students line up to enter school for the first day of classes in Richardson, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.
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Injured people lie in beds outside the Immaculée Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, two days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern part of the country.
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A Taliban fighter patrols the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.
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Oxiliene Morency cries out in grief after the body of her 7-year-old-daughter, Esther Daniel, was recovered from the rubble of their home destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.
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A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021.
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Passengers walk to the departures terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, past a mural of President Ashraf Ghani, as the Taliban offensive encircled the capital.
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