Afghans struggle to reach the foreign forces to show their credentials to flee the country outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 August 2021. At least 13 people including children were killed in a blast outside the airport on 26 August. The blast occurred outside the Abbey Gate and follows recent security warnings of attacks ahead of the 31 August deadline for US troops withdrawal. EPA-EFE/AKHTER GULFAM
Top candidates for the federal elections, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet drenched in rain (L) and German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (R), speak to the media following an inspection of the damage after heavy flooding of the Vicht brook in the city of Stolberg near Aachen, Germany, 03 August 2021. Large parts of western Germany and central Europe were hit by flash floods in the night of 14 to 15 July, following days of continuous rain that destroyed buildings and swept away cars. The total number of victims in the flood disaster in western Germany rises to at least 181, with many still missing. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH
A local resident holds her dog that was rescued by locals during a wildfire at the village of Pefki in the Evia, Greece, 08 August 2021. Fires that broke out in Attica and Evia island this week have burned more than a quarter of a million stremmas, the National Observatory of Athens' center Beyond said on 08 August. Some 76,150 stremmas (7,615 hectares) have been burnt so far in northern Attica. At Evia island the surface area of burnt land is measured at 197,940 stremmas (19,794 hectares). These figures concern only the fires in Attica and Evia, but dozens of large fires have affected several areas across the country. EPA-EFE/KOSTAS TSIRONIS
Marcel Hug of Switzerland reacts after winning the Men's 1500m T53/54 competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 31 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA
Indonesia producer Muhammad Zaidy poses with the Pardo d'Oro (Golden Leopard) award he reiceved for the film 'Vengeance Is Mine - All Others Pay Cash' during a photocall at the 74th Locarno International Film Festival, in Locarno, Switzerland, 14 August 2021. The Festival del film Locarno runs from 04 to 14 August 2021. EPA-EFE/URS FLUEELER
Spanish Angel Madrazo and Carlos Canal, Burgos BH team, and Joan Bou (C), Euskaltel team, in action during the 4th stage of the Spanish Cycling Vuelta in Burgo de Osma, Spain, 17 August 2021. The 4th stage is a 163.9 km-long cycling race from Burgo de Osma to Molina de Aragon. EPA-EFE/Manuel Bruque
Afghan men walk past the billboard of a beauty saloon with defaced posters of models in Kabul, Afghanistan, 20 August 2021. The Afghan interim council, formed to assist in the power transfer following President Ashraf Ghani's escape, has met several Taliban leaders to discuss issues related to control and security during the transition process. Fighting and violence have significantly reduced in Afghanistan with the surrender of the government troops and the resounding victory of the Taliban. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
A traditional high altitude bonfire burns into the evening sky on the occasion of the Swiss National Day on Stanserhorn mountain, near Stans, Switzerland, 01 August 2021 (issued 02 August 2021). EPA-EFE/URS FLUEELER
A woman cries close to her father at the Les Cayes general hospital, in Les Cayes, Haiti, 16 August 2021. Hospitals in southwestern Haiti are at the limit, while the authorities increased the number of deaths to 1,419 and the number of injured to 6,900 due to the strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake which occured on 14 August. EPA-EFE/Orlando Barria
Pope Francis attends the Paul VI Hall for his general audience, one month after his colon surgery, Vatican, 04 August 2021. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI
Argentinian striker Lionel Messi greets supporters as he arrives at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, France, 10 August 2021. Messi arrived to Paris to sign a contract with French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Giant banners are placed on a building that was damaged during the massive blast on 04 August 2020 in Beirut port in Beirut, Lebanon, 04 August 2021. Lebanon marks a year since an explosion ravaged the Beirut port area, killing at least 200 people and injuring thousands more in the Beirut blast that devastated the port area on 04 August 2020. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH
Supporters of Republican mayor candidate Curtis Sliwa gather with signs calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign, outside of his office in New York, New York, USA, 04 August 2021. Cuomo has come under intense pressure from local and national leaders in the Democratic Party to resign following the previous day release of a months-long investigation by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James that determined Cuomo sexually harassed multiple current and former staff members. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
Defected Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya displays a T-shirt with inscription 'I just want to run' as she attends a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, 05 August 2021. Tsimanouskaya and her husband, currently in Ukraine, have been granted Polish humanitarian visas. She is reportedly planning to apply for political asylum in Germany or Austria. EPA-EFE/RADEK PIETRUSZKA POLAND OUT
Iranian President Ebrahim (C) greets the guests after being sworn-in for his first four-year term of presidency at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, 05 August 2021. Iran's new president, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in on 05 August 2021 before the parliament in Tehran, in a ceremony that foreigners attended for the second time since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Raisi is to present his cabinet to the 290-seat parliament for approval in the next week. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Israeli Artillery unit fires at targets in the Lebanese territory after rockets fired from the Lebanese side, 06 August 2021. At least ten rockets were fired from the Lebanese side of the border into Israel on 06 August and Israel responded with artillery fire. Israeli Army said most of the rockets were intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense System while the rest of them landed in open areas adjacent to Har Dov. EPA-EFE/ATEF SAFADI
Ismail Khan, the former Mujahideen commander talks with supporters as security forces and Khan's loyal armed militia took back control of parts of Herat city following intense battle with Taliban militants, in Herat, Afghanistan, 06 August 2021. Heavy fighting continued in Kandahar, Lashkargah, and Herat cities as the Taliban continued pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan and breaking through a tough resistance by the government forces. The fighting in Herat displaced hundreds of families as people lef?t their houses to seek refuge in central parts of the city, mostly settling with relatives. EPA-EFE/JALIL REZAYEE
Fireworks explode above the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, 08 August 2021. EPA-EFE/TIBOR ILLYES NO SALES / HUNGARY OUT
The Japanese word Arigato for 'thank you' is seen on a scoreboard at the end of the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 08 August 2021. EPA-EFE/WU HONG
US businessman Michael Calvey (C) leaves a sentence hearing in the so-called Baring Vostok case at the Meshchansky district court in Moscow, Russia, 06 August 2021. The US investor Michael Calvey, a senior partner at the Baring Vostok private equity funds, was arrested in Moscow in February 2019 on fraud charges along with some other partners of the company. The
The tables are set in a burnt restaurant in Varybobi area, near Athens, Greece, 08 August 2021. Fires that broke out in Attica and Evia island this week have burned more than a quarter of a million stremmas, the National Observatory of Athens' center Beyond said on August 08. Some 76,150 stremmas (7,615 hectares) have been burnt so far in northern Attica. At Evia island the surface area of burnt land is measured at 197,940 stremmas (19,794 hectares). These figures concern only the fires in Attica and Evia, but dozens of large fires have affected several areas across the country. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU
Former FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter on the way to the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Zurich, Switzerland, 09 August 2021. Sepp Blatter, former President of the International Federation of Association Football FIFA, faces his final hearing with a Swiss prosecutor in a fraud probe surrounding a 2011 FIFA payment to former president of the Union of European Football Associations UEFA president Michel Platini. EPA-EFE/WALTER BIERI
Spectators look at the sound and light show 'La Nuit aux Invalides, Napoleon The Flight of the Eagle ' displayed on the walls of the Invalides National Hotel, in Paris, France, 10 August 2021, part of the cultural event of the Napoleon's year dedicated to the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The outdoor show , created by Bruno Seillier, runs from 07 July to 26 August 2021. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Jim Nickel (C), the Canadian embassy's deputy chief of mission in Beijing, speaks to Canadian diplomats, diplomats from other countries and media, as they gather at the Canadian embassy following up with the verdict to Michael Spavor, in Beijing, China, 11 August 2021. A Chinese court sentenced Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years for spying. Spavor, was detained by Chinese authorities and accused of espionage in December 2018, days after Canada, at the request of the USA, detained Meng Wanzhou, an executive for Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
Anti-riot police officers react as they face with anti-government protester during a rally at the Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 August 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators took part in a protest against government to press their demands for resignation of the Thai Prime Minister, under the declaration of an emergency situation to control the disease amid a surge of COVID-19 cases. EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK
Members of the police remain at the entrance of a property owned by Editorial La Prensa during a search operation, in Managua, Nicaragua, 13 August 2021. The Nicaraguan Police reported this 13 August that it has initiated an investigation against Editorial La Prensa Sociedad Anonima and its directors, for the alleged crimes of customs fraud, money laundering, property and assets, to the detriment of the State of Nicaragua and Nicaraguan society. 'In compliance with a court order, a technical team from the Judicial Assistance Directorate, accompanied by officials from the General Directorate of Customs Services (DGA), the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the Public Ministry, carried out a search of the warehouses of Editorial La Prensa Sociedad Anonima, which remain in police custody', the National Police said in a statement. The newspaper La Prensa, the oldest in Nicaragua, reported this 12 August that it will stop circulating in its printed version as of 13 August, because the Government, through the General Directorate of Customs, withheld its paper. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A structure is engulfed in flames from the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, California, USA, 13 August 2021. The Dixie Fire in the northern Sierra Nevada has burned over 505,413 acres. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO
Internally displaced families from northern provinces, who fled from their homes due to the fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces, take shelter in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, 14 August (issued 15 August). The Taliban captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's fourth-largest city and the government's last major stronghold in the north on 14 August, as they tightened their grip on the country and closed in on Kabul. Most of the remote districts of the provinces have already fallen to the Taliban in the past three months. EPA-EFE/HEDAYATULLAH AMID
Cyclists in action during the seventh stage of the 78th Tour de Pologne 2021 cycling race over 145 km, from Zabrze to Krakow, in Krakow, southern Poland, 15 August 2021. EPA-EFE/Lukasz Gagulski POLAND OUT
Taliban fighters are seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 August 2021. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, on 16 August 2021, declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 16 August 2021. Taliban fighters seized control of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on 15 August as American troops worked to evacuate thousands of US diplomats and Afghans from Hamid Karzai International Airport. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW
A protester holds poster reading 'this vaccine is unhealthy' during a demonstration held by right-wing party 'Les Patriotes' against the COVID-19 sanitary pass which grants vaccinated individuals greater ease of access to venues, in Paris, France, 21 August 2021. For the fifth consecutive week, thousands of French demonstrators have taken to the streets in several cities across the country to protest against measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
People struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people even without visas, after Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 August 2021. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar Monday declared victory and end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
The shoes of an athlete during the swim training in the Aquatics Centre at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, 23 August 2021. The Paralympic games will be held between 24 August and 05 September 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA
Rescuers at the scene of a train crash near the city of Domazlice, Czech Republic, 04 August 2021. According to state media citing firefighters, at least three people died and 38 were injured when a train coming from Munich and a local train collided. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and European Council President Charles Michel give a press conference after a virtual G7 leaders' meeting on Afghanistan at the European Council, in Brussels, Belgium, 24 August 2021. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
Italian Formula One driver Antonio Giovinazzi (R) of Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen in action during the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at the Spa-Francorchamps race track in Stavelot, Belgium, 29 August 2021. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
Afghans including those who worked for the US, NATO, European Union and the United Nations in Afghanistan wait outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country, after Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021. Several people were reportedly killed at Kabul airport on 16 August as Afghans were attempting to hang on a moving US military plane leaving the airport. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar earlier in the day declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul (L) and new New York State Lieutenant Governor, State Sen. Brian Benjamin embrace during a press conference in Harlem, New York, New York, USA, 26 August 2021. Hochul announced her selection, State Senator Brian Benjamin for New York State Lieutenant Governor. EPA-EFE/Peter Foley
Kokona Hiraki of Japan competes in the Skateboarding Women's Park Final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan, 04 August 2021. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL
Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid, talks with journalists during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 24 August 2021. Mujahid said that evacuation must be completed by August 31 and they will not allow Afghans to go to the airport from now on. EPA-EFE/AKHTER GULFAM
Activists dressed in red outfits during an Extinction Rebellion climate activists' protest in London, Britain, 27 August 2021. The protest is part of a two week action planned by XR (Extinction Rebellion), calling for governments to act against climate change. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
German Army soldiers disembark the last Bundeswehr A310 and two A400M aircrafts at the military air base in Wunstorf, Germany, 27 August 2021 (issued 28 August 2021). After eleven days, the German Armed Forces ended the airlift between the Afghan capital Kabul and the Uzbek city of Tashkent. According to the Ministry of Defense, 5,347 people from at least 45 countries were evacuated during the operation, including around 500 Germans and more than 4,000 Afghans. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH
The Caldor Fire approaches a community of homes in Meyers, California, USA, 30 August 2021. The fire, which has so far burned more than 177,000 acres, caused authorities to issue an evacuation order for residents of the city of South Lake Tahoe. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA
Manuela Schaer (C) of Switzerland poses with Tatyana McFadden (L) of the United States, and Susannah Scaroni of the United States (R) after winning the Women's 800m T54 Final competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 29 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA
A black ribbon is tied to the door of the Universal Rolling Stones store in Carnaby Street in London, Britain, 25 August 2021.
Drummer of the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts died at a London hospital 24 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
Extinction Rebellion protesters in black mourning costume at push prams outside Downing Street in Westminster in London, Britain, 31 August 2021. Hundreds of XR (Extinction Rebellion) demonstrators are protesting to call for governments to act against climate change. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
A view of the aerial firing by the Taliban as US withdraws its last soldiers from Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 August 2021. The United States on 30 August, said that it had ended its military mission in Afghanistan after 20 years of war with the departure from Kabul of the last US aircraft carrying American troops. The commander of the US Central Command, Gen. Frank McKenzie, made the announcement at a tele-press conference at the Pentagon. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer for Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) which was recognised as extremist organisation in Russia, speaks with journalists arriving to attend a hearing at the Preobrazhensky district court in Moscow, 03 August 2021. The court will deliver a verdict to Sobol in so-called 'Sanitary Case' over violating the pandemic regulations imposed by Moscow's authorities, during an unauthorised pro-Navalny rally in January 2021. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
Indigenous groups remain in a sit-in to demonstrate against the Brazilian Government, at the Esplanade of the Ministries, in Brasilia, Brazil, 25 August 2021. About 6,000 indigenous people participate this week in Brasilia in a demonstration called 'Fight for life', scheduled to last 7 days, from August 22 to 28, in which they seek to express their rejection of the government of Jair Bolsonaro and that Congress and the Supreme Court discusses issues and projects of importance to their rights and territories. EPA-EFE/Joédson Alves
Zambia's new president Hakainde Hichilema (C) inspecting a guard of honour as commander in chief of Zambia’s armed forces during an inauguration ceremony at Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia, 24 August 2021. Thousands of cheering crowds attended the inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as Zambia’s new president following his election win in a landslide victory against the incumbent Edgar Lungu. EPA-EFE/CHONA MWEMBA
People struggle to get into the Hamid Karzai International Airport, to flee the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 August 2021. An Afghan policeman was killed on 23 August, in a gun battle between security forces and unknown attackers at the North Gate of the Kabul airport, the German military said, amid ongoing chaos at the airport as thousands try to flee Taliban rule. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Three athletes light the fire during the opening ceremony during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 24 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA
Men walk by a destroyed house, while the rain falls during the passage of tropical storm Grace, in Camp Perrin, Haiti, 17 August 2021. Heavy rains fell on southwestern Haiti, the area most affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale that on 14 August caused more than 1,400 deaths and 6,900 injuries. EPA-EFE/Orlando Barria
Bayern players celebrate as goalkeeper Manuel Neuer lifts the trophy following the DFL Supercup 2021 soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Muenchen in Dortmund, Germany, 17 August 2021. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: The DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.
People demonstrate to raise awareness to stop the proxy war in Afghanistan, on the Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 August 2021. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar on 16 August declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war. EPA-EFE/ MARTIAL TREZZINI
A view of a burnt house and vehicles of George Rashid, the owner of the fuel tanks that exploded in Akkar, northern Lebanon, 18 August 2021. At least 30 people were killed and dozens more injured after a fuel tank exploded in Akkar early 15 August 2021. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH
Border guards stand next to refugees near the town of Usnarz Gorny, north-west Poland, 19 August 2021. There are several dozen refugees in the border area between Poland and Belarus. For 11 days, 32 citizens of Afghanistan have been living here, who are not allowed to enter Poland or return to Belarus. EPA-EFE/ARTUR RESZKO POLAND OUT
Paramedics from the Lebanese Red Cross and a Turkish medical team evacuate two wounded from the Lebanese army by a Turkish ambulance airplane, at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 August 2021. Two wounded soldiers, Nader Darwich and Khaled Othman, were injured in the explosion of fuel tanks in Akkar, northern Lebanon on August 15, which left thirty people dead and dozens wounded. EPA-EFE/NABIL MOUNZER
Torch-bearers Susie Rodgers (L) and Jane Blackburn (R) light the ceremonial flame during the Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony 2020 at Stoke Mandeville, Britain 19 August 2021. Stoke Mandeville is the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement after hosting a a competition for wheelchair athletes in 1948. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
People shows banner reading 'Save our Family' as French-Afghan community members gather at Republique Square to ask for support to refugees fleeing Afghanistan in Paris, France, 22 August 2021. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
A general view during the opening ceremony during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, August 24, 2021. (KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza). EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA HUNGARY OUT
Richard Osvath (L) of Hungary and Vasileios Ntounis of Greece fight in category A of men's individual sabre wheelchair fencing of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, Japan, 25 August 2021. EPA-EFE/Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT
Evacuees from Afghanistan arrive at the Marine Etablissement Amsterdam site in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 26 August 2021. Defense makes part of the Marine Etablissement Amsterdam available as an emergency reception location for evacuees from Afghanistan. The COA can accommodate approximately 350 evacuees. It is the fifth emergency shelter in the country. EPA-EFE/RAMON VAN FLYMEN
Blood stains and belongings of the victims of the airport bomb blast, are seen at the premisis of a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 August 2021. Two explosions Thursday outside Kabul's international airport left more than 60 Afghan civilians dead and 140 others wounded, health officials, while the United States military said that 12 of its personnel died. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Members of LGBT group take part in a rally calling for the resignation of the prime minister at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 August 2021. Thai police arrested hundreds of demonstrators including the rally leaders in the months-long street rally calling for the ouster of the prime minister over the government's failure in handling the COVID-19 crisis. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A view on a heavy smoke from a 15-storey building fire in via Antonini, in the southern suburbs of Milan, Italy, 29 August 2021. EPA-EFE/MATTEO CORNER
Stanislav Kosharnyi (L) goalkeeper of Russia in action during the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2021 final match between Russia and Japan at Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium in Moscow, Russia 29 August 2021. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
Some 111 Afghan evacuees, who have left their country following the Taliban takeover, arrive at the Pristina International Airport airport in Pristina, Kosovo, 29 August 2021. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
A Military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 30 August 2021. Multiple explosions rocked the capital city of Kabul on 30 August, a day before the final withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
US President Joe Biden partcipates in a virtual briefing on Hurricane Ida, with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, mayors and governors of cities and states affected by the storm; in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Officer Building (EEOB) on the White House complex, in Washington, DC, USA, 30 August 2021. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
A man looks out at a flooded road from Hurricane Ida in Narco, Louisiana, USA, 30 August 2021. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm bringing damaging winds and rain to southern Louisiana, knocking out power to more than one million people and flooding neighborhoods. At least one person was reported killed by the passing of the hurricane. EPA-EFE/DAN ANDERSON
Gold Medalist Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela poses with her new World Record after the Women's triple jump final during the Athletics events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 01 August 2021. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
French Formula One driver Esteban Ocon of the Alpine F1 Team celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod, near Budapest, Hungary, 01 August 2021. EPA-EFE/Zoltan Balogh HUNGARY OUT
Bangladeshi police members question people at the check point during the eleventh day of lockdown and rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 02 August 2021. Bangladeshi authorities imposed nationwide lockdown for 14-day between 23 July and 05 August amid increasing coronavirus infections and coronavirus related deaths in the country. EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM
Firefighters battle to extinguish flames netx to a boat during the wildfires at the Milas district of Mugla, Turkey, 02 August 2021. At least eight people have died in the wildfires raging in Turkey's Mediterranean towns, the Turkish health ministry confirmed on 02 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
Karsten Warholm of Norway celebrates after winning the Men's 400m Hurdles final in a new World Record time at the Athletics events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 03 August 2021. EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA
Members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces put flowers in front of a memorial in memory of the victims of the explosion in Beirut's port, in Beirut, Lebanon, 04 August 2021. At least 200 people were killed, and more than six thousand injured in the Beirut blast that devastated the port area on 04 August. It is believed to have been caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH