A traveler passes her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate at the Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday, August 13. For two days, protesters flooded the airport. Check-ins were suspended and dozens of outgoing flights were canceled. Related story: Why Hong Kong is protesting
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Police take shooting suspect Maurice Hill into custody after a nearly eight-hour standoff ended in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 15. Six police officers were wounded in the standoff, which began when police attempted to serve a narcotics warrant on a row house.
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Girls cover their faces as they ride on swings in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, August 11. It was the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.
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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang breaks down in tears Saturday, August 10, while speaking at a gun-safety forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Yang became emotional when discussing gun violence with a woman who said she lost her daughter to a stray bullet.
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A soldier carries an infant to safety while a flooded area of Sangli, India, is evacuated on Sunday, August 11. Heavy monsoon rains caused devastating landslides and floods that left more than 150 people dead in India, according to local government reports.
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A couple of male penguins face the sunlight as the one on the right incubates an egg at the Berlin Zoo on Tuesday, August 13. The same-sex couple was handed an abandoned egg by zookeepers, and the two followed their instinct and adopted it as their own.
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From left, specialists Glenn Carell, John O'Hara and Robert Nelson gather at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, August 14. The Dow fell 800 points on Wednesday, which is the worst day of 2019 so far.
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A boy poses in front of the Iowa State Fair's famous butter cow on Friday, August 9. Since 1911, the fair has had a cow sculpted out of butter. Each year, much of the butter is recycled. It can be reused for up to 10 years.
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This aerial photo, taken on Saturday, August 10, shows people partying at the annual Street Parade in Zurich, Switzerland. It has been billed as the world's largest celebration of electronic and techno music.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a reception for hospice workers Monday, August 12, at No. 10 Downing Street in London. At center is his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds. Never in living memory has a UK Prime Minister had an unmarried partner while in office.
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An American flag flies near the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday, August 14. Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, revised the words to the statue's iconic poem during an interview with NPR published on Tuesday. When NPR's Rachel Martin asked him if the words "give me your tired, give me your poor" are part of the American ethos, Cuccinelli said they are. "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge," he said, tweaking the famous poem from Emma Lazarus.
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A relative of a detained man looks out as police leave their home in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, August 9. More than 1,000 South African service members have been deployed to Cape Town to support police in their efforts to prevent and combat crime.
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Medics look after a protester who received a facial injury during clashes between protesters and police in Hong Kong on Sunday, August 11. Many protesters are now wearing eyepatches in reference to the woman's injury.
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A goat rides next to a boy on their way to a livestock market in Hebron, West Bank, on Friday, August 9.
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Performers use their cell phones as they wait to take part in the closing ceremony of the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on Sunday, August 11.
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Newborn white lions rest in a basket after drinking milk at an animal sanctuary in La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, France, on Sunday, August 11.
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An iceberg floats near a cemetery in Kulusuk, Greenland, on Thursday, August 15. Greenland's ice sheet usually melts during the summer, but the melt season typically begins around the end of May. This year, it began at the start.
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US Sen. Kamala Harris, center, rides her campaign bus in Iowa on Friday, August 9. She was among the many presidential candidates who attended the Iowa State Fair this past week.
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People in Gaza City sit and take pictures by the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, August 13. See last week in 23 photos