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Weekly Highlights: 36 Captivating Photos

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A migrant struggles with police as a makeshift camp is dismantled in north Paris on Thursday, August 4.
A religious officer in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, canes a young person for dating outside of marriage on Monday, August 1. The Indonesian province of Aceh is strictly Muslim and is the only province in the country implementing Sharia law.
Skydiver Luke Aikins lands in a safety net in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday, July 30. He is the first person to land safely without a parachute after jumping from 25,000 feet.
U.S. President Barack Obama reacts to media questions at the White House during a joint news conference with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday, August 2.
An Emirates passenger plane is gutted by fire after it skidded on a runway and burst into flames Wednesday, August 3, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Thirteen passengers suffered minor injuries, but there were no fatalities among the 300 people aboard the plane. A firefighter, however, was killed saving others, according to the Dubai government’s media office.
A female militant from the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, takes part in a rally in Rafah, Gaza, on Friday, July 29.
Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, holds babies following a speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday, July 29.
Flowers rest at the gravesite of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, August 1. Khan, a Muslim-American, was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. His parents have become embroiled in a high-profile feud with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after Khan’s father, Khizr, criticized Trump in an emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention.
U.S. diver Kassidy Cook swats teammate Michael Hixon with a wet towel as they train for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, August 3.
A crime-scene investigator works near the body of a suspected drug dealer who was fatally shot in Pasay City, Philippines, on Thursday, August 4. New President Rodrigo Duterte campaigned hard on a no-nonsense approach to crime, and on several occasions he has hinted openly that he doesn’t oppose his police force or even citizens taking the lives of suspected criminals. Philippine police say at least 239 drug suspects were killed in the three weeks after Duterte’s inauguration. Critics see the approach as a complete disregard of due process.
A mosquito control worker from Miami-Dade County sprays around a home in Miami on Monday, August 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an unprecedented travel warning, advising pregnant women and their partners not to travel to a small community just north of downtown Miami where the Zika virus is actively circulating.
Syrian rebels blow up a tunnel in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, August 3. Up to 300,000 people are trapped in eastern Aleppo, which has been held by rebels since 2012 and is now virtually cut off by a government siege that has blocked supply routes.
Kite enthusiasts participate in the St. Annes Kite Festival in Lytham St. Annes, England, on Saturday, July 30.
An elevated bus conducts a test run as it is unveiled in Qinhuangdao, China, on Tuesday, August 2. The electricity-powered vehicle straddles the highway over two lanes and allows cars to pass underneath. The concept is designed to help China alleviate some of its massive traffic problems.
A tree burns in the Greek village of Limni on Monday, August 1. A forest fire raged for days on the island of Evia.
An anti-narcotics police officer stands guard near a cocaine lab in Calamar, Colombia, on Tuesday, August 2. More than 100 labs have been destroyed by police in the past week.
People watch a search operation after an old bridge collapsed in Mahad, India, on Wednesday, August 3. Two passenger buses tumbled into the floodwaters below.

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