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Our world in photos: August 31

August 31, 2021 Michaela Keil
LOUISIANA — High-water vehicle help: Jerilyn Collins returned to her destroyed home with the assistance of a Louisiana National Guard high-water vehicle to retrieve medicine for herself and her father, and a few possessions, after she evacuated from rising floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, on Monday. Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP
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LOUISIANA — Broken bridge: A barge damaged a bridge that divided Lafitte, and Jean Lafitte, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, on Monday.
Photo: David J. Phillip/AP

 

NEW YORK — Between the legs: Nick Kyrgios, of Australia, returned a shot between his legs against Roberto Bautista Agut, of Spain, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, on Monday, in New York.
Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP

 

NORTH MACEDONIA — Evacuated: The first group of 149 Afghan evacuees disembarked late on Monday at Skopje International Airport in North Macedonia, where they will stay for a few months pending resettlement elsewhere.
Photo: Boris Grdanoski/AP

 

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CALIFORNIA — Climbing flames: Seen from South Lake Tahoe, flames from the Caldor Fire lept along a hillside above Christmas Valley on Monday.
Photo: Noah Berger/AP

 

COLOMBIA — Protest: Beatriz Mendez, the mother of Weimar Castro who was allegedly killed by security forces, wore a mask bearing the Spanish question “Who gave the order?” during a protest against the killings of civilians during Colombia’s internal conflict in Bogota, on Monday. The protest was against what are known as “false positives,” which are the victims of extrajudicial executions by soldiers who were falsely presented as guerrillas killed in combat.
Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP

 

AFGHANISTAN — Withdrawal: Taliban special force fighters arrived inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military’s withdrawal, in Kabul, on Tuesday. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul’s international airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America’s longest war.
Photo: Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP

 

MICHIGAN — Dive: Minnesota Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons misplayed a single hit by Detroit Tigers’ Zack Short during the fifth inning of a baseball game, on Monday, in Detroit.
Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP

 

GERMANY — Waiting: People waited for their departure at a hangar of the Ramstein U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, on Monday. The largest American military community overseas housed thousands of Afghan evacuees in a tent city at the airbase.
Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

 

JAPAN — Winner: Switzerland’s Marcel Hug celebrated after winning the men’s T54 1500-meters final during the 2020 Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, on Tuesday.
Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

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