People watch as water is released from Sanmenxia Dam in China's Henan province on Aug. 28, 2019.
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Migrants wait to disembark from a boat at the port of Malaga, Spain, after being rescued on the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 29.
— Jon Nazca / Reuters
A wooden structure resembling President Donald Trump in the village of Sela pri Kamniku, Slovenia, on Aug. 29.
The statue, designed by local artist Tomaz Schlegl, stands nearly 26-feet tall.
— Jure Makovec / AFP - Getty Images
Customers try to buy roast chicken on opening day of China's first Costco in Shanghai on Aug. 27.
The store was forced to close early after large crowds flocked through the doors and caused traffic jams.
— Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images
Protesters form a 28-mile human chain along Hong Kong's Avenue of Stars on Aug. 23.
The latest demonstration in the 11-week movement that stemmed from outrage over a proposed extradition bill was inspired by 1989 protests across Baltic states.
On Aug. 23, 1989, the so-called Baltic Way involved 2 million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians protesting Soviet domination of the region.
— Chris McGrath / Getty Images
Kevin Jonas, left, and brother Joe kiss their wives, Danielle Jonas and Sophie Turner, as Nick Jonas smiles after winning Best Pop Award at the MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 26.
— Lucas Jackson / Reuters
A tractor pulls a trailer converted into a swimming pool to fight the harsh Caribbean heat in Pinar del Río, Cuba, on Aug. 24.
— Ramon Espinosa / AP
Joseline, a 13-year-old migrant from Guatemala, and her father, Jose Luis, turn themselves in to Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas, on Aug. 23.
— Loren Elliott / Reuters
A tree trunk burns in the Amazon near Altamira, Brazil, on Aug. 27.
— Joao Laet / AFP - Getty Images
Shardae Edmondson, 11, is consoled by her mother, Sharonda Edmondson, and sister Zha'lea Thompson, 7, during a vigil for murdered children in St. Louis on Aug. 28.
Shardae and Zha'lea's 8-year-old sister Jurnee Thompson was killed by a stray bullet Friday night.
A string of unsolved child killings in St. Louis since April has prompted officials to offer a total of $100,000 in rewards leading to arrests in the cases.
— David Carson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump pose for photographs during a G7 Summit working session in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25.
— Andrew Harnik / AFP - Getty Images
Icebergs float along the eastern coast of Greenland near Kulusuk on Aug. 15.
— Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP - Getty Images
Performers practice before the start of the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Aug. 25.
— Peter Summers / Getty Images
As a senior gamer, Buchanan has plenty of company. She is one of a growing number of Americans over 50 who are playing video games as a way to remain socially connected and cognitively sharp in a world that continues to expand into the digital realm.
— Justin Merriman / for NBC News
A sheep leaps from a truck before the Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship in Midway, Utah, on Aug. 28.
Handlers and their dogs compete to herd sheep from a hilltop into a corral.
— Rick Bowmer / AP
A farmer carries a hose to his field near Beira, Mozambique, on Aug. 21.
The Catholic organization CARITAS is providing counseling to farmers who were affected by cyclones in the region.
— Marco Longari / AFP - Getty Images
Eight of the dead were said to be women and 15 were men, the attorney general’s office said. Thirteen people were also seriously injured and being treated at hospitals.
— Angel Hernandez / AFP - Getty Images
Baby elephants rub their trunks against a tree at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 28.
— Khalil Senosi / AP
Visitors walk in a sunflower field at Burnside Farms in Nokesville, Va., on Aug. 22.
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