The Week in Pictures: Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 2020 - NBC News

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Minnesota

A family holds candles during a vigil for Jacob Blake in Minneapolis on Aug. 30, 2020.

Blake was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23.  

— Brandon Bell / Getty Images

Wisconsin

A demonstrator cries during a protest against President Donald Trump's visit to Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 1.

Trump on Tuesday toured the site of a building that burned during the protests in Kenosha and met with local law enforcement officials.

— Kerem Yucel / AFP - Getty Images

Iraq

Mourners gather during a procession to mourn the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hossein during the Muslim month of Muharram in Karbala on Sept. 2.

— Mohammed Sawaf / AFP - Getty Images

Lebanon

Jets of the Patrouille de France fly over the damaged grain silos at the port of Beirut on Sept.1.

The former French mandate marked its centenary on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron visiting Lebanon to mark the occasion.

See more photos: Massive explosions rock Beirut

— AFP - Getty Images

Colombia

A worker disinfects the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira, north of Bogota, on Aug. 30.

The Salt Cathedral, an underground church built into a salt mine, is one of Colombia's main tourist attractions.

— Juan Barretto / AFP - Getty Images

Maryland

President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews from New Hampshire where he held a rally on Aug. 28.

— Carlos Barria / Reuters

Thailand

A group of young men eat dinner on the empty Pattaya beach in Thailand on Sept. 1.

— Mladen Antonov / AFP - Getty Images

Mediterranean Sea

A man wrapped in a thermal blanket rests on board the Louise Michel vessel after being rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat sailing adrift, 70 miles southwest Malta, in the central Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 29.

— Santi Palacios / AP

Belarus

Two women kiss under the former red and white Belarusian flag that the opposition uses as an emblem in Minsk on Aug. 30.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital for the fourth week of daily protests demanding that the country's authoritarian president resign.

— AP

Spain

Maria de Concepcion Illa, 89, blows a kiss from her nursing home window to her neighbor's dog in Barcelona on Aug. 27.

Officials are beginning to see a rise in coronavirus cases in Spain and France as the summer months wind down and Europe continues to resume daily life.

— Nacho Doce / Reuters

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Gaza Strip

Clowns entertain children during a lockdown following a surge in coronavirus cases, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 2.

— Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

Indonesia

A man, caught not wearing a face mask in public during the pandemic, lies in a mock coffin while members of the public and the media take pictures as part of his punishment by local authorities in Jakarta, on Sept. 3.

— Fahmi Dolli / AFP - Getty Images

Israel

President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, accompanied by the head of Israel's National Security Council Meir Ben-Shabbat, left, and U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien board an El Al flight at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Aug. 31.

The U.S. and Israeli delegations flew to Abu Dhabi on the first commercial flight between Israel and the UAE for meetings with their Emirati counterparts after Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalize relations Aug. 13 in a U.S.-brokered deal.

— Nir Elias / AFP - Getty Images

Peru

Marble urns containing the remains of people suspected of dying of COVID-19, sit in a van, to be delivered to relatives in Lima on June 1.

In March, Peru ordered the cremation of all coronavirus victims, one of the strictest rules in the region to help prevent the spread of the virus. At the end of April, the rule was softened, allowing funerals with no more than five mourners.

— Rodrigo Abd / AP

Ecuador

Julio Mora Tapia, 110, kisses his wife Waldramina Quinteros, 104, at their home in Quito on Aug. 28.

The retired teachers, married for 79 years, hold the Guinness World Records' title of the oldest married couple, measured by the highest combined age.

— Dolores Ochoa / AP

Turkey

Fishermen sell their catch during an auction in Istanbul on Sept. 1.

Tuesday marked the official opening of the fishing season across Turkey. Masks, social distancing and continuous hand hygiene are mandatory in the market to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

— Yasin Gul / AFP - Getty Images

Arizona

Illusionist David Blaine hangs from a cluster of jumbo-sized balloons while performing his latest stunt, "Ascension," in Page, Ariz., on Sept. 2.

Blaine ascended nearly 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) into the Arizona sky while hanging from a cluster of jumbo-sized balloons before parachuting safely back to earth.

— David Becker / Getty Images for YouTube Originals

New York City

A child plays by the fountain during the public reopening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Aug. 29.

After more than five months in hibernation, the  city's museums are starting to reopen.

— Nina Westervelt / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Louisiana

A house lies submerged in a lake in Carlyss, La., on Aug. 28.

Packing wind speeds of 150 mph and bringing a life-threatening storm surge, Laura became one of the strongest hurricanes in U.S. history to make landfall as it struck Louisiana near the Texas border.

See more photos: Hurricane Laura tears through Louisiana

— Eric Thayer / Getty Images

Texas

A damaged Waffle House sign stands in Orange, Texas on Aug. 29 following Hurricane Laura.

— Tom Brenner / Reuters

New York City

Anissa Barbato looks out over New York City from the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, as it reopened to the public on Sept. 2.

Rising 1,131 feet in the air from the heart of Hudson Yard, the deck offers 360-degree views of the city's skyline from the 100th floor.

— Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images