Week in pictures: 28 August - 3 September 2021 - BBC News

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Major General Chris Donahue boards the final US military flight out of Afghanistan on 30 August 2021
US CENTRAL COMMAND / GETTY IMAGES

Maj Gen Chris Donahue, the last US service member to leave Afghanistan, boards the final US military flight out of the country, ending America's 20-year presence there.

Taliban fighters sit in the cockpit of an Afghan Air Force aircraft at Kabul airport on 31 August 2021
WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

Taliban fighters sit in the cockpit of an Afghan Air Force aircraft at Kabul airport following the US withdrawal of troops.

Workers move the skull of a triceratops into a gallery in Paris, France
CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP

The skull of a 66 million-year-old triceratops, nicknamed Big John, is moved into a gallery where the full skeleton is set to be displayed ahead of its auction sale at Drouot auction house in Paris. A laceration on its collar indicates a duel with a smaller triceratops.

An activist wearing a wedding dress stands in a police vehicle during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London on 31 August 2021
TOM NICHOLSON / REUTERS

An activist wearing a wedding dress stands in a police van during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London. Roads near Oxford Circus were blocked as activists glued themselves to a giant table during climate-change protests that lasted several days.

A motorist drives a car through a flooded expressway in Brooklyn, New York, on 2 September
ED JONES / AFP

Parts of New York were badly hit by record-breaking rainfall as eastern parts of the US suffered flash flooding and tornadoes when Storm Ida struck, killing at least 41 people.

Hurricane Ida is seen in an image taken on board the International Space Station on 29 August 2021
ESA/NASA

This is what Hurricane Ida looks like from space. The photo, from the International Space Station, was taken by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet on 29 August.

Flames surround a chair lift at Sierra-at-Tahoe resort, a skiing area, during the Caldor fire in Twin Bridges, California, US on 29 August 2021
JOSH EDELSON / AFP

Flames surround a chairlift at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort in Twin Bridges, California. The Caldor wildfire has already burned more than 191,000 acres of land, and more than 3,500 firefighters have been deployed to combat the blaze.

Matt Stutzman, of the US, competes in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

Matt Stutzman, of the US, known as the Armless Archer, competes against Slovakia's Marcel Pavlik in the men's archery individual compound open event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

A man piles salvaged e-bikes and scooters on the back of a three-wheeler vehicle in Beijing, China, on 31 August 2021
KEVIN FRAYER / GETTY IMAGES

image captionA man piles salvaged e-bikes and scooters on to the back of his three-wheeler vehicle before taking them to be recycled in Beijing.

A village weaver bird pulls a strip of leaf from a banana tree to build a nest in Thies, Senegal, on 28 August 2021
ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERS

A village weaver, also known as a black-headed weaver, pulls a strip of leaf from a banana tree to build a nest in Thies, Senegal.