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Photos of the Week: Hurricane Idalia, Trump and bog snorkeling

A truck driver uses a machete to clear I-10 of fallen trees and branches
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A truck driver uses a machete to clear I-10 of fallen trees and branches after Hurricane Idalia crossed the state on Aug. 30 near Madison, Fla. The storm made landfall at Keaton Beach, Fla., as Category 3 hurricane.
A competitor wearing a large frog and snorkeling gear takes part in the Rude Health World Bog Snorkeling Championships
Competitors take part in the Rude Health World Bog Snorkeling Championships on Aug. 27 at Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. Bog snorkeling is a sporting event in which competitors aim to complete two consecutive lengths of a 60-yard, water-filled trench cut through a peat bog in the shortest time possible, wearing a traditional snorkel, diving mask and flippers. Ben Birchall/PA via AP
A counter protester gets into a physical confrontation with an anti-migrant protesters
A counterprotester gets into a physical confrontation with an anti-migrant protester during an Aug. 27 rally and protest outside of Gracie Mansion in New York City. Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was joined by local officials and hundreds of protesters as he held another anti-migrant protest after staging several in Brooklyn and Queens against the migrant relief shelters in the boroughs. New York police made several arrests, including Sliwa and two supporters who were arrested for alleged civil disobedience. According to the latest data from the city, there are more than 59,000 migrants in city shelters, with hundreds more arriving every week. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Mary Moraa, of Kenya leaps in the air and celebrates as she wins the gold medal ahead of Keely Hodgkinson, of Great Britain
Mary Moraa, of Kenya, celebrates as she wins the gold medal ahead of Keely Hodgkinson, of Great Britain, and Athing Mu, of the United States, in the Aug. 27 final of the women’s 800 meters during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Associated Press/Petr David Josek
Footballers from Bourton Rovers fight for the ball during the annual traditional River Windrush football match
Footballers from Bourton Rovers fight for the ball Aug. 28 during the annual traditional River Windrush football match, which has been taking place for more than 100 years, in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, England. The event sees two teams of six from Bourton Rovers Football Club play a 30-minute football match in the usually calm river water. Goalposts are set up in the river, and players attempt to score as many goals as possible while getting spectators as wet as possible in the process. Associated Press/Frank Augstein
President Biden greets students at Eliot-Hine Middle School in Washington, D.C.
President Biden greets students at Eliot-Hine Middle School in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28. Biden visited the school, east of the Capitol, to mark the District of Columbia’s first day of school for the 2023-24 year. Associated Press/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, raises his fist and protests with demonstrators outside the House chamber during a special session of the state legislature
Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D), center, protests with demonstrators outside the House chamber during an Aug. 28 special session of the state legislature on public safety in Nashville. Associated Press/George Walker IV
Arthur Cazaux, of France, falls to the ground as he returns a shot to Andrey Rublev, of Russia
Arthur Cazaux, of France, returns a shot to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Aug. 29 in New York. Associated Press/Jason DeCrow
Flood waters pushed by Hurricane Idalia pour over the sea wall along Old Tampa Bay as paddle boarder Zeke Pierce, of Tampa, rides
Floodwaters pushed by Hurricane Idalia pour over the sea wall along Old Tampa Bay on Aug. 30 as paddle boarder Zeke Pierce rides in Tampa, Fla. Associated Press/Chris O’Meara
Protesters for and against former President Trump disrupt former Trump advisor Peter Navarro as he speaks to reporters. One of the protesters is holding an American flag, the other is holding a sign that reads "TRUMP LOST (And you know it!)"
Protesters for and against former President Trump disrupt former Trump adviser Peter Navarro as he speaks to reporters following an Aug. 30 pretrial conference at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., for his trial regarding two counts of contempt of Congress. Greg Nash
A woman hangs a portrait of a missing person on a line that displays photos and names of other missing people in Mexico
A woman hangs a portrait of a missing person on a makeshift line along Reforma Avenue during an Aug. 30 march in Mexico City demanding the government do more to locate their loved ones, marking International Day of the Disappeared. Mothers of some of 111,000 people who have disappeared in Mexico over decades of violence, most believed to have been abducted by drug cartels or kidnapped by gangs, gathered on the iconic boulevard. Associated Press/Eduardo Verdugo
An unmanned aerial craft passes in front of the supermoon, framed by the dark night sky.
An Akıncı unmanned aerial craft passes in front of the supermoon during an Aug. 30 demonstration flight on the first day of Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festivalin Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press/Emrah Gurel
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students, faculty and family hold candles during a vigil
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students, faculty and family hold a candlelight vigil Aug 30 in honor of professor Zijie Yan, who was shot and killed on campus two days prior. Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP
A traveler walks past members of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conducting an informational picket over contract negotiations. The protesters are holding signs that read "READY TO STRIKE"
A traveler walks past members of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association who conducted an Aug. 31 informational picket over contract negotiations, at Los Angeles International Airport. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks on the phone as he stands outside a storm-damaged restaurant. Stacks of chairs and kitchens supplies are seen behind him.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) talks on the phone with President Biden as he stands outside the storm-damaged restaurant Shrimp Boat during an Aug. 31 visit to Horseshoe Beach, Fla., one day after the passage of Hurricane Idalia. Associated Press/Rebecca Blackwell
People throw paper offerings into a fire in front of a giant paper statue of a Chinese deity
Ethnic Chinese people throw paper offerings in front of a giant paper statue of the Chinese deity “Da Shi Ye” or “Guardian God of Ghosts” during the Aug. 31 Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items, such as televisions, refrigerators and sports cars, are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. Associated Press/Vincent Thian
President Biden discusses the August jobs report in the Rose Garden of the White House
President Biden discusses the August jobs report on Sept. 1 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Some 187,000 jobs were added last month, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor. Greg Nash

Photos curated by: Greg Nash and Valerie Morris

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