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Photos of the Week: Maui fire, Iowa State Fair and a surfing dog

by The Hill staff 08/11/23 03:12 PM ET

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Aug. 8 in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Faith, who went on to win the large dog category, competes during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, Calif., on Aug. 5. The event helps local charities raise money by sponsoring a contestant or a team, with a portion of the proceeds going to dog, environmental, and surfing nonprofit organizations. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets guests at Ashley’s BBQ Bash, hosted by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) on Aug. 6 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Seven of the 14 GOP candidates seeking the party’s nomination for president were scheduled to speak at the event. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Palestinian citizens of Israel protest over the spiraling rate of violent crime in their communities, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Aug. 6. More than 130 people have been killed in violent crime inside Israel’s Arab communities this year, according to Israeli media, already surpassing the number of killings in all of 2022. Associated Press/Ariel Schalit

United States players react during the penalty shootout of their Women’s World Cup round of 16 soccer game against Sweden in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 6. Associated Press/Hamish Blair

Demonstrators run past tires set on fire during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 7. Associated Press/Odelyn Joseph

President Biden is presented with a jersey while hosting the Houston Astros to celebrate their 2022 World Series victory, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 7. Tierney L. Cross

Looking east from Route 97, a man stands in the field of downed power lines and poles on Route 140 in Westminster, Md., on Aug. 8, after powerful storms came through the area Monday evening. Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP

Fans of Sinéad O’Connor line the street as her funeral cortege passes through her former hometown of Bray, Ireland, on Aug. 8. O’Connor’s family invited the public to line the waterfront in Bray on Tuesday as her funeral procession passed by. Fans left handwritten notes outside her former home, thanking her for sharing her voice and her music. Liam McBurney/PA via AP

Los Angeles city workers rally in front of the Los Angeles City Hall Building during a one-day walk-off job strike to protest contract negotiations, Aug. 8 in downtown Los Angeles. More than 11,000 Los Angeles city workers took part in the one-day walkout, which was held amid an ongoing Hollywood strike of actors and writers, and a strike of hotel workers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, in what is being called a ‘hot labor summer.’ Apu Gomes/Getty Images

President Biden talks with Ed Keable, superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., on Aug. 8, as he views the canyon at Yaki Point. Associated Press/Alex Brandon

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, heavy machinery remove rocks fallen on a road in the aftermath of rainstorms in Shijiaying Township of Fangshan District on the outskirts of Beijing on Aug. 6. Multiple people, including rescuers, have been killed in recent flooding in China’s capital, and many others are missing, officials said Wednesday, as much of the country’s north remains threatened by unusually heavy rainfall. Ju Huanzong/Xinhua via AP

A demonstrator raises his arms as others throw missiles at police during a protest against the death of 11-year-old girl Morena Dominguez, who died from her injuries after criminals tried to rob her, outside a police station on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 9. Associated Press/Natacha Pisarenko

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuadorian flag during a campaign event at a school minutes before he was shot to death outside the same school in Quito, Ecuador, on Aug. 9. API via AP

Tourists are seen at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., following a rainstorm Aug. 9. Tierney L. Cross

Wildfire wreckage is shown Aug. 10 in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze, the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years. Associated Press/Rick Bowmer

Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence tells fairgoers why he should be the next president from the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 10 in Des Moines. Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former President Trump, are expected to visit the fair, a tradition in one of the first states to hold caucuses in 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Photos curated by: Greg Nash, Tierney L. Cross and Valerie Morris