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Relatives of Nakul Sharma mourn during his cremation rituals in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 1. He was 36 years old. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

A man tosses a rope off the roof of his house as the Plaskett Fire approaches in Big Sur, California, on Friday, August 28. The wildfire had grown to nearly 30,000 acres on Thursday. Ethan Swope/AP

Children play with soap bubbles during the back-to-school celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 1. Francisco Seco/AP

Lindsay Clancy looks to lawyer Kevin Reddington during her trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, September 1. Clancy is accused of murder after strangling her three young children in 2023. The defense said she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. After a seventh day of deliberations on Friday, the jury indicated they were deadlocked and could not come to a unanimous verdict. The judge declared a mistrial. Greg Derr/Reuters

A member of Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, performs during an air show in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, August 29. Vadim Ghirda/AP

Rapper Doechii performs with dancers during the Daisy Chain Fields music festival in Irvine, California, on Saturday, August 29. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

People inspect damage at a building in Kuhestak, Iran, on Wednesday, September 2. The United States launched more than six hours of overnight strikes against Iran in what was the largest escalation of the conflict in more than a month. US Central Command said it was targeting military installations, but Iran claims a wedding party was also struck, killing at least four people. Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi said Wednesday that 18 people were killed and 108 others were wounded in US attacks across multiple provinces, according to state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency/AP

US President Donald Trump arrives at an event in Houston to present the Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday, August 28. The astronauts traveled to the vicinity of the moon earlier this year, more than a half a century after the final Apollo lunar mission. Kylie Cooper/Reuters

American service members from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrive at the Hard Rock Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday, September 2. The visit was expected to last several days to give crew members their first full regular port call in more than eight months. The aircraft carrier had been serving in Middle East, and it set a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to US Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The extended deployment has led to morale problems amid supply shortages, and at least one possible suicide attempt among its crew of 5,000, CNN has reported. Andre Malerba/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The moon rises during a high school football game in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on Thursday, August 27. See more photos of August’s full moon and partial lunar eclipse. Austin Steele/CNN

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The Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and thick smoke as farmers work in Karo, Indonesia, on Wednesday, September 2. Yt Haryono/AFP/Getty Images

Himeno Sakatsume returns a shot during her US Open match against Anhelina Kalinina on Monday, August 31. Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images

The coffin of Norway’s King Harald V is carried at the Royal Palace in Oslo on Monday, August 31. Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch, died August 28 at the age 89. Javad Parsa/NTB/Reuters

Scientists test newly developed spacesuits on a simulated lunar surface at the German Aerospace Center near Cologne, Germany, on Thursday, September 3. Martin Meissner/AP

A boy sits on an inactive oil pumpjack in Cabimas, Venezuela, on Monday, August 31. The United States has reached an oil agreement with Venezuela that US President Donald Trump said will “more than double” American oil reserves, increase oil supply and lower gas prices. Ariana Cubillos/AP

This aerial photo, taken Monday, August 31, shows flash flooding damage in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park. Hikers and campers near Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch lodging area started running for their lives Saturday as torrential rainfall funneled down the canyon and idyllic creeks morphed into violent torrents. At least two people were killed and one person remains unaccounted for. John Locher/AP

People take photos before a Dolly Parton tribute drag show at the Atlanta bar Mary’s on Thursday, August 27. Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s most philanthropic, unifying and beloved stars, died last week at the age of 80. Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times/Redux

Runner Ben Dhiman competes in the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, a 174-kilometer (108-mile) trail race crossing France, Italy and Switzerland, on Friday, August 28. He won the event in record time, finishing in 18 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds. Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

A boy reacts as smoke rises from wildfires in Ogan Ilir, Indonesia, on Wednesday, September 2. Abriansyah Liberto/Reuters

Fenway Park hosts a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event in Boston on Saturday, August 29. Meleck Eldahshoury/Boston Globe/Getty Images

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Friends and family members of rap legend Tupac Shakur — including his sister Sekyiwa Shakur, second left — line up to hug Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal, right, after a jury in Las Vegas convicted Duane Davis of Tupac’s murder on Monday, August 31. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center right, greets Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles on his arrival at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, September 2. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Cassandra Vidal, left, plays in Lake Mead with her daughter Esmeralda on Tuesday, September 1. Persistent drought has driven Lake Mead’s water levels to a new historic low, drawing back hundreds of miles of shoreline along the Nevada-Arizona border. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A man closes a coffin during a mass funeral in Kenscoff, Haiti, on Sunday, August 30. Gangs killed at least 47 people during an attack on Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills above Haiti’s capital. Clarens Siffroy/AFP/Getty Images

Visitors walk through “Resonating Microcosms - Solidified Light,” a teamLab art installation at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, August 29. It is part of the “Second Nature by Superblue” exhibition. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

A marshal helps to recover a stranded vehicle during Vandemonium, an afternoon of banger auto racing in King’s Lynn, England, on Monday, August 31. In banger auto racing, hitting other cars is permitted. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Actor George Clooney uses a photographer's camera after receiving the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Wednesday, September 2. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story hits a walk-off single to defeat the Seattle Mariners during a Major League Baseball game on Monday, August 31. Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images

People in Putrajaya, Malaysia, wave flags during a parade celebrating the country’s Independence Day on Monday, August 31. Syaiful Redzuan/Anadolu/Getty Images

A person throws paper offerings into a fire during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia, on Saturday, August 29. Vincent Thian/AP

People in New York’s Times Square gather behind police tape on Monday, August 31. A woman carrying two knives stabbed two people in Times Square, killing one, before police shot and killed her after a tense four-minute standoff, officials said. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

A young couple embraces each other as they sit by the Dnipro River during an air-raid alert in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 1. Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images

Carolina De La Luz and Andie Tarabzooni attend the Daisy Chain Fields music festival in Irvine, California, on Saturday, August 29. The inaugural event, headlined by Olivia Rodrigo, supported women’s rights, with all proceeds donated to organizations serving women and girls. See last week in 30 photos. Grace Widyatmadja/CNN