Photos of the week - August 20, 2026 | Reuters

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[1/17]Participants take part in a civil defence drill on the sidelines of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield, in Busan, South Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS
SEOUL, South Korea

[2/17]A log boom on the Fraser River, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced a three-day pause on a new round of 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA

[3/17]A swimming coach jumps into the water during a swimming training session for Palestinian children, including amputees, some of whom lost their limbs during the war, and orphans, as part of the "Waves of Hope" project at a swimming pool in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Khan Younis, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

[4/17]A woman carries her child as she walks under falling snow during a spell of low temperatures and precipitation affecting several regions of the country, in El Alto, Bolivia. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
EL ALTO, BOLIVIA

[5/17]Naz Shar and environment agency staff show Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham an illegal rubbish dump near the Bradford City football ground after he announced a new crackdown on illegal waste dumping and action to clear up communities, in Bradford, Britain. Scott Heppell/Pool
Bradford, UNITED KINGDOM

[6/17]Firefighters battle a wildfire in Deliblatska Pescara, Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
DELIBLATSKA PESCARA, SERBIA

[7/17]A drone view shows followers of the Universal White Brotherhood, an esoteric society that combines Christianity and Indian mysticism set up by Bulgarian Peter Deunov, performing a dance-like ritual called "paneurhythmy" on Rila Mountain, Bulgaria. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva
RILA MOUNTAIN, BULGARIA

[8/17]Boys react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a cafe, in Gaza City. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Gaza City, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

[9/17]A person is being massaged by a robotic arm at Deyee Robot booth at the 2026 World Robot Conference, in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
BEIJING, CHINA

[10/17]A satellite image shows craters on the runways of Abu al-Duhur airbase near Syria's Aleppo after an Israeli attack. Pleiades Neo © Airbus DS 2026
ABU AL-DUHUR, SYRIA

[11/17]A woman reacts near the body of a resident killed at a site of an apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
KYIV, Ukraine

[12/17]A woman cools herself off with a portable mini fan as people gather on the day Pope Leo holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Vatican, VATICAN CITY

[13/17]Migrants are escorted from a makeshift beach camp to official shelters across the city after authorities cleared the site, following a mass crossing from Morocco, in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
CEUTA, SPAIN

[14/17]The city of Duesseldorf during prolonged dry weather across Europe that has left the Rhine River at near-record low levels, disrupting German industries, near Monheim, Germany. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
Monheim, Germany

[15/17]Silvester Mandor, 62, smokes cigarettes in Wae Rebo, as the village is temporarily closed for visitors following an earthquake, Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
WAE REBO, INDONESIA

[16/17]Alejandra Hidalgo, member of an animal protection group, with her greyhound named "Gala", being pet by deputie Ignacio Achurra, as demonstrators take part in a rally to demand that Chile's Chamber of Deputies ban greyhound racing, during a legislative session at the Congress in Valparaiso, Chile. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
VALPARAISO, CHILE

[17/17]A hyperrealistic silicon face for robots is displayed at the Magic Cube Robot booth at the 2026 World Robot Conference, in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
BEIJING, CHINA