Photos of the Week: 9/16–9/22
Record-setting hurricanes, massive protests, a devastating earthquake, and an epic refugee crisis.
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Hector Retamal / AFP / Getty Photos of Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
On Wednesday, Hurricane Maria crashed across the entire U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, making landfall with winds approaching 150 mph (240 kph).
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Cathal McNaughton / Reuters Southeast Asia's Rohingya Refugee Crisis Reaches a Terrible Peak
The United Nations Refugee Agency now reports that more than 420,000 people have fled the violence in Burma since August 24.
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Omar Torres / AFP / Getty Photos of the Earthquake in Mexico City
On September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Mexico City, rattling skyscrapers and sending millions into the streets.
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Stewart Tomlinson / U.S. Geological Survey A Photo Trip Through Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone, now 145 years old, was the first national park established in the world.
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Scott Olson / Getty A Weekend of Protest in St. Louis
On Friday, a judge in St. Louis found Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis police officer, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man named Anthony Lamar Smith.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters Photos of the Week: 9/9–9/15
Hurricanes Jose and Irma, an earthquake in Mexico, Cassini’s grand finale above Saturn, and much more
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Mats Andersson / Wildlife Photographer of the Year Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017
Finalists from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum in London
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Caribbean Buzz Helicopters via AP The Wreckage Left in Irma's Path Across the Caribbean and Southeastern United States
Days after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and several U.S. states, government officials and residents are beginning to assess the widespread damage, pick up the pieces, and figure out their next steps.
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Gerald Herbert / AP Photos of the Damage Left by Hurricane Irma in Florida
As Hurricane Irma, now a tropical storm, moves out of Florida, images of the destruction left behind are beginning to appear.
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Yamil Lage / AFP / Getty Hurricane Irma Crashes Across Northern Cuba
On September 8, Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cuba as a destructive Category 5 storm, slowly spinning along its northern coast for hours.
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Kristi McCluer / Reuters Photos of the Week: 9/2–9/8
Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, an earthquake in Mexico, wildfires across the western U.S., a frightening "Super Monster Wolf" in Japan, and much more.
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Lionel Chamoiseau / AFP / Getty Photos of the Devastation Across Saint Martin Left by Hurricane Irma
While Hurricane Irma appears set on a possible path toward southern Florida, the Category 5 storm has already left a trail of destruction across parts of the Caribbean.
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Matjaz Krivic / Getty Beauty and Color: Scenes From Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home to more than 100 million people and is composed of wildly varying landscapes and an incredible diversity of ethnic and religious groups.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Reuters The Best of Cassini—13 Years in Orbit Around Saturn
On September 15, 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will take its final measurements and images as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere at 77,000 miles per hour, burning up high above the cloud tops.
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