U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with residents as he tours a flood-affected area in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 23. The Red Cross said the catastrophic flooding is the worst to hit the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in New York on Thursday, August 25. To his right is former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.
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Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, greets law enforcement officers at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada on Thursday, August 25.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, meets with Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, and Governor of Sokoto Aminu Tambuwal in Sokoto, Nigeria, on Tuesday, August 23.
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Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, speaks to the media after a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday, August 24.
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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence visits a destroyed Starbucks in Kokomo, Indiana, on Thursday, August 25. The Starbucks was hit by a tornado that passed through the area the day before.
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Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, attends a news conference in Washington on Tuesday, August 23.
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, visits a destroyed part of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, August 24. Biden's trip comes two months after a failed Turkish military coup.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, left, tours the Primus Aerospace factory with President and Chief Executive Randy Brodsky in Lakewood, Colorado, on Tuesday, August 23.
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Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson, left, shakes hands with a supporter as he arrives for a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on Thursday, August 25.
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US Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, right, leads a group of motorcyclists during the second annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, August 27. Ernst, who in 2014 won the Senate seat vacated by Democrat Tom Harkin when he retired, has turned her Roast and Ride into the conservative answer to the Harkin's legendary Steak Fry fundraiser, which auditioned dozens of presidential candidates over its 37-year history.
People listen to the United States national anthem during a naturalization ceremony at the National Mall in Washington on Thursday, August 25.
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President Barack Obama watches a virtual reality film, captured during his trip to Yosemite National Park earlier this summer, at the White House on Wednesday, August 24. The National Park Service celebrated its 100th birthday on Thursday, August 25. See national park visitors since 1980
