Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of US President Donald Trump, leaves federal court in New York after pleading guilty to eight criminal counts on Tuesday, August 21. The charges against Cohen include tax fraud, false statements to a bank, and campaign-finance violations tied to his work for Trump, including payments Cohen made or helped orchestrate that were designed to silence women who claimed affairs with Trump.
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Pope Francis is greeted by a group of nuns at the Vatican on Wednesday, August 22. In an unusually blunt letter released by the Vatican earlier this week, the Pope acknowledged "with shame and repentance" the Catholic Church's failure to act over some clerics' sexual abuse of minors. His letter came in the wake of a Pennsylvania grand jury report that detailed decades of sexual abuses by priests and cover-ups by bishops.
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This photo, taken from the International Space Station, shows Hurricane Lane swirling in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, August 22. The powerful storm was moving perilously close to Hawaii.
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Lee Keum-seom, left, weeps with her son, Ri Sang Chol, at the Mount Kumgang resort in North Korea on Monday, August 20. They hadn't seen each other in 68 years. The two became separated during the Korean War and lived on opposite sides of the demilitarized zone that now splits the two Koreas. Lee, 92, lives in South Korea, and her 71-year-old son lives in North Korea. They were one of the 89 lucky families selected from more than 57,000 who had applied for reunions. The reunions were agreed under the Panmunjom Declaration, which was signed by the leaders of North and South Korea during their historic summit earlier this year.
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US President Donald Trump exits Air Force One in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday, August 21. He was holding a campaign rally there.
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Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man accused of pursuing and killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is escorted into a Montezuma, Iowa, courthouse for his initial court appearance on Wednesday, August 22. Rivera, a 24-year-old Mexican man who officials said came to the US illegally, largely remained silent in court, answering yes or no questions in Spanish through an interpreter. He was charged with first-degree murder.
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This close-up view of a long-horned beetle was taken in Chongqing, China, on Tuesday, August 21.
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At the United Nations headquarters in New York, a bouquet of flowers sits under the portrait of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday, August 18. Annan, the first black African to lead the UN, died earlier that day at the age of 80. He served as Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006, and his efforts to secure a more peaceful world brought him and the UN the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.
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Singer Jennifer Lopez performs at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday, August 20. She accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award with a rousing performance that took viewers through two decades of her songs. See photos from the red carpet
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Paramotorists perform over Shenyang, China, during the opening ceremony of the Faku Flight Conference on Saturday, August 18.
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Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers outside the al-Seddik mosque in Cairo on Tuesday, August 21. Eid al-Adha is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice. It is one of two Eid holidays observed by Muslims. The other is Eid al-Fitr, which follows the conclusion of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
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Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer listens as university president Michael Drake speaks at a news conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 22. Meyer was suspended for three games without pay following an investigation into what he did about spousal-abuse allegations that were leveled against a former assistant coach.
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Shepherds and customers haggle over sheep at a market in Srinagar, India, on Monday, August 20.
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Transgender people mourn the recent death of a transgender woman named Nazo as they protest in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, August 20. Local media reported that Nazo had been tortured and killed. According to the Associated Press, the protesters were chanting, "We want protection, we want respect and rights."
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People take part in Panjat Pinang, a pole-climbing contest, as part of Asian Games festivities in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, August 18. Each of the greasy poles had prizes at the top.
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An otter rests at Paradise Wildlife Park, a zoo in Broxbourne, England, on Wednesday, August 22.
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Women cry over a coffin before a state funeral service in Genoa, Italy, on Saturday, August 18. The funeral was for 18 of the people who died in the Morandi Bridge collapse last week. At least 43 people were killed.
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A person is airlifted to safety Saturday, August 18, after torrential rain flooded an area in Paravoor, India. At least 324 people have died in the Indian state of Kerala since the start of monsoon season in late May, officials said last week. The flooding is the worst Kerala has experienced in nearly a century.
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Argentine couple Carlos Estigarribia and Dana Zampieri compete at the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, August 21.
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A cowboy pushes a herd of cattle in Guadalupe, Mexico, on Saturday, August 18.
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Maryeli Verde holds her niece Yalin, who clutches her cat Will, after a powerful earthquake shook eastern Venezuela on Tuesday, August 21. They had evacuated their ninth-floor apartment along with Yalin's sick grandfather, Tonisio, who is lying behind them.
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Afghan men who were injured in a recent attack in Kabul and the Ghazni Province receive treatment at a Kabul hospital on Saturday, August 18. The Taliban, along with other militant groups such as ISIS, routinely attack military and civilian targets in the country.
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Sarah Denbigh wears an owl costume Monday, August 20, during a parade to mark the opening of the International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Congress is a global gathering of highly respected bird scientists held every four years.
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Women use an umbrella during heavy rainfall in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, August 18.
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To protest the sexual-abuse scandal that continues to rock the Catholic Church, people light candles in front of the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, on Monday, August 20. See last week in 25 photos
