August 18, 2021

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center left, senior Haqqani group leader Anas Haqqani, center right, Abdullah Abdullah, second right, head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Council and former government negotiator with the Taliban, and others in the Taliban delegation, meet in Kabul. (Image released by Taliban)

A woman holds a picture during a protest to raise awareness about the situation in Afghanistan, outside European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

In this image provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry, people board a Spanish air force A400 plane as part of an evacuation plan at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

Seen in a long exposure photograph, the Dixie Fire burns near Milford in Lassen County, California, Aug. 17, 2021.

Television crew equipment is set up across the street as reporters and people line up outside Brooklyn Federal court for opening statements in R&B star R. Kelly's long-awaited federal trial in New York, which comes following years of accusations that he sexually abused women and girls.

Burned out cars sit outside a house, destroyed by forest fires near Grimaud, in the department of Var, southern France.

A student wearing a protective mask attends class on the first day of school, during the COVID-19 pandemic, at St. Lawrence Catholic School in North Miami Beach, Florida.

British-Belgian pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, is seen before taking off for a round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, in an effort to become the youngest woman to fly alone around the world, in Wevelgem, Belgium.

A protester carries a cat during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's actions during the COVID-19 crisis, in Bangkok.

This handout image released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media, shows Pope Francis playing table football against Natale Tonini of the Tuscany table football amateur association at The Vatican. 

Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslims take part in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.