August 21, 2015
A migrant man reacts as he is caught between Macedonian riot police officers and migrants during a clash near the border train station of Idomeni, northern Greece. Macedonia declared a state of emergency on its borders Thursday to deal with a massive influx of migrants heading north to Europe.
A burned area on the so-called "Rough Fire" in the Sequoia National Forest, California. About 2,500 people were forced to flee Christian camps east of Fresno at Hume Lake as the fire crossed Highway 180.
U.S. Army First Lt. Shaye Haver, center, and Capt. Kristen Griest, right, pose for photos with other female West Point alumni after an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony at Fort Benning, Georgia. Haver and Griest became the first female graduates of the Army's rigorous Ranger School, putting a spotlight on the debate over women in combat.
Doves are released for peace at the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection, the scene of Monday's bombing, in Bangkok, Thailand. Somber horns sounded Friday at the site of the deadly blast as officials joined a multi-religious ceremony for victims of the attack.
South Korean soldiers walk by barricades on the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong joint industrial complex at a military checkpoint in the border city of Paju. Military tensions between the North and South soared following a rare exchange of artillery shells across their heavily fortified border on Thursday.
A man cries in the ruins of his house razed by a fire, in Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines. More than 1,000 residents were rendered homeless after a fire razed the residential neighborhood of San Martin de Porres.
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers of the anti-chemical warfare corps are seen in protection suits at the site of last week's blasts in Binhai new district of Tianjin, China. Four new fires have broken out at the site where two huge blasts last week killed 116 people.
A supporter stands as Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech on voter education at the Thanlyin township, outside Yangon.
Giant panda cubs are seen inside baskets during their debut appearance to visitors at a breeding center in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China. A total of 10 cubs that were born in the center this year, aging from one week to two months, met visitors for the first time.
The view from Tambillo, Ecuador, of the Cotopaxi volcano spewing ash. Nearly 325,000 people could be affected by an eruption the volcano looming beyond the country's capital Quito. The biggest risk is from an eruption melting the 5,900-meter (19,000-foot) mountain's snowcap and triggering massive melt-water floods and lahar mudflows that could sweep through nearby towns.
A wounded Ukrainian serviceman plays with a dog at a compound of the main military hospital in Kyiv. A charity project initiated by the Canadian organizations, MSAR Service Dogs and Courageous Companions, provides training of service dogs for psychological rehabilitation of servicemen and veterans of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine.
A visitor poses for a picture at a flower exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Yasutaro Koide, 112, receives the Guinness World Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man at a nursing home in Nagoya, central Japan.
People interact with "Pixel Wave 2015" a projection art installation by France's Miguel Chevalier and local designers Carolyn Kan and Depression that features geometric patterns that react to movements and interactions of people, during the Singapore Night Festival at the Singapore Design Center.