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The Week in Pictures: August 22, 2015

From refugees overwhelming Greece and Macedonia to an underwater Putin, the most compelling images from the past seven days.

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By William BootAug 22, 2015

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo1_wsset3 — Kos, Greece
August 15, 2015

An Iranian migrant cries next to his son and wife moments after a small group of exhausted refugees arrive by paddling a dinghy from the Turkish coast (seen in the background). The United Nations refugee agency called on Greece to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year by sea.

Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo2_xv6fmm — Tianjin, China
August 16, 2015

An aerial picture of the site of explosions at the Binhai district. The Aug. 12 explosions in the world's 10th-busiest port forced the evacuation of thousands of people after toxic chemicals were detected in the air. More than 700 people were injured and another 70, mostly firefighters, are still missing.

Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo3_sobgtq — Lesbos, Greece
August 21, 2015

A Syrian boy is wrapped with a thermal blanket following a rescue operation.
Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo4_yd9e0z — Jakarta, Indonesia
August 20, 2015

A municipal police officer throws a stone back at protesting residents of Kampung Pulo. Residents facing eviction from a flood-prone part of the capital clashed with police, prompting security forces to fire tear gas and water cannons.
Muhammad Adimaja/Antara Photo Agency, via Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo5_fhkomg — Damascus, Syria
August 16, 2015

A Syrian boy waits to receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital, following airstrikes by government forces on a marketplace. At least 70 people were killed and 200 people were injured, with the death toll—most of them civilians—likely to rise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Abd Doumany/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo6_ek600d — Derry, New Hampshire
August 19 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town-hall meeting.
Brian Snyder/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo8_fmb9aq — Gevgelija, Macedonia
August 20, 2015

Four-year-old Rashida from Kobani, Syria, sleeps as she waits with a larger group of refugees at the border with Greece. Thousands of migrants kept up the wait in hope of traveling on to Western Europe. After days of crowds overwhelming a small train station, Macedonian authorities established special trains for migrants to the northern border with Serbia.
Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo9_sme7yw — Sevastopol, Crimea
August 18, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front) is seen inside a research bathyscaphe while submerging into the waters of the Black Sea as he takes part in an expedition.
Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, via Reuteres

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo10_i5l7sp — Gevgelija, Macedonia
August 15, 2015

A policeman tries to stop a migrant from boarding a train through a train station window, close to the border with Greece.
Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo11_wmhtcn — Kanal, Slovenia
August 16, 2015

Italy's Pino Auber, 77, jumps from a 17-meter-high bridge over the Soca River during a bridge-diving competition.

Jure Makovec/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo12_o8dymk — Provo, Utah
August 17, 2015

Smoke from the Northern California wildfires and other major blazes across the Western U.S. fill the horizon as the sun sets over Utah Lake. The U.S. Army has been asked to send 200 troops to assist the more than 29,000 civilian firefighters deployed throughout the West. This is the first time the Army has been called to provide troops to fight fires since 2006.
George Frey/Reuters

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo13_e3tktw — Netanya, Israel
August 19, 2015

A Southern darter dragonfly (Sympetrum meridionale) in the Mediterranean coastal city.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/08/22/the-week-in-pictures-august-22-2015/150821-week-photo14_rfiys7 — Sydney
August 18, 2015

Surfer Arlen Macpherson sits on his board, which has an electronic shark repellent device installed, at Bondi Beach. A spate of shark attacks in Australia has left some of world's top surfing beaches deserted and many people having second thoughts about taking a swim as the summer approaches. Macpherson paid the equivalent of about $285for a device embedded in his surf board to repel sharks by emitting an electronic force field that overpowers its sensing organs.
David Gray / Reuters

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