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Pro independence supporters wave “estelada” or pro independence flags during a rally in support for the secession of the Catalonia region from Spain, in Bilbao, northern Spain.
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People evacuated from office buildings gather in Reforma Avenue after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico City on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage.
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A volunteer works to put out a forest fire in an area of Brasilia’s National Forest, in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Hurricane Irma was battering Florida with continued hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm surges, killing at least five and leaving nearly 6 million without power.
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Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of their people in Myanmar.
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Wildfire as seen from near Stevenson Washington across the Columbia River.
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One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, the rare Category 5 Hurricane Irma cut a swath of deadly destruction as it roared through the Caribbean, claiming at least nine lives and turning the tropical islands of St. Martin, Antigua and Barbuda, and Puerto Rico into mountains of rubble.
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A masked witness points to the police officers suspected of killing 17-year-old Kian delos Santos as she testifies during a senate hearing in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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A volunteer works to put out a forest fire in the northern area of Brasilia’s National Park, in Brasilia, Brazil.
Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

The fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in more than a decade caused widespread damage and dumped torrents of rain along hundreds of miles of the Texas coastline.
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People play with strong wind caused by Typhoon Hato on the waterfront of Victoria Habour in Hong Kong.
Vincent Yu/AP

A jet plane flies by the total solar eclipse in Guernsey, Wyoming.
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A woman holds a sign that reads “I sing today for those voices that you have dared to shut up. We are not afraid” while observing a minute of silence at Placa de Catalunya, a day after a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona.
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A woman gestures as she is escorted out by Spanish policemen outside a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd in Barcelona.
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A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire burning near the village of Kalamos, north of Athens, Greece.
Costas Baltas/Reuters

A demonstrator looks on while clashing with riot security forces during a rally against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela.
Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters

Protesters block both directions of the Interstate 580 freeway during a rally against racism in response to violent clashes in Charlottesville in Oakland, California, USA.
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Violent clashes erupt at ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. One person was killed after white nationalists clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car plowed into a crowd.
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A firefighter tries in vain to save a tree in Abrantes. More than 80 wildfires are blazing in Portugal.
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Chinese paramilitary police carry a survivor after an 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China.
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