Newly-graduated Afghan National Army (ANA) officers pray during a graduation ceremony at the Afghan National Army training center in Kabul, Aug. 24. Foreign Policy looked at Afghanistan's troubled economy in an Aug. 28 article on FP's South Asia Channel.
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A Malaysia Airlines plane prepares to land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, outside of Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 27.
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Demonstrators gather in support of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 24.
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Performers wait to join a procession during the Notting Hill Carnival, the largest street festival in Europe, in London, Aug. 24.
A Palestinian man blows fire as Gazans celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Aug. 26. FP's David Rothkopf sat down with former U.S. Special Envoy Martin Indyk for an exclusive conversation on the recent conflict and its implications for the broader peace process.
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Palestinian men walk among destroyed buildings in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood, one of the hardest hit by fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, Aug. 27.
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Shipping vessels in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, Aug. 23.
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Young Acehnese jockeys compete during the Takengon horse races in Takengon District, Central Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aug. 24.
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Pakistani supporters of Canada-based preacher Tahir-ul-Qadri wear burial shrouds as they shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Islamabad, Aug. 27. FP contributor Mosharraf Zaidi unpacked the ongoing protests in Pakistan -- and their implications for the the country's stability -- in an Aug. 28 dispatch from the Pakistani capital.
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A worker makes a phone call outside a restaurant in Beijing, Aug. 26.
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Kashmiri pilgrims depart for Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Aug. 27. Some 26,300 Hajj travel applications were received for this year's pilgrimage season, and 7,007 pilgrims were selected for the journey.
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A riot policeman is set on fire by a molotov cocktail thrown by a small group of anti-government protesters during clashes in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Aug. 25.
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Palestinians collect items from the rubble of a 12-story apartment building that collapsed after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Aug. 24. Elias Groll looked at the destruction of high-rise buildings in Gaza in an Aug. 26 post for Foreign Policy's Passport blog.
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A couple enjoys a drink in the surf at Coney Island, New York, Aug. 26.
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Images from Remembering Jim, a website dedicated to the memory of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by the Islamic State.
via Kate Brooks, Flo Smith, Jacob Balzani Lööv/Remembering Jim
Residents gather on a river bank to observe the search for the lost Great Bell of Dhammazedi, in Yangon, Burma, Aug. 27. A team of Myanmar divers claims to have discovered the bell, which disappeared in the 17th century.
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A Yemeni man jumps over camels during the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa, Aug. 24. Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images
Inmates standing on the roof of a penitentiary hold a hostage in Cascavel, Brazil, on Aug. 25. Rioting inmates killed four fellow prisoners and took two guards hostage, officials said.
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