Photos of the week: Aug. 13-19

A French flag flies at half-staff for the victims of the Spain attacks, on the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe's latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
A French flag flies at half-staff for the victims of the Spain attacks, on the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe’s latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
A pilot controls his non-motorized aircraft during the 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Championship, in Parana Valley, north of Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017.  More than 140 pilots from 29 countries will be competing in the skies of Brazil with flights between Formosa, Goias and the Federal District. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A pilot controls his non-motorized aircraft during the 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Championship, in Parana Valley, north of Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. More than 140 pilots from 29 countries will be competing in the skies of Brazil with flights between Formosa, Goias and the Federal District. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Md., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, following a national security meeting at Camp David. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Md., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, following a national security meeting at Camp David. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A man is detained by national police outside the Argentina consulate during a protest demanding information on the whereabouts of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Maldonado’s family says he went missing Aug. 1, when he was taking part in a protest supporting the land claims by the indigenous Mapuche community. They say border police detained him when he was blocking a road with other protesters in Chubut province, about 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) southeast of Argentina’s capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A man is detained by national police outside the Argentina consulate during a protest demanding information on the whereabouts of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Maldonado’s family says he went missing Aug. 1, when he was taking part in a protest supporting the land claims by the indigenous Mapuche community. They say border police detained him when he was blocking a road with other protesters in Chubut province, about 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) southeast of Argentina’s capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A man holding a garden hose shouts to someone as flames from a wildfire reach the backyard of a house in the town of Macao, central Portugal, Thursday, Aug. 17 2017. Portugal's government is taking the rare step of decreeing a state of public calamity ahead of a forecast rise in temperatures that authorities fear will worsen a spate of wildfires. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
A man holding a garden hose shouts to someone as flames from a wildfire reach the backyard of a house in the town of Macao, central Portugal, Thursday, Aug. 17 2017. Portugal’s government is taking the rare step of decreeing a state of public calamity ahead of a forecast rise in temperatures that authorities fear will worsen a spate of wildfires. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts is doused after his walk-off two-run double during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Boston, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The Red Sox won 5-4. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts is doused after his walk-off two-run double during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Boston, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The Red Sox won 5-4. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Susan Bro, mother to Heather Heyer, speaks during a memorial for her daughter, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Va. Heyer was killed Saturday, when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP, Pool)
A bystander takes a picture of the monument dedicated to the Confederate Women of Maryland after it was taken down early Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Baltimore. Local news outlets reported that workers hauled several monuments away, days after a white nationalist rally in Virginia turned deadly. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Nathan Pittorf shows off his best Elvis Presley impersonation during a candlelight vigil for Presley at Graceland, his Memphis home, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Fans from around the world are at Graceland for the 40th anniversary of the rock n' roll icon's death. Presley died Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Nathan Pittorf shows off his best Elvis Presley impersonation during a candlelight vigil for Presley at Graceland, his Memphis home, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Fans from around the world are at Graceland for the 40th anniversary of the rock n’ roll icon’s death. Presley died Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Volunteers search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. Tuesday, Aug. 15 , 2017. Survivors of deadly mudslides in Sierra Leone’s capital are vividly describing the disaster as President Ernest Bai Koroma says the nation is in a “state of grief.” (AP Photo/ Manika Kamara)
An inflatable caricature of President Donald Trump rises above pedestrians at W. 59th Street and 5th Ave., in New York Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, just three blocks north of Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Justin Thomas poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
A counter-protester is helped by a medic after being pepper sprayed Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, in Seattle. Hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters converged in downtown Seattle one day after violent clashes in Charlottesville, Va. (Grant Hindsley/seattlepi.com via AP)
(Courtesy George Washington's Mount Vernon)
Torrential rains and a small mudslide last week caused over $1 million in damage at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, but the historic site has remained open as crews work on repairs. (Courtesy George Washington’s Mount Vernon)
Nepalese men carry children on their shoulders as they wade through flood waters in village Ramgadhwa in Birgunj, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. An official said torrential rain, landslides and flooding have killed dozens of people in Nepal over the past three days, washing away hundreds of homes and damaging roads and bridges across the Himalayan country. (AP Photo/Manish Paudel)
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A French flag flies at half-staff for the victims of the Spain attacks, on the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe's latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
A pilot controls his non-motorized aircraft during the 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Championship, in Parana Valley, north of Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017.  More than 140 pilots from 29 countries will be competing in the skies of Brazil with flights between Formosa, Goias and the Federal District. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Md., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, following a national security meeting at Camp David. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A man is detained by national police outside the Argentina consulate during a protest demanding information on the whereabouts of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Maldonado’s family says he went missing Aug. 1, when he was taking part in a protest supporting the land claims by the indigenous Mapuche community. They say border police detained him when he was blocking a road with other protesters in Chubut province, about 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) southeast of Argentina’s capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A man holding a garden hose shouts to someone as flames from a wildfire reach the backyard of a house in the town of Macao, central Portugal, Thursday, Aug. 17 2017. Portugal's government is taking the rare step of decreeing a state of public calamity ahead of a forecast rise in temperatures that authorities fear will worsen a spate of wildfires. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts is doused after his walk-off two-run double during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Boston, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The Red Sox won 5-4. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Nathan Pittorf shows off his best Elvis Presley impersonation during a candlelight vigil for Presley at Graceland, his Memphis home, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Fans from around the world are at Graceland for the 40th anniversary of the rock n' roll icon's death. Presley died Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
(Courtesy George Washington's Mount Vernon)

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