27 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Aug. 26, 2020.Demonstrators rally to protest US President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Republican National Convention nomination at Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump turns toward the audience as, from right, Barron Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Donald Trump Jr., stand in front of the White House during the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2020.A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighter monitors a backburn near Felton, Calif., Aug. 26, 2020, as a CZU Lightning Complex fire continues to burn.A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over a chemical fire burning at BioLab plant after Hurricane Laura made landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug. 27, 2020.Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Aug. 27, 2020, near Lake Charles, La.A man looks at damage inside the Capitol One Bank Tower, with its windows blown out in the downtown area after Hurricane Laura passed through on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.Benjamin Luna helps recover items from the children's wing of the First Pentecostal Church that was destroyed by Hurricane Laura, Aug. 27, 2020, in Orange, Texas.Opposition activist Nina Baginskaya, 73, center, struggles with police during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally at Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 26, 2020.Relatives hold portraits of a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine ahead of the Day of Remembrance of Ukraine's Defenders, in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2020.Relatives of Heine Collazos and Esneider Collazos, two of the six men massacred by alleged members of an armed group on August 21 in the rural area of El Tambo, attend their funeral in Popayan, Colombia, on August 25, 2020.An Afghan is treated at a hospital after a mudslide during heavy flooding in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2020.A Shiite Muslim boy beat his chest with others during a Muharram procession, in Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 28, 2020.Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to Castle Rock school on the pupils' first day back, in Coalville, East Midlands, England, Aug, 26, 2020.Audra Quisenberry, left, whispers in the ear of her classmate Logan Bowhay, both 6, as they wait to meet other schoolmates via Zoom at Premier Martial Arts, Aug. 24, 2020, in Wildwood, Mo.People attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art on its first day open since closing due to the coronavirus outbreak in the Manhattan, August 27, 2020.Members of the Royal Malay Regiment Guard of Honour take part a rehearsal for the upcoming National Day celebrations at the National Heroes Square in Putrajaya on August 28, 2020.Brazilian ballet teacher Esmeralda Gazal gives an online class from her house in Sao Paulo, Brazil, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.A health worker makes a selfie with LaLuchy Robotina robot at the National Medical Center in Mexico City, on August 27, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.A man walks in the Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 2020, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.Kate Bubacz is the Photo Director for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.Contact Kate Bubacz at kate.bubacz@buzzfeed.com.Got a confidential tip?