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Sunday
This satellite image shows smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. Planet Labs Inc./AP hide caption
Thursday
Investigators are looking at "all ignition sources" as they search for what sparked a boat fire in California that killed 34 people. Christian Monterrosa/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Erika Starke, left, is comforted by her son, Michael Haub, as they attend a second funeral service for New York Fire Department firefighter Michael Haub, in Franklin Square, N.Y. The New York City medical examiner identified more of his remains recovered at ground zero. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP hide caption
Sunday
Amber Rudd has resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary, accusing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of an "assault on decency and democracy." Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Saturday
Joichi Ito stepped down as director of the MIT Media Lab on Saturday after a New Yorker article alleged the lab concealed its ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Kimberly White/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
An aerial view shows devastation after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas on Tuesday. Terran Knowles/Our News Bahamas via Reuters hide caption
Sunday
Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward the Florida coast on Sept. 1. NOAA GOES-East satellite handout/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world's biggest economic powers. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Wednesday
An F-16 jet fighter is washed on the tarmac at an air force base in Taiwan. The State Department has approved the sale of 66 fighter jets to the island. Wally Santana/AP hide caption
Thursday
A Lincoln Aviator rolls off the assembly line at a Ford assembly plant in Chicago. California agreed to a deal with four automakers, including Ford, to produce fuel-efficient cars. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Beji Caid Essebsi, the president of Tunisia, has died. He was elected in 2014 following the Arab Spring uprising. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
South Korea says a Russian A-50 AWACS command and control aircraft entered its territorial airspace twice, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of warning shots toward the plane. IVAN SEKRETAREV/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Sunday
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt debate on July 15 in London. Awaiting the next prime minister will be an international crisis with Iran, stemming from its seizure of a British-flagged commercial oil tanker. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Anti-abortion-rights advocates gather outside a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic in June. Title X recipients have been given more time to comply with new regulations. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Saturday
New citizens take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Oakland Park, Fla., earlier this year. The Trump administration has announced there will be changes to the U.S. citizenship test. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption