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Wednesday

Security officers guard the entrance to the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building & Courthouse as the court holds a hearing to determine if the affidavit used by the FBI as justification for last week's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate should be unsealed, at the U.S. District Courthouse for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach on Aug. 18. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives in a hotel with a delegation in Zaporizhzia, Ukraine, on Aug. 31. The delegation will travel to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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What inspectors will look for at Ukraine's war-damaged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. AP hide caption

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Monday

Russian forces raised a Soviet-era flag in Kherson after capturing the southern Ukrainian city early in the current war. Ukraine carried out new attacks in the Kherson region on Monday, raising the possibility that it is launching a counteroffensive. This photo was taken on May 20 at the World War II memorial in Kherson. Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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People attend a ceremony for the fallen soldiers of Ukraine on the Field of Mars on Aug. 24 in Lviv, Ukraine. The day marked six months since the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's Independence Day. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

A disconnected Albert sensor in Lincoln County, Wash. Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman hide caption

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Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman

Some Republicans in Washington state cast a wary eye on an election security device

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Saturday

The FBI searched former President Donald Trump's residence in Florida on Aug. 8. The U.S. intelligence community will assess whether the documents taken pose a threat to national security, a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told NPR. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

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Jonna Mendez: A day in the life of a master of disguise

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Thursday

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China's global lending binge

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Hokyoung Kim

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Saturday

Riley June Williams, accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been granted permission to attend the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. Dauphin County Prison via AP hide caption

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Thursday

An Ohio State Highway Patrol vehicle leaves the scene where an armed man was shot and killed by police after breaching the FBI's Cincinnati field office on Aug. 11 in Wilmington, Ohio. Jay LaPrete/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe. AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Officials removed a cache of documents from former President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., last week. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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