26 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
From ongoing protests against police brutality and racial injustice around the country to the resumption of normal life overseas, these are some of the most powerful photos from this week.


In this image taken from police body camera video a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. According to video and records released on Sept. 2, 2020, Prude, who had run naked through the streets, died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes.

Lakeisha Harmon speaks to the crowd during a protest as tears roll down her face, Sept. 2, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y., near the site where Daniel Prude was restrained by police officers.

Protesters kneel in front of police officers outside the Public Safety Building in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 3, 2020.

Police officers force a line of demonstrators away from the front of the Public Safety Building in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 3, 2020.

A demonstrator cries during a protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump on Sept. 1, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

A protester scuffles with a Trump supporter in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sept. 1, 2020, amid ongoing demonstrations after the shooting by police of Jacob Blake, and the same day that . President Donald Trump visited the city.

A man is treated after being shot Aug. 29, 2020, in Portland, Ore. It wasn’t clear if the fatal shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles supporting President Trump was confronted by counter-demonstrators in the city’s downtown.

A demonstrator holds signs as she participates in a meditation walk in support of Black Lives Matter organized by the Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship near the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, U.S., September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

President Donald Trump tours an area on Sept. 1, 2020, damaged during demonstrations after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.

Trump supporters and Trump protesters watch as the motorcade carrying President Donald Trump passes by on September 1, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sept. 3, 2020, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Kaleb Murray, 4, and his mother, Jasmine Pearson attend a community celebration for late actor Chadwick Boseman in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina Sept. 3, 2020.

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton gestures in homage to late US actor Chadwick Boseman, as he stands on his car at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Spa on August 29, 2020.

A young migrant hugs doctor Aniek Combak onboard the Sea-Watch 4 civil sea rescue ship on sea off the coast of Sicily, Italy, on Sept. 1, 2020, as they learn that they have permission to run into the port of Palermo, Sicily, the next day.

Migrants rescued by Sea-Watch 4 a week ago in the international waters off Libya watch crew members on inflatable boats help migrants to get off the rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy "Louise Michel" (background) off the coast of Malta, on August 29, 2020.

Migrants in a dinghy sail in the Channel toward the coast of England on Sept. 1, 2020.

A building destroyed after the passing of hurricane Laura is seen partially submerged in the river in Hackberry, Louisiana on August 28, 2020.

Francisco Espana, 60, looks at the Mediterranean sea from a promenade next to the "Hospital del Mar" in Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 4, 2020.

People row their boats on the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Sept. 4, 2020.

Hashem Mahmoud Atin, a ten-month-old displaced Yemeni child suffering from acute malnutrition and who is unable to reach a hospital for treatment, is held in the arms of a sibling inside a shelter at a camp in Abs, Yemen, Sept. 3, 2020.

Actor Tilda Swinton poses at the arrivals for the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. 2, 2020.

A woman carries a yellow umbrella with the Tour de France logo as the peloton passes by, Aug. 31, 2020.

General view shows a submerged street in the aftermath of Typhoon Maysak in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 3, 2020.

A fisherman collects his catch as a cat walks past him at Gaza Seaport, after Israel allowed fishermen back to work up to 15 nautical miles following an agreement to end a weeks-long escalation between Israel and Palestinian militant groups, in Gaza City Sept. 3, 2020.

Local wildlife officials and veterinarians feed Kaavan, the elephant slated to be moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia after it became the subject of a high-profile rights campaign backed by music star Cher, before a medical examination of relocation at the Marghazar Zoo Islamabad, Pakistan on Sept. 4, 2020.

Anissa Barbato from New York looks out over the city from the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere on Sept. 2, 2020 as it reopened to the public in New York.
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Kate Bubacz is the Photo Director for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
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