London, Aug. 28: A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

People board a US Air Force aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan, which fell to the Taliban on 15 August. US AIR FORCE/SENIOR AIRMAN TAYLOR CRUL/REUTERS

On 26 August a terrorist attack at the airport killed more than 90 people, including 13 US service members. Here, family members visit survivors in Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul. GETTY IMAGES

A police officer asks a demonstrator to leave during a protest by Extinction Rebellion, in London. The demonstrations are scheduled to continue next week, with protests against the links between "big finance, fossil fuels and the fossil of politics that is Westminster". HENRY NICHOLLS / REUTERS

Young people play dominoes in a camp for those displaced by the earthquake earlier this month in Gorjette, Haiti. More than 2,200 people were killed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake, which also injured another 12,000. ORLANDO BARRIA / EPA

An artist adds the finishing touches to an idol of Hindu deity Lord Krishna at a workshop in Amritsar in India, ahead of the Janmashtami festival, which is celebrated to mark the birth of Krishna. NARINDER NANU / AFP

Women take part in a local chess championship in Yemen's capital Sanaa. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

A Galapagos tortoise is measured during the annual weigh-in photocall at London Zoo. TOLGA AKMEN / AFP

Egypt's Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou returns a ball during the men's table tennis singles (Class 6) Group match against China's Chao Chen at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

Sophie Douglas, who plays an alien from the planet Hanyana in the Edinburgh Fringe show WeCameToDance, explores the giant kaleidoscope at Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, in Edinburgh. JANE BARLOW/PA MEDIA

A conservator abseils down the east face of Salisbury Cathedral's tower to carry out vital repairs during the annual survey. ANDREW MATTHEWS / PA MEDIA