This still image, taken from a video posted by the Aleppo Media Center, shows a young boy in an ambulance after an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, August 17. It took nearly an hour to dig the boy, identified as Omran Daqneesh, out from the rubble, an activist told CNN. The airstrike destroyed his home, where he lived with his parents and two siblings. Director of the Aleppo Media Center Yousef Saddiq said Omran’s 10-year-old brother, Ali, died from his injuries on Saturday, August 20.Brazil’s Globo media group released surveillance footage that shows U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Jack Conger, and Gunnar Bentz at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro early on Sunday, August 14. The Olympians said they were robbed at gunpoint there by men in police uniforms. Brazilian police said the athletes concocted a story to cover up an act of vandalism that led to a confrontation with security guards.Danielle Blount and her 3-month-old baby, Ember, wait to be rescued by the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, Louisiana, on Monday, August 15. More than 30,000 people have been rescued in southern Louisiana after heavy rains caused flooding over the weekend. It is the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago, the Red Cross said.Soldiers stand around the coffin of a 5-year-old bombing victim during a funeral in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Tuesday, August 16. Five Turkish police officers and two civilians were killed in a car bombing that the government blamed on Kurdish militants.Police move in on a group of protesters throwing rocks at them in Milwaukee on Sunday, August 14. Tensions were high as residents gathered to mourn Sylville Smith, an armed man shot to death by police. Protesters torched businesses and threw rocks at officers. Four officers were injured and 17 people were arrested, Mayor Tom Barrett said.Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas dives over the finish line to win gold in the 400 meters on Monday, August 15. She edged American Allyson Felix by .07 seconds.Thousands of people swim in a resort pool to beat the summer heat in Suining, China, on Sunday, August 14.Men in Jakarta, Indonesia, climb greased poles for prizes during Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday, August 17.
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