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Photos of the Week: Taliban Takeover, Park Gladiator, Cave Robot

A cliffside monastery in Turkey, earthquake damage in Haiti, drought and wildfires in California, preparation for the Paralympic Games, chaos at the Kabul airport, and much more

By Alan Taylor
A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the sun.
Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP / Getty

A cliffside monastery in Turkey, earthquake damage in Haiti, kite flying in India, motorcycle racing in Austria, drought and wildfires in California, preparation for the Paralympic Games, anti-government protests in Bangkok, a Pride parade in Bucharest, chaos at the Kabul airport, and much more

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.