Kabul departures, Paralympics and a flying cow: Weekly top photos

Part of a group of 450 Afghan citizens who have been evacuated from Kabul watch as other compatriots leave a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane after arriving from Kuwait, at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Air Base in Rota, southern Spain, Aug. 27, 2021.

Athletes in action during the Women's 200m Individual Medley at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 28, 2021.

A cow is transported by a helicopter after its summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows near the Klausenpass, Switzerland, Aug. 27, 2021.

Indigenous men take part in the "Luta Pela Vida," or "Struggle For Life" mobilization for Indigenous rights outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2021.

Homeowners Jose Lamas, (C), his wife Maria Covarrubias,(R), and his daughter Astrid Covarrubias walk through the smoke after visiting their burned home during the fire in Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County north of Rialto, Calif., U.S., Aug. 25, 2021.

Staff members spray disinfectant at a school ahead of the new semester in Bozhou in China's eastern Anhui province, Aug. 23, 2021.

Three torchbearers light up the Paralympic cauldron during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 24, 2021.

A fireball rises following an airstrike by Israel in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, late on Aug. 23, 2021.

Kern County Fire Captain Bruce Wells keeps an eye on a burning tree as the wildfire burns closer to homes at night during the "French Fire" in the Sequoia National Forest near Wofford Heights, Calif., U.S., Aug. 25, 2021.

A midwife toad is weighed during the annual weigh-in photocall at London Zoo, London, Britain, Aug. 26, 2021.

A man walks on Lake Tuz, Turkey as the sun sets on the horizon, Aug. 25, 2021.

A kayaker paddles in Lake Oroville as water levels remain low due to continuing drought conditions in Oroville, Calif., U.S., Aug. 22, 2021.

A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper performs a stunt on his motorcycle during a roadshow to celebrate 75 years of India's independence, in Ahmedabad, India, Aug. 25, 2021.

A view of the Times Square Wheel, a Ferris wheel constructed in Times Square, ahead of its opening in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., Aug. 25, 2021.

An areal photograph shows a giant land art fresco by French artist Guillaume Legros, known as Saype, entitled: "A new breath" representing a boy blowing clouds, the Moleson mountain, in the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyeres, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2021.

A person throws red peppers in the air to turn them over as they dry in the blazing sun of southeastern province Gaziantep, Turkey, Aug 27, 2021.