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Photos of the week: Wildfires in the US and flare at the port of Beirut

Wildfires in heavily populated regions of the US west coast and a huge fire at Beirut's port that flared up, barely a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding area –a roundup of top photos from the world.

Updated on: Sep 12, 2020 11:28 AM IST

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Fire retardant from a Coulson 737 firefighting tanker jet falls on a forest to slow the Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest on September 10, north of Monrovia, California. California wildfires have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. (David McNew / Getty Images / AFP)

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Fire retardant from a Coulson 737 firefighting tanker jet falls on a forest to slow the Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest on September 10, north of Monrovia, California. California wildfires have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. (David McNew / Getty Images / AFP)

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A woman flees with a little girl in front of a fire burning in the Moria camp for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9. Thousands of asylum seekers escaped in panic and are camping in the open after two fires ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. (Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)

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A woman flees with a little girl in front of a fire burning in the Moria camp for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9. Thousands of asylum seekers escaped in panic and are camping in the open after two fires ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. (Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)

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Demonstrators run as police on horses chase them during a protest against police brutality in Medellin, Colombia on September 10. At least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP)

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Demonstrators run as police on horses chase them during a protest against police brutality in Medellin, Colombia on September 10. At least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP)

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A cat sits on the street near a burnt car in a neighbourhood affected by fires after wildfires destroyed an area of Phoenix, Oregon on September 10. At least half a million people have been forces to evacuate from their homes due to wildfires in the state of Oregon as large swathes of western Unites States remains engulfed in flames. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A cat sits on the street near a burnt car in a neighbourhood affected by fires after wildfires destroyed an area of Phoenix, Oregon on September 10. At least half a million people have been forces to evacuate from their homes due to wildfires in the state of Oregon as large swathes of western Unites States remains engulfed in flames. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A plume of smoke rises into the sky from a huge fire raging at the port in the Lebanese capital of Beirut as seen from Dbayeh, north of Beirut on September 10. Thick black columns of smoke rose high, as the army said it a fire had engulfed a warehouse storing engine oil and vehicle tyres. (Joseph Eid / AFP)

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A plume of smoke rises into the sky from a huge fire raging at the port in the Lebanese capital of Beirut as seen from Dbayeh, north of Beirut on September 10. Thick black columns of smoke rose high, as the army said it a fire had engulfed a warehouse storing engine oil and vehicle tyres. (Joseph Eid / AFP)

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An Indian Air Force fighter plane flies over a mountain range in Leh, Ladakh on September 9. India and China framed a five-point roadmap for easing tensions on LAC and speeding up the disengagement of troops during talks between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the margins of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow on September 10. (REUTERS)

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An Indian Air Force fighter plane flies over a mountain range in Leh, Ladakh on September 9. India and China framed a five-point roadmap for easing tensions on LAC and speeding up the disengagement of troops during talks between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the margins of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow on September 10. (REUTERS)

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A student follows along remotely with their regular school teacher's online live lesson from a desk separated from others by plastic barriers at STAR Eco Station Tutoring & Enrichment Center on September 10, in Culver City, California. A lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education seeking to compel the state of California to reopen public schools was shot down by the California Supreme Court on September 10. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

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A student follows along remotely with their regular school teacher's online live lesson from a desk separated from others by plastic barriers at STAR Eco Station Tutoring & Enrichment Center on September 10, in Culver City, California. A lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education seeking to compel the state of California to reopen public schools was shot down by the California Supreme Court on September 10. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

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