ABC News photo editors chose some of their favorite news images of the week for this collection.<br><br>Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on Aug. 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan.

A U.S. Marine grabs an infant over a barbed wire fence during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19, 2021.

A person wounded in a bomb blast outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, arrives at a hospital.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asks reporters to give her space as she returns to her office following a procedural vote on federal budget resolution legislation at the Capitol on Aug. 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

A surfer rides a wave in wild surf conditions at Bronte Beach on Aug. 25, 2021, in Sydney.

Aditi Jehangir as Dorothy, Ewan Shand as Scarecrow and Brian McDavid as a Stormtrooper, promote this year's Film Fest in the City in St. Andrew Square on Aug. 19, 2021, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Aerial footage taken on Aug. 25, 2021, shows areas of Waverly, Tenn., that were destroyed when a flash flood went through the town on Aug. 21, 2021.

A car is among debris that washed up against a bridge over a stream on Aug. 22, 2021, in Waverly, Tenn.

Sumeyye Boyaci, from Turkey, competes in the mixed 4x50 meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the 2020 Paralympic Games, on Aug. 26, 2021, in Tokyo.

Sheep form the shape of a heart in a field in Guyra, northern New South Wales, Australia, Aug. 5, 2021. Ben Jackson, a sheep farmer stuck in lockdown, was unable to attend his aunt's funeral, and honored her memory with this tribute.

Palestinian demonstrators and journalists run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during a protest along the border fence, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 25, 2021.

Homeowner Jose Lamas, right, and his daughter Astrid Covarrubias survey the charred debris left in his burned-out home from the South Fire in Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County, north of Rialto, Calif., Aug. 25, 2021.

A firefighting helicopter drops water on the French Fire near State Route 155 on Aug. 24, 2021, near Wofford Heights, Calif.

Evacuees from Afghanistan board a military aircraft during an evacuation from Kabul, in this photo taken on Aug. 19, 2021.