Mourners wrote messages and left flowers on August 17, 2017, at the spot where an activist was killed during protests in Charlottesville, Va., the weekend before. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal, was part of a group of protesters hit when a man plowed his car into them.
Federal legislators are calling for the removal of Confederate statues at the U.S. Capitol, while President Trump says such statues should remain where they are.
More than 6,000 people attended a memorial service honoring those who died in World War II during a state-sponsored ceremony in Tokyo on August 15, 2017, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945.
Thousands of demonstrators stood outside Trump Tower in New York City on August 14, 2017, protesting President Donald Trump's response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in which a woman was killed and two state troopers died in a related helicopter crash.
Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt lost during his last individual race before his retirement during the IAAF World Championships in London on Aug. 5
Designed by Studio Gang, the Hive exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., is a series of structures made from more than 2,700 wound paper tubes.
Cynthia Nixon and Jeff Bridges attended the premiere of their new film, "The Only Living Boy in New York," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on August 7.
Kenny Easley, Morten Andersen, Terrell Davis, Jerry Jones, Jason Taylor, LaDainian Tomlinson and Kurt Warner were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on August 5.
A fourth-quarter field goal by Sam Irwin-Hill helped seal the Dallas Cowboys' 20-18 win over the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio on Aug. 3, 2017.
