Friday Aug. 21, Our World In Pictures
GEORGIA — Women Make Army History: Fielding questions during a press conference on Thursday at Fort Benning are, from left, 2nd Lt. Erickson D. Krogh, 2nd Lt. Anthony Rombold, 2nd Lt. Michael V. Janowski, 1st Lt. Shaye L. Haver, Staff Sgt. Michael C. Calderon, Spec. Christopher J. Carvalho, Capt. Kristen M. Griest and 2nd Lt. Zachary Hagner. Griest and Haver are the first two women to complete the notoriously grueling Ranger course, which the Army opened to women this spring as it studies whether to open more combat jobs to female soldiers.
ST. LOUIS — Store Raided in Protests: Adam’s Market owner Sanad Motan stands inside his ransacked store on Thursday. The store is near where officers arrested several people and deployed tear gas amid protests following the death of a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police on Wednesday after he allegedly pointed a gun at them while they were attempting to serve a search warrant in a crime-troubled section of the city’s north side.