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Photos of the Week: Hovercraft Racing, Mud Wallow, Balls of Fire (35 photos)

Supreme Court confirmation hearings and protests in Washington, D.C., a military dance in China, a tattoo expo in Russia, the West Indian Day Parade in New York, an ice cave in a French glacier, earthquake-triggered landslides in Japan, a 3D-printed Egyptian cat mummy skeleton, red peppers in Turkey, a protest in Greece, a devastating fire in the National Museum of Brazil, and much more.

Navy Lt. Jack McCain, the son of Senator John McCain, is reflected in the wall of the Vietnam Memorial as Jack’s mother, Cindy McCain, accompanied by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (right) and President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly (left) departs after laying a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on September 1, 2018. (Andrew Harnik / AFP / Getty)
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/09/photos-of-the-week-hovercraft-racing-mud-wallow-balls-of-fire/569617/