The Political Week in Photos

Donald Trump made a forceful appeal for a second term as U.S. president in accepting the Republican Party nomination, calling his first four years an unqualified success and saying his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, would be “the destroyer of America’s greatness.” 

Japanese Prime Minister Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is resigning as he receives treatment for ulcerative colitis, a chronic digestive condition that forced him to step down as premier in 2007. 

Hurricane Laura slammed into Louisiana, becoming one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the state and leaving in its wake chemical fires, wrecked buildings and flooded roads.

These were among the topics of this week’s most compelling political images.