AP Week in Pictures: North America

Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Richmond, Va.

Nathan Fabre checks on his home and boat destroyed by Hurricane Ida, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Lafitte, La. "We lost everything," said Fabre about the destruction of his home.

Trees scorched by the Caldor Fire smolder in the Eldorado National Forest, Calif., Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.

Brad Snyder prepares tea for his wife in their kitchen decorated with a flag handcrafted by Brooklyn firefighters using recycled firehose, in Princeton, N.J., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Losing his sight, he says, seems to matter more to other people. A Navy explosives expert, Snyder stepped on hidden mine in Afghanistan in 2011 as he moved to help a group of Afghan commandos badly injured by another blast. In moments he went from thinking he was dead, to relief that he was alive, to confusion as he stood up with blood pouring from his face.

Simona Halep, of Romania, returns a shot to Elena Rybakina, of Kazakstan, during the third round of the US Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in New York.

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., below, leads off from first as Houston Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy works against a Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in San Diego.

Yvonne Lacobon hugs a dog beside Tommy Williams at Williams' home damaged by Hurricane Ida, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Dulac, La.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches a rally against California's recall election before taking the stage on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in San Leandro, Calif.

Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La.