The world in photos: Aug 24 - 31

From the left, British businessman Chris Norman, Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento University in California, French President Francois Hollande, US Airman Spencer Stone, and Alek Skarlatos, a US National Guardsman from Roseburg, Oregon pose at the Elysee Palace, Aug 24, 2015 in Paris. [Photo/IC]

Hollande pinned the Legion of Honor medal on US Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their years-long friend Anthony Sadler, who subdued the gunman as he moved through the train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest. The British businessman, Chris Norman, also jumped into the fray.