KASHMIR — Prayer as part of introspection: Kashmiri Muslims pray inside the shrine of Shah-e-Hamadan during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Muslims across the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan, a period of intense prayer, self-discipline, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Photo: Dar Yasin/AP
BALI — The Balinese equivalent of a cracked fire hydrant: Residents bathe in a dam of Unda river, ahead of World Water Day, in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The Unda River, the second largest river on Bali island, has been used for various activities such as tourism, water rafting and agricultural irrigation. Photo: Firdia Lisnawati/APINDIA — Time for spring’s harvest: Village women work in a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Photo: Anupam Nath/APNETHERLAND — The coming AI apocalypse, starting with tulip robots: Theo the robot works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what for a regular farmworker would be backbreaking work checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The boxy robot, named after a former employee at the WAM Pennings flower farm near the Dutch North Sea coast, is a new high-tech weapon in the battle to root out disease from the bulb fields as they erupt into a riot of springtime color. Photo: Peter Dejong/APINDIA — Spring celebrated with color: A woman dances as she participates in a procession to mark Falgun Mahotsav ahead of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Photo: Mahesh Kumar A./APRIO DE JANEIRO — New method of cleaning the ocean involves throwing your kids in it: Nina Gomes collects garbage from the sea near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. For years, Gomes has been accompanying her father, Ricardo Gomes, a biologist and director of the Mar Urbano Institute, to collect garbage from the city’s beaches and seawater. Photo: Bruna Prado/APTORIBIO — Never Ending conflict in Columbia: Mourners pay their last respects to Indigenous leader Carmelina Yule Pavi, who was killed by rebels of the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), during her wake in Toribio, Colombia, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Following her death, Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended a ceasefire with the EMC, one of the handful of armed factions with which he hopes to negotiate peace accords. Photo: Fernando Vergara/APWASHINGTON D.C. — Stumpy’s last dance: Stumpy the mascot dances near ‘Stumpy’ the cherry tree at the tidal basin in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The weakened tree is experiencing its last peak bloom before being removed for a renovation project that will rebuild seawalls around Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park. Photo: Nathan Ellgren/AP
SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.
