Our world in photos: May 11
- Brooklyn Eagle Staff
NASHVILLE — A few hundred miles away, a few years ago, young Elvis Presley put them in their place with a hit song: Hounds run during the Parade of Mells Foxhounds at the Iroquois Steeplechase, Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Tennessee.
Launching the day was a race featuring 20 foxhounds, a breed of dogs that are specifically trained to run alongside horses and hunters.
The course was built initially as parkland in part with Works Progress Administration funding. The first Iroquois Steeplechase was run in 1941.
INDIA — Who says cricket has no balletic moments? Delhi Capitals’ Tristan Stubbs attempts unsuccessfully to take a catch during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in Dharamshala, Monday, May 11, 2026.
The Delhi Capitals won by three wickets with the highest chase in the history of the HPCA Stadium. Madhav Tiwari was named the Player of the Match.
NEPAL — Not a Starbucks in sight: Mountaineers participate in a training session at the Khumbu Icefall as they prepare for their ascent to the summit of Mount Everest, Saturday, May 2, 2026.
Climate change may be making Everest more dangerous. A serac over a key trail has multiple cracks and could collapse. Guides have dug a new trail, but some say it’s still too dangerous.
The Khumbu Icefall is one of the most dangerous sections of the Everest route, a constantly shifting glacier filled with crevasses and unstable seracs — large blocks of ice formed as the glacier fractures while flowing downhill.
GERMANY — All ready for a party, just waiting for the sun: Beach chairs wait for customers at the Baltic Sea in Travemuende (also spelled Travemünde) on a chilly Monday morning.
This beach resort town dates back to a 12th-century fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, with a surrounding fishing village along Lübeck Bay.
Travemünde has remained a popular seafood haven and a port for ferries from the Scandinavian and other Baltic nations.
BUDAPEST — Balalaikas, bowties and more: A youth orchestra waits to perform during the inaugural session of Hungary’s parliament in Hungary, Saturday.
Péter Magyar, successor to the controversial former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, was sworn in before Hungary’s unicameral Parliament with 199 members. Magyar and his party won in a landslide victory against his far-right predecessor.
Hungary’s National Assembly convenes at the House of Parliament in a Neo-Gothic building that has been a World Heritage Site since 2011 and sits on Kossuth Square, along the Danube River.
BUCHAREST — Retail alert — somebody in London came up with this just two years ago, an international World Hat Walk day … no harm in covering up bad hair days: In Hungary’s neighbor to the east, Romania, participants in the World Hat Walk, promoting headwear, pose for photographs, Sunday, May 10, 2026. According to organizers, this event also takes place in up to 60 cities globally.
ENGLAND — Brits have traditionally always loved the show of blood — in their literature, in their most famous sayings and in their boxing rings: Britain’s Daniel Dubois, right, lands a blow on Britain’s Fabio Wardley during their WBO World Heavyweight boxing title bout in Manchester, Saturday.
Dubois became champion after an 11th-round stoppage victory over his opponent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ‘… I care deeply about each and every one of you!’ President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 8, 2026.
On Friday, Trump declared May 8 and Nov. 11 holidays celebrating the United States’ role in the Allied victories in World Wars II and I
World War II ended on May 8, 1945. In Russia, it was already May 9. World War I ended with the signing of the Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.
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