Wednesday November 29, Our World in Pictures

November 29, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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SPAIN — Taxi Drivers Rally Against Ride-Hailing Companies: A man holds up a smoke bomb as he marches with others during a protest by Spanish taxi drivers in Madrid on Wednesday. Cab drivers refused to pick up passengers in a one-day strike against the increase in cars run by private companies offering cheaper, mobile ride-hailing services.

HONDURAS — Voters Wait for Election Results: Supporters of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is running for reelection, march to show support for their candidate in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday. Both Hernandez and his rival Salvador Nasralla have declared themselves the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, but the electoral court said final results would not be announced until today.

INDIA — Taking a Break: In this Wednesday photo, daily wage laborers working at a wholesale market in New Delhi share a traditional smoking pipe as they take a break beneath a tree on which water bottles and pictures of Hindu deities are hung. The Indian economy is characterized by the existence of a vast majority of informal or unorganized labor employment.

NORTH KOREA — Leader Tests New Missile: In this Wednesday photo, people cheer as they watch the news broadcast announcing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s order to test fire the newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15 at the Pyongyang Train Station.

PANAMA — Celebrating Independence: A drum majorette leads her school music band in an independence day parade in La Chorrera on Tuesday. Panama is celebrating 196 years of independence from Spain.

MEXICO — Acrobats Perform: In this Tuesday photo, acrobats from Cirque du Soleil perform a show titled “Soda Stereo Septimo Dia, No descansare” in Mexico City. Cirque Du Soleil’s show is inspired by the music from the Argentine band Soda Stereo.

KENYA — Citizens and Police Clash: Supporters of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta throw rocks at police during his inauguration ceremony after trying to storm through gates to get in and being tear-gassed, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on Tuesday. Kenyatta was sworn in on Tuesday, ending a monthslong election drama that saw the first vote nullified by the country’s top court and the second boycotted by the opposition.

BANGLADESH — Preparing for Pope Francis’ Arrival: A portrait of Pope Francis is displayed as workers sweep a road the pope is expected to take during his visit in Dhaka on Wednesday. Pope Francis is expected to arrive in Bangladesh Thursday on the second leg of his weeklong South Asia tour.

MEXICO — Candidate Offers Hope to Indigenous Population: In this Tuesday photo, a group from Teotihuacan wafts ceremonial incense to perform rites at the site where the body of Lesvy Berlin Osorio was found on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. His body was found ahead of the arrival of Maria de Jesus Patricio, known as MariChuy, presidential candidate for the National Indigenous Congress, and Osorio’s mother. Many of Mexico’s voiceless, impoverished indigenous people see Patricio as a way to assert their own voice in politics.

ARGENTINA – Still no Submarine: Spokesman Enrique Balbi talks during a press conference at Navy headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday. There have been no signs of the missing ARA San Juan, last heard from on Nov. 15., despite an intensive multinational search. Experts have said the 44 sailors aboard had only enough oxygen to last up to 10 days if the sub remained intact but submerged.

KENYA – Presidential Supporters Beaten: A policeman stands next to supporters of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lying unconscious after being beaten by police when they tried to storm through gates to get in during Kenyatta’s inauguration ceremony at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday. Kenyatta is being sworn in on Tuesday, ending a months-long election drama that saw the first vote nullified by the country’s top court and the second boycotted by the opposition.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Protesters Stake Out Hearing: Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill outside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.

HONDURAS – Four More Years: Supporters of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez hold up four fingers, symbolizing four more years of his administration, as Hernandez explains to National Party members and a group of journalists the preliminary results of the general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday. A European Union electoral observation mission in Honduras is criticizing the country’s electoral court for a lack of communication about the results.