Thursday December 14, Our World in Pictures

December 14, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP

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CALIFORNIA — Blaze is Expected to Continue Growing: In this Wednesday photo, a dozer from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department clears a fire break across a canyon to make a stand should the fire move in that direction. State fire officials predicted Wednesday night that the Thomas Fire northwest of Los Angeles will continue to grow as it eats up parched brush and hot, dry weather continues.

RUSSIA — Going to the Ball: Military school students rest during their annual ball in Moscow on Tuesday. The ball attracts the youth from all over the country.

ENGLAND — City Remembers Fire Victims: People comfort each other as they leave the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral on Thursday. Britain’s royals have joined survivors and families of those who died in London’s Grenfell Tower fire for a memorial service to remember the 71 people killed in the June blaze.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Players Compete: Akane Yamaguchi of Japan returns a shot to China’s He Bingjiao during the second day of the Dubai Badminton World Superseries Finals on Thursday.

TURKEY — Leaders Gather for Summit: In this Wednesday photo, a protester wearing a mask printed with Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock Mosque participates in a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem at the capital of Israel, near the venue of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul. Leaders and top officials from Islamic nations and members of 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation gathered for a summit that is expected to forge a unified stance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

SOUTH KOREA — Enjoying the Holiday Lights: In this Tuesday photo, a visitor takes a picture at the Christmas illumination at the Seoul Christmas Festival, which is held from Dec. 9-Jan. 2, in Seoul.

INDIA – Leopard Stuck in a Well: A full grown female leopard looks up from inside a deep well that it fell into near a residential area on a hill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Wednesday. Veterinarian and forest officials tranquilized and rescued the leopard before sending it to the state zoological park in Gauhati.

CALIFORNIA – The Rock Gets a Star: Dwayne Johnson holds his daughter Jasmine at a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, in Los Angeles.

HONDURAS – On Patrol: Soldiers patrol a street in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, late Tuesday. Demonstrators continued with their street barricades Tuesday as Salvador Nasralla, the main opposition candidate challenging President Juan Orlando Hernandez, demands a full recount and refuses to recognize the results showing Hernandez ahead of him, calling the results fraudulent.

BRAZIL – Championship Match: Fans of Brazil’s Flamengo soccer team light flares in the stands during a Copa Sudamericana final championship soccer match against Argentina’s Independiente at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday.