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Friday January 26, Our World in Pictures

January 26, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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GREECE — Street Art Adorns Walls: A dog walks past a mural by street artist Alex Martinez outside a shop that sells bags in Athens on Thursday.

TURKEY — Family Crosses Border: In this Friday photo, a Syrian child sits on a wheelchair after he and the family crossed into Turkey on the outskirts of Kilis. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says the first week of Turkey’s incursion into the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin has left more than a 100 civilians and fighters dead.

SPAIN — Designs Debut During Fashion Week: A model displays a 2018 Fall-Winter creation by Spanish designer Maria Escote during Fashion Week in Madrid on Thursday.

FRANCE — Remembering a Culinary Master: Chefs carry the coffin of French Paul Bocuse during a funeral ceremony at the Saint-Jean Cathedral in Lyon on Friday. Hundreds of chefs and French dignitaries gathered in the culinary mecca for the funeral of Paul Bocuse, a master chef who defined French cuisine for more than a half-century and put it on tables around the world.

BANGLADESH — Driver Waits for Customers: A life guard keeps watch from a tower as the setting sun is reflected of the goggles of a speed boat driver who awaits customers on the beach in Cox’s Bazar on Friday.

PHILIPPINES — Human Rights Organization Sparks Demonstrations: Protesters burn a mask bearing symbols of the U.S. flag during a rally in metropolitan Manila on Friday. The city’s top diplomat has accused Human Rights Watch of deceiving the international community by making it appear “that the Philippines has become the Wild, Wild West of Asia where we just kill people left and right.” Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano demanded an apology Friday from the U.S.-based rights group for reporting a larger number of drug suspects killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on illegal drugs to back up a statement that human rights in the Philippines “is at its worst.”

MINNESOTA — Lighting the Ice Palace: The 2018 Winter Carnival Ice Palace was officially lit in Rice Park on Thursday in St. Paul. The 70-foot-tall palace is the first to grace St. Paul’s celebration of winter since 2004.

MASSACHUSETTS: Mila Kunis Named Woman of the Year: Actress Mia Kunis is kissed by actors dressed in drag during a parade for Kunis in Cambridge, Thursday. Kunis was honored as “Woman of the Year” by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University. 

BRAZIL – Dog Shot in Crossfire: A youth carries his injured dog Thales, hit by a stray bullet during a heavy exchange between police and alleged drug traffickers at the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday. According to the local news, at least nine people were injured during the shootout, including several police officers. 

HONDURAS – Anti-President Protest: A masked woman holds a machete bearing a handwritten message that reads in Spanish: “Get out JOH” during a protest against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday. Hernandez was awarded the electoral win last month despite the disputed vote tally. The opposition plans to continue protesting through his swearing-in Jan. 27. 

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