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Our world in photos: August 24

August 24, 2020 Noah Singer
MEXICO — Back on the water: A gondolier poled one of the colorfully painted wooden boats known as trajineras at the Nuevo Nativitas dock, as it opened once again to tourists and revelers in Mexico City on Friday. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
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NEW YORK — Mid-match: Venus Williams reacted during a match against Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament in New York on Saturday. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP

 

GERMANY — Passing by: A person was reflected in the window of a closed shop in Frankfurt on Monday. The letters read “only love.” Photo: Michael Probst/AP

 

BRITAIN — Temperature check: Santas had their temperatures taken as they attended a social-distanced Santa school training at Southwark Cathedral in London on Monday. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

 

INDONESIA — At the mall: A team leader made a hand signal as firefighters tested their equipment prior to disinfecting the Margo City shopping mall in Depok on Saturday. Photo: Dita Alangkara/AP

 

BELARUS — Pushing back: A man waved a Belarus flag in front of a riot police blockade in Minsk on Sunday. Demonstrators continue to push for the resignation of the nation’s authoritarian leader, president Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Sergei Grits/AP

 

CALIFORNIA — Raging fire: Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leapt above Butts Canyon Road on Sunday as firefighters worked to contain the blaze in Lake County. Photo: Noah Berger/AP

 

LOUISIANA — Closing the gates: Workers for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority closed floodgates in Harvey on Monday in advance of Tropical Storm Marco. Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP




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