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Our world in photos: March 26

March 26, 2021 By Michaela Keil
ICELAND — Red river: People watched as lava flowed from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late on Wednesday. Iceland's latest volcano eruption quickly attracted crowds of people hoping to get close to the gentle lava flows. The eruption in Geldingadalur, near Iceland's capital Reykjavik, is not seen as a threat to nearby towns and the slow flows mean people can get close to the action without too much harm. Photo: Marco Di Marco/AP
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ALABAMA — Twister: On Thursday, residents surveyed the damage to homes after a tornado touched down south of Birmingham, damaging multiple homes. Authorities reported major tornado damage Thursday as strong storms moved through the state. The governor issued an emergency declaration as meteorologists warned that more twisters were likely on their way.
Photo: Butch Dill/AP

 

KENTUCKY — Hospital threat: Law enforcement members responded to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington on Thursday. Police arrested an armed Kentucky man as he left the hospital after receiving a tip from another police department that he was in the area. A large police presence was at the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital emergency room Thursday and university officials asked students and visitors to stay away from the area.
Photo: Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP

 

BANGLADESH — Clash: Two factions of protestors clashed after Friday prayers at Baitul Mokarram mosque in Dhaka on Friday. Witnesses said violent clashes broke out after one faction of protesters began waving their shoes as a sign of disrespect to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and another group tried to stop them. Local media said the protesters who tried to stop the shoe-waving are aligned with the ruling Awami League party. The party criticized the other protest faction for attempting to create chaos in the country during Modi’s visit.
Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP

 

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ARIZONA — Dive: Chicago White Sox center fielder Billy Hamilton made a diving catch on a fly ball hit by Cincinnati Reds’ Mark Payton during the second inning of a spring training baseball game on Thursday in Phoenix.
Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP

 

GEORGIA — Arrested: State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, was placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta on Thursday. Cannon was arrested after she attempted to knock on the door of Gov. Brian Kemp’s office during his remarks after he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Photo: Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

 

COLOMBIA — Departure: Venezuelans carried their belongings after using a boat to cross the Arauca River, the natural border between Venezuela and Colombia, as they arrived in Arauquita on Thursday. Thousands of Venezuelans were seeking shelter in Colombia this week following clashes between Venezuela’s military and a Colombian armed group in a community along the nations’ shared border.
Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP

 

ISRAEL — Passover prep: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dipped cooking utensils in boiling water to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover in Ashdod on Thursday. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt. The week-long festival begins on Saturday.
Photo: Tsafrir Abayov/AP

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