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Our world in photos: August 12

August 12, 2021 By Michaela Keil

MONTANA — Wildfires: Isaac Slabaugh and Fannie Stutzman were surrounded by smoke from the Richard Spring Fire as it moved toward Ashland on Tuesday. The fire burning on and around the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation grew into Montana's largest blaze so far in 2021. Photo: Mike Clark/The Billings Gazette via AP

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BRITAIN — Hearing: Stella Moris, the partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, reacted as she walked away after attending the first hearing in the Julian Assange extradition appeal, at the High Court in London, on Wednesday. Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government challenged a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges in the U.S., arguing that assessments of Assange’s mental health should be reviewed.
Photo: Matt Dunham/AP

INDONESIA — Scavenging: On Thursday, a scavenger collected plastic materials to sell at recycling plants on the river in Cikarang, West Java.
Photo: Achmad Ibrahim/AP

ZAMBIA — Election: Voters waited in a queue at a polling station during the elections in Lusaka, on Thursday. President Edgar Lungu, 64, and the 59-year old businessman Hakainde Hichilema were frontrunners in a field of 16 presidential candidates.
Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP

FLORIDA — Fishing: Fishermen on the Dania Beach Pier tried their luck as the sun rose, on Thursday, in Dania Beach.
Photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Hermit evicted: David Lidstone, an off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River Dave,” doffed his hat after speaking to media outside Merrimack County Superior Court after a status conference hearing, on Wednesday, in Concord. The court determined that Lidstone would be able to collect his cats, chickens, and remaining possessions from the site he lived on for 27 years. Lidstone, who believed he was not on private land, was permitted to hire a surveyor to give him “peace of mind,” Judge Andrew Schulman said.
Photo: Elise Amendola/AP

RUSSIA — Volunteers: Volunteers paused while working at the scene of a forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus area west of Yakutsk on Saturday. Wildfires in Russia’s vast Siberia region endangered a dozen villages Saturday and prompted authorities to evacuate some residents.
Photo: Ivan Nikiforov/AP

ECUADOR — Protest: A police officer aimed a pepper spray bottle at a protester pushing on a fence placed by police that blocked access to the government palace during protests against the government’s economic policies, like the monthly increase in fuel prices, in Quito, on Wednesday.
Photo: Dolores Ochoa/AP

PARAGUAY — Celebration: Vitinho of Brazil’s Flamengo, back, celebrated with teammate Gabriel Barboza after scoring during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Paraguay’s Olimpia at the Manuel Ferreira stadium in Asuncion, on Wednesday.
Photo: Cesar Olmedo/Pool via AP

GERMANY — Taking a ride: A man rode his bike on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt early on Thursday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

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