IOWA — Field of dreams: Chicago White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn warmed up in the outfield before a baseball game against the New York Yankees, on Thursday, in Dyersville. The Yankees and White Sox played at a temporary stadium in the middle of a cornfield at the Field of Dreams movie site, the first Major League Baseball game held in Iowa.
Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP
By Michaela Keil
August 13, 2021
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MASSACHUSETTS — Heatwave: Isaiah Lee, 12, reveled in the cold water running over him at the splash pad at Clapp Park in Pittsfield on Thursday. Photo: Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle via AP
CAMBODIA — Transportation: A man, left, transported sacks of scrap materials outside Phnom Penh on Friday. Photo: Heng Sinith/AP
MEXICO — Anniversary: Mexican dancers burned incense during a ceremony to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec empire capital of Tenochtitlan, known today as Mexico City, at Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo, on Friday. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP
ECUADOR — Battle for the ball: Vinicius Mingotti of Brazil’s Athletico Paranaense, top, and Franklin Guerra of Ecuador’s Liga Deportiva Universitaria battled for the ball during a Copa Sudamericana quarterfinal soccer match in Quito, on Thursday. Photo: Dolores Ochoa/Pool via AP
IDAHO — Firefighting: After walking down a gravel road to do recon on a fire cresting into the trees, a wildland firefighter grimaced as he walked back to his crew on Thursday, at the Bedrock Fire north of Lenore. Photo: Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP
ALGERIA — Char: A car drove through a charred forest, after a fire burned near the village of Toudja, in the Kabyle region, on Friday. Dozens of fires began devouring forested mountainsides in the Berber region of Kabyle on Monday. The President declared a three-day mourning period to honor the lives lost. Photo: Toufik Doudou/AP
SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.
