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Our world in photos: October 16

October 16, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

NEW JERSEY — ‘Can’t see it from the turnpike’: Monks in saffron robes walk in front of the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era, on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023, in Robbinsville, N.J.
Photo: Luis Andres Henao/AP

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LEBANON — Religious fervor, anonymity, and militant gun symbol have become a way of life: A Palestinian living in Lebanon chants slogans against France and French President Emmanuel Macron as he takes part in a protest in front of the French embassy in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The Arabic on the headband reads: “No God but Allah and Muhammed is his messenger, al-Qassam Brigades.”
Photo: Hassan Ammar/AP

ISRAEL — Lucky to survive, American citizens are evacuated: U.S. citizens make their way to board an emergency evacuation ship from Israel to Cyprus as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants, at Haifa port, Israel, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/AP

GAZA STRIP — A young boy who survived sits between the wheels of a vehicle that did not: A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of his building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Photo: Hatem Moussa/AP

INDIA — Horizontal dive in a largely upright game: Sri Lanka’s Dunith Wellalage dives unsuccessfully to run out by Australia’s captain Pat Cummins during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Lucknow, India, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Photo: Aijaz Rahi/AP

GAZA STRIP — Human empathy in high gear, a war zone asset: Palestinians carry a person wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Photo: Fatima Shbair/AP

CALIFORNIA — ‘Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball’: Sacramento Kings guard Davion Mitchell (15) watches as Golden State Warriors guard Jerome Robinson (18) is fouled by Kings guard Malik Monk (0) as he drives to the basket in the first quarter in an NBA preseason basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Photo: José Luis Villegas/AP

NEW YORK — ‘Hey, who’s wearing Old Spice?”: Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris, center, is hit by New York Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke (58) and defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence II (97) during the first half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Harris was injured on the play.
Photo: Adrian Kraus/AP

MEXICO — A victory hug, a U.S. milestone: Kelly Cheng, front, and Sara Hughes, of the United States, celebrate after defeating Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos, of Brazil, in the women’s Beach Volleyball World Cup final match in Tlaxcala, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
Photo: Fernando Llano/AP

FLORIDA — Another dramatic goal line success in American pro football: Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams (9) catches a 45-yard touchdown reception as Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Ryan Neal (23) defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Tampa, Fla.
Photo: Chris O’Meara/AP

MEXICO — Bare feet, bare hands in sand, but no ordinary beach day: David Ahman, of Sweden, dives for the ball during the men’s Beach Volleyball World Cup final match against Ondrej Perusi and David Schweiner, of the Czech Republic, in Tlaxcala, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
Photo: Fernando Llano/AP

FRANCE — ‘By God, if you score, it will be bare-assed!”: South Africa’s Franco Mostert catches the ball during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
Photo:Themba Hadebe/AP

HAWAII — Charitable, temporary classroom site following wildfire: Sacred Hearts School second grade teacher Courtney Copriviza interacts with the fourth graders at their temporary school site at Sacred Hearts Mission Church on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Sacred Hearts and other private schools across the state took in displaced public school students and offered a year of free tuition.
Photo: Mengshin Lin/Photo

BROOKLYN — Repercussions of distant war based on religion and real estate: A woman walks next to graffiti reading in Spanish “Long Live Palestine,” in a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP

PHILADELPHIA — Ongoing sabotage of a sacred relationship between quarterback and receiver: Philadelphia Eagles’ James Bradberry, right, breaks up a pass intended for New York Jets’ Garrett Wilson during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J.
Photo: Noah K. Murray/AP

MOSCOW — Solidarity, memorial remembering a distant war: People gather to attend a solidarity service for the Israeli victims of the attacks by Hamas at the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Russia.
Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

KASHMIR — Life and commerce go on, despite troubled politics: A Kashmiri man carries a child on his shoulders as shoppers buy warm clothes ahead of winter at an open market in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Oct 15, 2023.
Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP

ECUADOR — Victory cheers in presidential run-off: Supporters of candidate Daniel Noboa celebrate his victory in the runoff presidential election, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
Photo: Carlos Noriega/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C — Remembering an honoring Italian Americans: First lady Jill Biden speaks at the National Italian American Foundation’s 48th anniversary gala on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Washington.
Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

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