Our world in photos: October 20

October 20, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
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ISRAEL — Safe, but still vulnerable during evacuation: A young girl looks through a bus window as her family departs the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, Israel, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. The Israeli military announced Friday it would evacuate the border city a day after three residents were injured by cross-border fire from militants in Lebanon.
Photo: Baz Ratner/AP
TEL AVIV — Prayers and tears for their relatives victimized by kidnapping: Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants pray in central Tel Aviv on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas militants and supporters organise a mass Sabbath dinner calling for the return of more than 200 hostages by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.
Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP
RAMALLAH — Continuing conflict in a complex political struggle apart from Hamas: Angry Palestinian protesters chant “CNN out” before forcing the journalists to leave the site during clashes with the Israeli border police, following a demonstration in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Photo: Nasser Nasser/AP
GAZA — ‘Nothing pretty about war… and yet we’re always at war’: A Palestinian wounded in Israeli bombardment waits for treatment in a hospital in Deir al-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Photo: Hatem Moussa/AP
BERLIN — ‘Climate change will kill us all, might as well go to jail…’: A police officer removes a ‘Letzte Generation’ (Last Generation) activist from a blocked road during a protest against the climate change policies, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP
PRAYAGRAJ — Festivals made for the iPhone camera, most colorful in the world: An artist is prepared for a religious procession during Dussehra festival in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2019. Dussehra festival commemorates the victory of Rama over Ravana, a demon King who had abducted Rama’s wife. Rama killed Ravana to free Sita.
Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
NEW ORLEANS — The quintessential ‘extra step’ that results in a score: New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas (13) makes a catch for a touchdown in front of Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown (30) in the second half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP
ARLINGTON — ‘Ahhh, safe! I kiss your arm as a token of thanks’: Houston Astros’ Alex Bregman, right, slides safely into third base after hitting a two-run triple as Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung tags him during the first inning in Game 4 of the baseball American League Championship Series Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.
Photo: Julio Cortez/AP
PHOENIX — ‘There’s no crying in baseball…’: Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez reacts after being taken out of the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the sixth inning in Game 3 of the baseball NL Championship Series in Phoenix, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP
CALIFORNIA — Flowers make Janelle Monae the May Q.U.E.E.N.: Janelle Monae performs at the YouTube Theater, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif.
Photo: Chris Pizzello/AP
GAZA — Temporary encampment as they flee: Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk in a tent camp in Khan Younis. Many Palestinians in Gaza, who heeded the Israeli military’s warnings last week advising them to head south, thought they were fleeing to a safer place.
Photo: Fatima Shbair/AP
NORTH KOREA — The continuing alliance with Kim Jong Un: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, top right, leaves the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
Photo: Jon Chol Jin/AP
INDONESIA — Prayer for peace at lone synagogue: A woman prays at Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. An Indonesian rabbi at the only synagogue in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, called on Saturday for peace and an end to the fighting in Israel and Gaza.
Photo: Tatan Syuflana/AP
NEW YORK — Between the two of them, more than a century of rocking, rolling and stoning: Mick Jagger, right, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform during a celebration for the release of their new album “Hackney Diamonds” on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in New York.
Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
FLORIDA — ‘Caveat emptor’ when purchasing canned nutrition for toddlers: A can of toddler nutritional drink sits on a shelf in a grocery store in Surfside,Florida. Powdered drink mixes that are widely promoted as “toddler milks” for older babies and children up to age 3 are unregulated, unnecessary and “nutritionally incomplete,” the American Academy of Pediatrics warned Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP File
LOS ANGELES — Soil, and the market, are dry here: Desert landscape decorates a home for sale in Los Angeles. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes in September fell for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade as prospective homebuyers grapple with surging mortgage rates and a near historic-low level of properties on the market.
Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP
MIAMI — The heat is turned on for Brooklyn: Miami Heat forward Cole Swider (21) defends Brooklyn Nets guard Lonnie Walker IV (8) during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Miami.
Photo: Marta Lavandier/AP

OHIO — Board of Elections office lets both sides speak: Signs for and against a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Ohio stand in front of the Greene County Board of Elections in Xenia, Ohio.
Photo: Julie Carr Smyth/AP


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