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Our world in photos: February 2

February 2, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
PENNSYLVANIA — This 138-year-old tradition baffles the groundhog and most humans: Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, PA, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring.Photo: Barry Reeger/AP
PENNSYLVANIA — This 138-year-old tradition baffles the groundhog and most humans: Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, PA, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring.
Photo: Barry Reeger/AP
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MEXICO — Indigenous ceremonies continue for ‘Orphan Day’: Purepechas Indigenous women carry burning copal incense as they escort a flame from Erongaricuaro, where residents kept the fire alive for one year, to Ocumicho in Michoacan state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. A new flame will be lit in Ocumicho at the “New Fire” ceremony on Feb. 2 to mark the new year after extinguishing the old fire on Feb. 1, which is considered an orphan day that belongs to no month and is used for mourning and renewal.Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP
MEXICO — Indigenous ceremonies continue for ‘Orphan Day’: Purepechas Indigenous women carry burning copal incense as they escort a flame from Erongaricuaro, where residents kept the fire alive for one year, to Ocumicho in Michoacan state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. A new flame will be lit in Ocumicho at the “New Fire” ceremony on Feb. 2 to mark the new year after extinguishing the old fire on Feb. 1, which is considered an orphan day that belongs to no month and is used for mourning and renewal.
Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP
BUENOS AIRES — Street protest drama heightens: An anti-government protester charges at police deployed outside Congress where lawmakers are debating a bill promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bill includes a broad range of economic, administrative, criminal and environmental reforms.Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
BUENOS AIRES — Street protest drama heightens: An anti-government protester charges at police deployed outside Congress where lawmakers are debating a bill promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bill includes a broad range of economic, administrative, criminal and environmental reforms.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
SANTIAGO — “Game of Thrones” imagery comes to the pitch: Chilean soccer player Arturo Vidal waves a sword while riding a horse onto the pitch at his welcoming event at the Monumental Stadium in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Vidal returns to play for Colo Colo after 17 years of a successful career playing for soccer clubs in Europe and South America.Photo: Esteban Felix/AP
SANTIAGO — “Game of Thrones” imagery comes to the pitch: Chilean soccer player Arturo Vidal waves a sword while riding a horse onto the pitch at his welcoming event at the Monumental Stadium in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Vidal returns to play for Colo Colo after 17 years of a successful career playing for soccer clubs in Europe and South America.
Photo: Esteban Felix/AP
TEXAS — Flags for sale in Dripping Springs: Rudy Martinez, of San Antonio, sets up his flags for sale at the Take Our Border Back Convoy in Dripping Springs, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.Photo: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP
TEXAS — Flags for sale in Dripping Springs: Rudy Martinez, of San Antonio, sets up his flags for sale at the Take Our Border Back Convoy in Dripping Springs, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.
Photo: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP
FLORIDA — Ceremonies, no matter what the subject, are definitely the ‘brainchild’ of humans: Christina Lusk of Fort Lauderdale adjusts her wet hotdog costume as she emerges from the ocean during a Groundhog Day celebration in Hollywood, FL, just after dawn on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Hollywood's version of Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and predicted "six more weeks of tourism" for the area before dozens of celebrants sang the national anthem, then ran into the ocean as part of a local Groundhog Day tradition that dates back twenty years.Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
FLORIDA — Ceremonies, no matter what the subject, are definitely the ‘brainchild’ of humans: Christina Lusk of Fort Lauderdale adjusts her wet hotdog costume as she emerges from the ocean during a Groundhog Day celebration in Hollywood, FL, just after dawn on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Hollywood’s version of Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and predicted “six more weeks of tourism” for the area before dozens of celebrants sang the national anthem, then ran into the ocean as part of a local Groundhog Day tradition that dates back twenty years.
Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
DALLAS — New anointed leader bows to the old: The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, bows while greeting the Rev. Jesse Jackson before speaking in Dallas late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s is elevating a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years, choosing Haynes as his successor to take over the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.Photo: LM Otero/AP
DALLAS — New anointed leader bows to the old: The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, bows while greeting the Rev. Jesse Jackson before speaking in Dallas late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s is elevating a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years, choosing Haynes as his successor to take over the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Photo: LM Otero/AP
BUENOS AIRES — Street protest drama heightens: An anti-government protester jeers at police guarding Congress where lawmakers are debating a bill promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bill includes a broad range of economic, administrative, criminal and environmental reforms.Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP
BUENOS AIRES — Street protest drama heightens: An anti-government protester jeers at police guarding Congress where lawmakers are debating a bill promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bill includes a broad range of economic, administrative, criminal and environmental reforms.
Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP
MEXICO — South of the border, running of the bulls ends up in the river: Residents drag a bull into the Papaloapan River to be returned to a cattle ranch at the end of a running of the bulls event as part of a festival honoring the Virgin of the Candelaria in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. For nearly a quarter century, the residents have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of the religious festival. It is reminiscent, though at a much smaller scale, of the running of the bulls in northern Spain and has continued year after year despite laws banning the mistreatment of animals.Photo: Felix Marquez/AP
MEXICO — South of the border, running of the bulls ends up in the river: Residents drag a bull into the Papaloapan River to be returned to a cattle ranch at the end of a running of the bulls event as part of a festival honoring the Virgin of the Candelaria in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. For nearly a quarter century, the residents have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of the religious festival. It is reminiscent, though at a much smaller scale, of the running of the bulls in northern Spain and has continued year after year despite laws banning the mistreatment of animals.
Photo: Felix Marquez/AP
QATAR — Underwater shoulder stack ... ‘impressive’: Hilda Tri Julyandra and Gabrielle Permata Sari of Indonesia compete in the women’s duet technical of artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP
QATAR — Underwater shoulder stack … ‘impressive’: Hilda Tri Julyandra and Gabrielle Permata Sari of Indonesia compete in the women’s duet technical of artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.
Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP

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