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Our world in photos: February 29

February 29, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
BUENOS AIRES — Caught in the crossfire: A passenger rests in a check-in area after his flight was suspended at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages.Photo: Victor R. Caivano/AP
BUENOS AIRES — Caught in the crossfire: A passenger rests in a check-in area after his flight was suspended at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Airport and airline workers, as well as pilots, are staging a 24-hour strike for higher wages.
Photo: Victor R. Caivano/AP
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KASHMIR — Everyone’s commute looks a little different: A couple on their way home after the day's work row a shikara, or traditional boat, in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo: Dar Yasin/AP
KASHMIR — Everyone’s commute looks a little different: A couple on their way home after the day’s work row a shikara, or traditional boat, in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo: Dar Yasin/AP
COBIJA — Nature’s revenge in a home invasion: Residents move a table that was recovered from a flooded home in front of a flooded store in Cobija, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The Acre River on the Bolivian-Brazilian border has overflowed its banks and continues to rise amid heavy rainfall.Photo: Juan Karita/AP
COBIJA — Nature’s revenge in a home invasion: Residents move a table that was recovered from a flooded home in front of a flooded store in Cobija, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The Acre River on the Bolivian-Brazilian border has overflowed its banks and continues to rise amid heavy rainfall.
Photo: Juan Karita/AP
LONDON — Di through Andy’s eyes: Art handlers carry an Andy Warhol portrait of Princess Diana created in 1982, as it is displayed at Phillips auction rooms in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. The painting, estimated at 1,200,00 - 1,800,00 UK Pounds (1,520,000 - 2,280,000 US Dollars), will be for auction in the London 20th Century and Contemporary Art Sales on March 7 and 8.Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
LONDON — Di through Andy’s eyes: Art handlers carry an Andy Warhol portrait of Princess Diana created in 1982, as it is displayed at Phillips auction rooms in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. The painting, estimated at 1,200,00 – 1,800,00 UK Pounds (1,520,000 – 2,280,000 US Dollars), will be for auction in the London 20th Century and Contemporary Art Sales on March 7 and 8.
Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
PUERTO RICO — Surf’s up for the Olympics: Sky Brown of Great Britain competes in the ISA World Surfing Games, a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, off La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.Photo: Alejandro Granadillo/AP
PUERTO RICO — Surf’s up for the Olympics: Sky Brown of Great Britain competes in the ISA World Surfing Games, a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, off La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Photo: Alejandro Granadillo/AP
PERU — Health emergencies changing the way to live, yet again: Santos Chiroque rolls home a barrel of water in Santa Rosa, Chulucanas, Peru, one of many areas where a health emergency was declared due to rising dengue cases, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Once a week, residents in this area fill barrels with water from a distribution truck and use it for all their water needs.Photo: Martin Mejia/AP
PERU — Health emergencies changing the way to live, yet again: Santos Chiroque rolls home a barrel of water in Santa Rosa, Chulucanas, Peru, one of many areas where a health emergency was declared due to rising dengue cases, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Once a week, residents in this area fill barrels with water from a distribution truck and use it for all their water needs.
Photo: Martin Mejia/AP
LONDON — First Lady photo op: Akshata Murty, wife of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, greets the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo: Alastair Grant/AP
LONDON — First Lady photo op: Akshata Murty, wife of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, greets the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo: Alastair Grant/AP
TEXAS — Nature’s revenge: A telephone pole burns from the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas.Photo: David Erickson/AP
TEXAS — Nature’s revenge: A telephone pole burns from the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas.
Photo: David Erickson/AP

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