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Our world in photos: March 1

March 1, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
SWITZERLAND — Swiss supermarket owners refuse to share the wealth: Farmers organize themselves to form a giant "SOS" signal with their tractors as a coordinated stunt replicated in various locations across Switzerland, protesting against their work conditions and here specifically the price of milk, echoing numerous protests across Europe in recent weeks, in a field between the villages of Echallens and Goumoens-la-Ville, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo: Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP
SWITZERLAND — Swiss supermarket owners refuse to share the wealth: Farmers organize themselves to form a giant "SOS" signal with their tractors as a coordinated stunt replicated in various locations across Switzerland, protesting against their work conditions and here specifically the price of milk, echoing numerous protests across Europe in recent weeks, in a field between the villages of Echallens and Goumoens-la-Ville, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo: Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP
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PERU — Fever from mosquitos creates emergency: Jenny Chiroque, suffering from dengue, sits on a bed with netting at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Feb. 26 due to a growing number of dengue cases.Photo: Martin Mejia/AP
PERU — Fever from mosquitos creates emergency: Jenny Chiroque, suffering from dengue, sits on a bed with netting at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Feb. 26 due to a growing number of dengue cases.
Photo: Martin Mejia/AP
LONDON — Another “hotspot” where democracy is targeted by extremists: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the media at Downing Street in London, Friday, March 1, 2024. The Prime Minister used the address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists.Photo: Alberto Pezzali/AP
LONDON — Another “hotspot” where democracy is targeted by extremists: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the media at Downing Street in London, Friday, March 1, 2024. The Prime Minister used the address to warn that democracy is being targeted by extremists.
Photo: Alberto Pezzali/AP
PORT-AU-PRINCE — In Haiti, gangs attempt a crackdown on the police: Youths raise their hands to show police they are not carrying weapons during an anti-gang operation at the Portail neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Gunmen shot at the international airport and other targets in a wave of violence that forced businesses, government agencies and schools to close early.Photo: Odelyn Joseph/AP
PORT-AU-PRINCE — In Haiti, gangs attempt a crackdown on the police: Youths raise their hands to show police they are not carrying weapons during an anti-gang operation at the Portail neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Gunmen shot at the international airport and other targets in a wave of violence that forced businesses, government agencies and schools to close early.
Photo: Odelyn Joseph/AP
GLASGOW — Rare view of a sprinter: Celera Barnes of the United States trains during a warm-up session before the start of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP
GLASGOW — Rare view of a sprinter: Celera Barnes of the United States trains during a warm-up session before the start of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP
MOSCOW — Somber mourners at Russia’s most notable funeral: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, left, and his mother-in-law, no name available, pay their last respects to him at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was buried after a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence.Photo: AP
MOSCOW — Somber mourners at Russia’s most notable funeral: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, left, and his mother-in-law, no name available, pay their last respects to him at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was buried after a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence.
Photo: AP
LONDON — One of Britain’s most storied ‘tending’ jobs: Barney Chandler, newly appointed ravenmaster at The Tower of London in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. If legend is to be believed, Barney Chandler has just got the most important job in England. Chandler is the newly appointed ravenmaster at the Tower of London. He's responsible for looking after the feathered protectors of the 1,000-year-old fortress.Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
LONDON — One of Britain’s most storied ‘tending’ jobs: Barney Chandler, newly appointed ravenmaster at The Tower of London in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. If legend is to be believed, Barney Chandler has just got the most important job in England. Chandler is the newly appointed ravenmaster at the Tower of London. He’s responsible for looking after the feathered protectors of the 1,000-year-old fortress.
Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
RIO DE JANEIRO — Self-contained, quiet, powerful — ‘Goooooal!’: Jhon Arias of Brazil's Fluminense celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Recopa Sudamericana final soccer match against Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
RIO DE JANEIRO — Self-contained, quiet, powerful — ‘Goooooal!’: Jhon Arias of Brazil’s Fluminense celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the Recopa Sudamericana final soccer match against Ecuador’s Liga Deportiva Universitaria at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

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