Our world in photos: August 2

August 2, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

France's Teddy Riner celebrates after defeating South Korea's Kim Min-jong during their men's +100 kg final match in the team judo competition, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

PARIS — The ‘Grappling Gi’ is loose fitting and purposefully plays a role in the skillset: South Korea’s Kim Min-jong and France’s Teddy Riner compete during their men’s +100 kg final match in the team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. Riner on Friday became the second three-time individual Olympic gold medalist in judo history in one of the most electrifying events of the Paris Games, the Associated Press reported at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 2. The 35-year-old heavyweight defeated Min-jong for the gold in his fifth Olympics. An 11-time world champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist, Riner is one of the most popular and beloved figures in any sport from France.

Teddy Riner was France’s flag-bearer during the opening ceremonies last week.

Sha'carri Richardson, right, of the United States, runs in women's 100-meter heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Photo: David J. Phillip/AP

Sha'carri Richardson of the United States, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Photo: Petr David Josek/AP

SAINT-DENIS — Power, grace and speed captured in a millisecond: Sha’carri Richardson of the United States wins a heat in the women’s 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Richardson, who is already the reigning world champion in the event, has now made her long-awaited Olympic debut in track and field. In June, she became the fastest woman in the world with her 10.71-second sprint at the U.S. trials.

Although she won the race also three years ago in 10.86 seconds, her victory was stripped in the wake of a positive marijuana test. Since then, Richardson has pulled through several struggles through personal and physical discipline.

United States' Kate Douglass competes in a women's 200-meter individual medley heat at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

United States' Katie Ledecky wins a women's 800-meter freestyle heat at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

Kate Douglass, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Martin Meissner/AP

NANTERRE — Breathing is critical: Tunisia’s Jamila Boulakbech competes in a women’s 800-meter freestyle heat at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Boulakbech qualified in the 8th position in the first heat but was eliminated after the second heat. Each swimming event is divided into rounds with the purpose of trimming the field of competitors (which can sometimes number upwards of 90+ for individual events) down to a final race of eight, explains the Paris 2024 Olympics page on swimming competitions. Technically, a heat can refer to any single race within a swimming event, regardless of round. All swimmers competing in a given event must swim in a preliminary heat to qualify for the next round of competition.

For events longer than 200m, such as the 800-meter race, the eight fastest swimmers from the preliminary heats automatically qualify for the final, where medals are at stake.

SAINT-DENIS — Soft landing after a missed high jump: Valdileia Martins, of Brazil, misses an attempt during the women’s high jump qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. However, Martins did make the top six qualifying athletes in the Group A heat, with her 1.92-time making a national record for Brazil.

Yelena Slesarenko holds the Olympic record in the women’s high jump with 2.06m, recorded at the Athens 2004 Games.

Alsu Kurmasheva, from right, hugs her daughters Bibi Butorin and Miriam Butorin as her husband Pavel Butorin looks on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following her release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

Elizabeth Whelan, right, hugs her brother Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, and President Joe Biden greet Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

Ella Milman, mother of reporter Evan Gershkovich, from left, hugs her son as fellow released prisoner Paul Whelan and his sister Elizabeth Whelan look on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following their release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

Reporter Evan Gershkovich is greeted on the tarmac by his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

MARYLAND — An experienced, old president doing his job: President Joe Biden, left, hugs Alsu Kurmasheva at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, following her release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Ms. Kurmasheva, who holds joint U.S. and Russian citizenship, is an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. A Russian court convicted her on July 22 during a secret trial for spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison. Her conviction was handed down on the same day as it did for fellow prisoner, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was also released as part of the prisoner-swap agreement.

However, the Associated Press reports that the deal required major concessions from European allies, including the release of a Russian assassin, in order to secure freedom for the group of journalists, suspected spies, political prisoners and others.

FRANKFURT — Small sprints in the Olympics of life: A bee approaches a sunflower in a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Several years ago, the German government embarked on a major campaign to reverse a decline in bee populations, which are central to the country’s agriculture. Germany banned neonicotinoids and glyphosate pesticides, which were proven harmful to bees. They also promoted bee raising and beekeeping throughout Germany, including at the Bundestag Courtyard.

Urban beekeeping, in particular, has seen a boom in recent years, with growing numbers of young city-dwellers installing hives on their balconies.

BEIRUT — A tree of life activated by dance near one of the earth’s ‘cradles of civilization’: Members of the international female Lebanese dance troupe Mayyas, who won America’s Got Talent season 17 in 2022, perform for the first time in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Mayyas first came on the scene in 2019, when they became the first act from Lebanon to win “Arabs Got Talent.” The troupe was able to keep their dance studio functioning through Lebanon’s severe economic crisis. Invited to participate in “America’s Got Talent,” Mayyas won the $1 million prize.

“I was always fascinated by nature and life and fiction,” choreographer Nadim Cherfan told NBC. “When your reality is hard, when you struggle in your life, you go deep in your art for you to be able to escape from reality. So these visions, they become reality to me.”

Rajhu Phooljale, 65, weeps while recalling his story of abandonment as he's comforted by Dr. Salim Ahamad, right, and manager Naved Khan at Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society, or SHEOWS, a home for the aged and unwanted where he is a resident, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Garhmukteshwar, India. "I nurtured them from the time they were small," he says. "Isn't it their duty to take care of me?" Photo: David Goldman/AP

Suresh Prakash Agarwal stands for a portrait at the Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society shelter where he is a resident in Garhmukteshwar, India, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Agarwal, 87, lost both his wife and his son in a landslide in 2013 while on a trek. The former law professor says their deaths left him "paralyzed with grief" and with no one else to help care for him. Looking to the home's manager, 30-year-old Naved Khan, he says: "He is my guardian." Photo: David Goldman/AP

Baleshwar, who does not use a surname, is lifted onto a stretcher by onlookers and Avanish Kumar, left, part of a rescue crew from Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society, or SHEOWS, a home for the aged and unwanted, Thursday, April 18, 2024 in New Delhi, India. Baleshwar had been living on the street with a fractured leg when he was found. Photo: David Goldman/AP

Avanish Kumar, approaches a man living on the street to offer transporting him to the Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society, or SHEOWS, a home for the aged and unwanted, Thursday, April 11, 2024, in New Delhi, India. Photo: David Goldman/AP

NEW DELHI — ‘Cycle of life’ story on one compelling homeless man: Atmaram, who does not use a surname and was found living on the street a day earlier, eats breakfast at Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society, or SHEOWS, a home for the aged and unwanted, Friday, April 12, 2024, in New Delhi, India. Some clues about Atmaram’s past drip out in the days to come: He used to make clay pots. He and his brother shared a home with their respective wives. His wife died, then his brother. Then, his sister-in-law forced him out. “This house is not yours,” he says she told him.

The elderly residents have experienced heart-rending and cruel hardships, including injuries and abandonment from family. The Associated Press’ David Goldman chronicled their stories through photography.

MOSCOW — Not yet a welcome home, but first step in the process: In this image made from video provided by the Russian Federal Security Service via RTR on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, center, is escorted by a Russian Federal Security Service agent, left, as they arrive at an airport outside Moscow, Russia. Gershkovich’s colleagues at the Wall Street Journal’s New York newsroom broke into applause at the news of his release.

Gershkovich is one of 24 Americans released in what is considered the largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet/American diplomatic history.

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ — Up close, a successful, popular basketball shot: Giannis Antetokounmpo, of Greece, gets a lay-up against Australia in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France.

As of Friday, Greece ranks #3 in the Men’s Group Phase, Group A.