Our world in photos: September 12
Brooklyn Eagle Staff
September 13, 2024
Our world in photos: August 5
- August 5, 2024
- Brooklyn Eagle Staff
BISHKEK — Gathering of the eagles in an independent state bordered by Russia and China: Kyrgyz hunters compete during the Traditional Eagle Hunting Festival Salbuurun near the Issyk-Kul Lake on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake, 213 km (132 miles) southeast of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. The bond between a human and eagle or falcon is important as the birds hunt and convey messages.
The Kyrgyz also hold their Birds of Prey Festival in early August, which is devoted to the deeply-revered golden eagles and falcons. The festival includes singing and dancing with musical accompaniment, particularly Kyrgyzstan’s three-stringed instrument, the ooz komuz; a demonstration of hunting with a Golden Eagle; a folklore show; an exhibition; and the sale of handicrafts and souvenirs.
The tasting of Kyrgyz cuisine is also featured. Evolving over centuries, the cuisine blends Asian and Russian staples like triangular breads with filling, dumplings, ravioli and noodle dishes.
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SAINT-DENIS — Took the gold by being .005 of a second faster than the silver: Noah Lyles of the United States shouts as he arrives in the stadium for the men’s 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Lyles nudged out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson on Sunday by an interval almost imperceptible by a layman’s eye: five-thousandths of a second — that’s .005 of one tick of the clock. The final tally in this one: Lyles 9.784 seconds, Thompson 9.789. The Associated Press offered a perspective of this microscopic time interval: the blink of an eye takes, on average, one-tenth (.10) of a second. That was 20 times longer than the gap between the first and second finishers in the 100-meter race.
The first four racers were separated by less than .03. The top seven all finished within .09 of each other.
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SAINT-DENIS — Pure gold form as Ukraine takes first place: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, of Ukraine, competes in the women’s high jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. The 22-year-old Mahuchikh won the gold medal in this final. She also holds the Women’s High Jump World Record, achieved during preliminaries on July 6 in Paris. Her Ukraine teammate, Iryna Gerashchenko, came in third, winning the bronze. Mahuchikh later told reporters that she drew her inspiration from the Ukrainian people.
The silver medalist in the high jump was Australian Nicola Olyslagers.
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SAINT-DENIS — This graceful entry began by looking like a cannonball: China’s Quan Hongchan competes in the women’s 10m platform diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. She made it to the top of the qualifying round and the semifinals, with Chen Yuxi, also of China, coming in second. Both divers made it to the finals at the top of the list. Other divers making the qualifiers represent Great Britain, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Mexico, Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy and the Netherlands.
The best 12 divers in the semifinal qualify for the final.
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VAIRES-SUR-MARNE — If you want to compete here, just drop in: Casey Eichfeld of the United States competes in the men’s kayak cross repechage race against Adam Burgess of Britain and Liam Jegou of Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. In their Race 3, Jegou and Burgess advanced to the elimination round.
Also called canoe slalom and extreme slalom, the Kayak cross competition is making its debut at this year’s Olympic Games for the first time. This fast-paced sport offers suspense.
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DHAKA — Celebrating an unpopular PM’s resignation: Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate after getting the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Her resignation ended 15 years in power after the citizens — many of them students — protested several of her policies, including a quota on government jobs. These protests expanded into defiances and an uprising against Hasina and her ruling Awami League party. Hasina fled to neighboring India, where she has allies. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s army chief, Waker-uz-Zaman, asked the public to keep its trust in the army, which will form an interim government.
Bangladesh was formed in 1971 as a result of a series of wars between India and Pakistan. However, Bangladesh, which borders India to its east, is not contiguous with Muslim-majority Pakistan, which is India’s western neighbor.
QUITO — Challenging the outcome of an election: Venezuelan national Flormarys Gómez takes part in a protest against the results of her country’s presidential election, declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. This is part of an ongoing strife between Maduro and his opponents, against whom he has begun to retaliate. Maria Corina Machado, one of the opposition leaders who had been in hiding for fear of retaliation, emerged in public on Saturday as her supporters and other opposition leaders sang and danced in the streets.
The United States on Thursday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of that nation’s disputed presidential election and rejected Maduro’s claim of victory.
TAMPA BAY — Nature’s revenge — so far a gentle warning: A driver negotiates a flooded street as Tropical Storm Debby passes just to the west of the Tampa Bay, FL, region, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Debby made landfall Monday, Aug. 5, around 7 a.m. as a Category 1 hurricane in Florida’s Northern Bend, where that state’s peninsula portion meets the Panhandle, roughly near Daytona Beach. Now a tropical storm, she was expected to stall over Georgia and South Carolina, producing what is forecast to be record rainfall.
State officials in North Carolina are also warning residents as far inland as the state capital of Raleigh to prepare for torrential rainfall, and a flood watch was issued that remains effective through Friday, Aug. 9.
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WALL STREET — When markets tumble, furrowed brows and worse … Specialist Glenn Carell works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.
CNBC reported at 4:34 p.m. that the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,033.99 points, or 2.6%, to end at 38,703.27. The Nasdaq Composite lost 3.43% and closed at 16,200.08, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 slid 3% to end at 5,186.33. The Dow and S&P 500 also registered their biggest daily losses since September 2022.
Moreover, Japan’s stock market posted its worst drop since Wall Street’s Black Monday in 1987, contributing to fears of global turmoil in the markets.
ANAHEIM — Is this pregame yoga or action on the field? New York Mets’ Jeff McNeil, left, is tagged out by Los Angeles Angels second baseman Michael Stefanic, bottom right, during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Anaheim, CA. The call was challenged but was upheld upon review.
The Angels’ Matt Thaiss scored in the bottom half of that inning. The two teams had a particularly eventful seventh inning. The Mets’ J.D. Martinez homered to center field; Brandon Nimmo scored, as did Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil. However, the Angels also had three runs in their bottom 7th and came ahead 4-5.
The Angels are fourth in the American League West. The Mets are currently third in the Nation League East
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