Our world in photos: September 16
Brooklyn Eagle Staff
September 16, 2024
Our world in photos: August 9
- August 9, 2024
- Brooklyn Eagle Staff
SAINT-DENIS — Queen of the hurdles: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, of the United States, poses after winning the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters hurdles final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. She is the first track athlete to break four world records in the same event: setting four world records during 13 months, she was the first woman to break the 52-second (June 2021) and 51-second (July 2022) barriers in the 400 m hurdles.
McLaughlin-Levrone, who turned 25 on Wednesday, Aug. 7, hails from a family of track-and-field athletes; her father, Willie McLaughlin, qualified for the 400m semifinals at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials. A running track was named in McLaughlin-Levrone’s honor at Columbia Park in her hometown of Dunellen, New Jersey, in 2021.
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PARIS — ‘ … Also qualifying in the gymnastics competition’: Uzbekistan’s Abdumalik Khalokov and Australia’s Charlie Senior flip after Khalokov won their men’s 57 kg semifinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. Khalokov will fight Munarbek Uulu Seittbek of neighboring Kyrgyzstan at the finals on Saturday, Aug. 10.
Both countries are landlocked nations once part of the former Soviet Union and historically part of the Silk Road route.
SAINT-DENIS — Point of entry from 33 feet up … and no splash? South Korea’s Shin Jung-whi competes in the men’s 10m platform diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. The splash that divers make at entry (contact with water) also factors into the athlete’s score, with a minimal splash being ideal. When entering head-first, the diver’s arms should be stretched above the head, in line with the body, explains the Paris 2024 Olympic website.
Olympic diving uses only the 10-meter (ca. 9-feet high) platform and the 3-meter springboard, even though many viewers have spotted the presence of diving apparatuses at several different heights. The diving well (pool) must be at least 16 feet deep.
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PARIS — Fierce focus: China’s Fan Zhendong plays against Sweden’s Truls Moregard during the men’s gold medal team table tennis match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. Medals matches are determined as follows: Players advance through the draw by winning matches. Losers are eliminated until the field has whittled down to four players or teams, depending on whether it’s a singles or doubles set. During the semifinal rounds, the winners advance to compete against each other in the gold-medal final. The semifinal losers still have a chance to capture the bronze in the finals.
China won the gold in the final match, while France — winning against Japan — won the bronze. Sweden won the silver medal in both men’s singles and the men’s team.
KATHMANDU — Dressed for an international celebration: Nepal’s indigenous women in traditional attire gather to participate in a rally to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024 focuses on “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact,” according to a United Nations webpage. Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact are the best protectors of the forest. Yet, their needs are repeatedly deprioritized in the demand for minerals, water, tourism and other resources in developed and developing nations. Rather, Indigenous peoples are closely dependent on their ecological environments, and changes to their natural habitat endanger both the survival of individual members and the group as a whole.
Living in their own communities, Indigenous people often “belong to the land,” a concept often foreign in societies where individuals and organizations seek property rights.
GAZA — Forced migration to avoid impending military conflict: A Palestinian youth flees the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, following Israeli military evacuation orders, saying its forces will soon operate there, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Mediators from the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have renewed their push for Israel and Hamas to reach a cease-fire deal, even as another wave of Israeli airstrikes in the city on Friday killed at least 21 Palestinians, medics at the city’s Nasser Hospital told the Associated Press. The largest medical facility in Gaza’s southern portion, the hospital, originally established in 1960, is named for Egypt’s then-president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, a leading force in the Middle East during the mid-20th century.
Reports are that Nasser Hospital has not been able to function since early July.
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MICHIGAN — A presidential stride? With more public appearances, both candidates will be projecting their special attitude at public rallies: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a campaign rally Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Romulus, MI.
LIMA — Commerce invades every zone — a good thing because it means jobs: Stuart Rodriguez gets a ride on a dolly of jean fabric bought at the Gamarra textile market as his brothers Steve and Stevenson transport the load to their father’s factory in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Textile production in Peru both generates an impact on the actors in the value chain and enables it to prioritize sustainable development, social responsibility and care for the environment. Clothing products from alpacas and llamas are particularly in demand.
The full quote reads, “Commerce defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades every zone.” It is attributed to a 19th-century American historian, statesman and educator who helped promote and expand secondary education (high schools) on the national level.
SAINT-DENIS — Airborne for more than 20-plus feet: Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the United States, competes in the women’s long jump final, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. She won the gold medal, with a longest jump of 7.10 meters. An athlete completes a fixed number of attempts at jumping. The longest distance attempt is then counted as the best.
The silver medal went to Malaika Mihambo of Germany, and the bronze to Jasmine Moore of the United States.
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PARIS — Jumping through hoops at a whole new level: The team from China performs their hoop exercise in the rhythmic gymnastics group all-round qualification round at La Chapelle Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. Rhythmic gymnastics, which is a women’s event, is a floor exercise in which the athletes use ribbons, balls, hoops, clubs or other mobile apparatuses to display body awareness and coordination.
Rhythmic gymnastics, which has more of a dance focus, is also utilized in a girl’s early development of athletic potential.
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Not the Olympics, but the U.S. Open of Surfing: Marco Mignot, of France, gets some air during the round of 64 at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.
The tournament, which runs through Aug. 11, was at the Round of 32 as of Friday afternoon, Aug. 9.
DES MOINES — Finnegan’s triumph, or Finnegan’s wake if he doesn’t win? Finnegan, owned by pork producer Bryan Britt of Monticello, Iowa, is led into the ring before the Big Boar contest at the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. He turned out to be a triumph, setting a new Iowa State Fair record for weight, at 1,420 lbs., according to the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, KCCI 8 TV. Finnegan was reportedly reticent about mounting the scale and had to be backed in.
His owner, Bryan Britt, said that the state’s Biggest Boar is a finicky eater but is given a special feed that is on the sweet side. Finnegan’s favorite treat? Gummy bears.
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