Our world in photos: August 26

August 26, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

INDIA — Celebrating the birthday of a god: A Hindu girl dances during the Janmashtami festival that marks the birthday of Lord Krishna at a temple in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

The major two-day festival is marked with fasts, vigil, recitation of scriptures and Krishna prayers in Manipur. Dancers performing Raslila are a notable annual tradition during Janmashtami in Mathura and Vrindavan. The Raslila, or Ras, is part of a traditional story where Krishna dances with Radha and the Gopis of Braj.

These stories are described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana and Gita Govinda. Born in northern India around the third millennium before Christ, Krishna’s life marks the passing of the Dvapara age and the beginning of the Kal yuga, which adherents consider as the current age.

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain steers his car during the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Photo: Patrick Post, Pool/AP

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain, left, steers his car in front of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands during the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain steers his car to win the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race, as Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, left, looks on, at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

NETHERLANDS — Instead of Gatorade, racing expensive machines calls for the best champagne: McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain is sprayed with champagne as he celebrates after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. First held in 1950 at Circuit Zandvoort, North Holland, the auto racing event, the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix, was raced through 1985 until the company organizing the race went out of business. The municipality that owned Zandvoort sold it to Vendorado and revived this Grand Prix with a planned spring 2020 revival date, but the pandemic pushed it to 2021.

Dutch favorite Max Verstappen won the Grand Prix in the next three consecutive annual events (2021-2023) until Lando Norris broke that winning streak this weekend.

MOSCOW — The relative security of remote meetings that help prevent assassination: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on economic issues via video conference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Putin began the economic address, which focused on Russia’s main priorities of the national economic policy until 2030. Putin touted “overall confidence in the national manufacturing sector, agriculture and services, with companies and their staff operating in a stable manner and generating positive momentum,” according to the President of Russia’s website.

President Putin’s conference took place the day after Miners’ Day, a professional holiday for coal workers. His website also included a congratulatory note to the workers and emphasized the importance of several regions’ coal mining to that nation’s economy, including the “coal basins from the Far East and the Arctic to Siberia and the South of Russia.”

BEIJING — Ceremonial play and dress outside the Forbidden City: Children dressed in traditional costumes play with toy swords as their family members take souvenir photos outside the Forbidden City during the summer holiday in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Called the Forbidden City because of the Chinese civilization’s cosmic bond between the heavens and the ruling dynasty: only members of the imperial family could enter. Built in 1420, the Forbidden City was the political and ritual center of China for more than 500 years and became home to 24 emperors, their families and servants during the Ming (1368–1644) and the Qing (1644–1911) dynasties.

The last emperor to live in the Forbidden City was Puyi (1906-1967), who was crowned at age three. He was expelled in 1925 during the Chinese Revolution when workers rebelled against authorities. The Forbidden City precinct was then turned into the Palace Museum.

KARBALA — Remembering Muhammad’s grandson: Shiite pilgrims mark the holiday of Arbaeen, named for the Arabic word for 40, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Karbala, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, in the 7th century. The observance, during the second month of the Islamic lunar calendar, culminates at the spot where Hussein and his half-brother Imam Abbas were killed during the Battle of Karbala. Shiite Muslims also hold the observance as a reminder of their unity over centuries of turmoil.

This year’s Arbaeen bore particular sorrow over the current violence and warfare in Gaza, now in its 11th month.

INDIA — People will endure almost anything to experience a little speed: A farmer holds onto the reins as he slides through mud behind his speeding oxen during a traditional oxen plow race known as Nangarni Spardha at Dervan village in Ratnagiri district, in the western-Indian state of Maharashtra, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The race’s objective is to maneuver the animals around a horseshoe-shaped track without losing grip on the reins (or his entire team is disqualified). The farmer controls speed by pulling and twisting the oxen’s tails.

These particular oxen — painted bright colors for the occasion — are called into service only for the Nangarni Spardha and do not perform farm labor.

ZURICH — Special cap designates the key speaker at this event: The Dalai Lama attends a public talk at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. During Sunday’s talk, a group of Tibetan singers and dancers sang in praise of His Holiness. As part of his remarks, the Dalai Lama said, “In the past, people in the outside world didn’t know much about Tibetan Buddhism, but as time has gone by, more people have taken an interest in it. They are especially attracted by instructions about the workings of the mind and emotions and ways to cultivate positive qualities within us.”

Following the 1959 Tibetan uprising against the People’s Republic of China, the 14th (and current) Dalai Lama had to flee to India. The Swiss Red Cross helped resettle 300 Tibetans into Switzerland, and Swiss families adopted approximately 150 Tibetan orphans.

ATLANTA — ‘You’re out … ” and temporarily blinded in the process: Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams (5) makes the tag on Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna (20) in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Atlanta. Although Washington scored two runs in the top of the second inning, they lost to the Braves, 2-4. The Braves’ Orlando Arcia homered in the fifth inning, according to the New York Times sports feature, The Athletic. During the sixth inning, Matt Olson hit a double to right center field, sending Whit Merrifield home. Olson then scored on Travis d’Arnaud’s single. During the eighth inning, Ramon Laureano homered to center field.

The Braves (70-60 record) are now second in the National League East. The Nationals have some catching up to do; they rank 4th in the same division, with a 59-72 record.

New England Patriots running back Kevin Harris, left, dives over Washington Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves to score on a touchdown pass during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Landover, Md. Photo: George Walker IV/AP

Washington Commanders running back Michael Wiley, bottom, dives for the end zone to score a touchdown past New England Patriots safety Joshuah Bledsoe during the second half of a preseason NFL football game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Landover, Md. Photo: Nick Wass/AP

MARYLAND — More athletic and better trained, pro footballers do more ‘leaping’ for touchdowns: New England Patriots running back Kevin Harris, top, dives over Washington Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves to score on a touchdown pass during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Landover, MD.

LAS VEGAS — What happens in Vegas stays on social media: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump poses for a photo at a campaign event at ll Toro E La Capra, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. Trump pledged to end the tax on tips that hospitality and service workers have had to pay. Ending taxes on these gratuities is an issue on which both Presidential nominees, Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, agree. Harris, who as vice president also presides over the U.S. Senate, said while also visiting Las Vegas earlier this month, “When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.”

Trump, speaking at a closed event at Il Toro E La Capra, also acknowledged the endorsement he received from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. after the latter suspended his own campaign.