Our world in photos: August 29

August 29, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Manjui Indigenous children entertain themselves with a smartphone in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay known as the Paraguayan Chaco, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Manjui Indigenous children compete in a sack race in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay known as the Paraguayan Chaco, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP

PARAGUAY — Toys come in all forms to a child’s imagination: Manjui Indigenous children play in the Abisai community in Mariscal Estigarribia, in the western region of Paraguay known as the Paraguayan Chaco, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. The landlocked South American country has been called the Country of Women as a consequence of the large number of male casualties during the Triple Alliance War (1864-70) that began around the time of the U.S. Civil War. Paraguay lost a war against a powerful alliance of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The skewed gender ratio has contributed to more female-headed households and more out-of-wedlock births.

Car tires are used as toys in Paraguay and many other parts of the world, particularly as swings and other playground equipment. They have also been used to create arches or tunnels in electric model train sets.

The cauldron with the Paralympic flame rises at the end of the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Paralympics, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Aurelien Morissard/AP

Fans record the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Photo: Felix Rodriguez-Scheyer/AP

Spectators turn on their mobile phone flashlights before the heats swimming serie begins during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Netherlands' Caroline Groot reacts as she wins the gold medal in the Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial final Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

Patrick Bos, of the Netherlands, reacts after winning the gold in the Men's B 4000m Individual pursuit final with Tristan Bangma, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

Andrew Edmondson of Australia, center, and Stuart Robinson of Great Britain, right, challenge for the ball as Ryley Batt of Australia looks on during the 2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Rugby match Australia against Great Britain at the Champs Mars Arena Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Michel Euler/AP

Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates at the podium after winning the Men's 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Mason Symons of the United States and Mike Whitehead of Canada, right, challenge for the ball during the 2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Rugby match United States against Canada at the Champs Mars Arena Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Michel Euler/AP

Ricardo Ten Argiles, from Spain, rides during the Men's C1 3000m individual pursuit qualifying Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

France's Marie Patouillet competes on her way to capture the silver medal in the Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial final Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

Whitney Bogart dives to catch the ball during during the Women's preliminary round Goalball game against France at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Christophe Ena/AP

PARIS — Increasing intensity for rugby gold: Stuart Robinson of Great Britain, left, as he is blocked by Australians Andrew Edmondson, center, and Ryley Batt during the 2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Rugby match Australia against Great Britain at the Champs Mars Arena Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. A particularly aggressive and fierce sport, wheelchair rugby earned the moniker “murderball.” Athletes with quadriplegia developed wheelchair rugby in Canada during the 1970s. It was presented as a demonstration sport at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games and officially debuted as a medal sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. Paralympics are always held in the same city as the Summer Olympics.

Wheelchair rugby, with co-ed teams, is now played in more than 25 countries.

VENICE — The red carpet is like walking to the mailbox for Hollywood royalty: Angelina Jolie poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Maria’ during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The 81st edition of the film festival launched on Aug. 28 with an eagerly-anticipated showing of the Tim Burton-Michael Keaton sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” as the opener. Hosted at the Lido di Venezia, the film festival runs through Saturday, Sept. 7.

American actress and producer Sigourney Weaver was honored with the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremonies.

SEOUL — Not quite like hitting a pothole: A vehicle that fell into a sinkhole is seen on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Two elderly occupants in the car survived but with injuries, according to emergency workers. The pavement collapsed unexpectedly into the eight-foot-deep sinkhole, swallowing the SUV and injuring an 82-year-old male driver and 76-year-old female passenger. There were no other injuries.

South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport warned lawmakers last year that at least 879 sinkholes were reported in the country from 2019 to June 2023, nearly half of them the result of damaged sewer pipes, reports the Associated Press.

GREECE — Nature’s revenge — the water loses life, while humanity loses sustenance: Workers collect more than 100 tons of dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations. The dead freshwater fish filled the bay, 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Athens. Water levels rose abruptly during a deadly storm last fall that brought extensive flooding in central Greece. However, those waters receded and gave way to the other extreme: drought from low rainfall and successive heat waves over this summer, the Associated Press reported.

The city’s Chamber of Commerce said it was taking legal action to seek damages after commercial activity fell by 80% over the last three days.

FRANKFURT — ‘Sure, the pay could be better, but in terms of job satisfaction, I don’t think we’re that different from Santa Claus … just with babies’: Two storks sit in their nest as the sun rises in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The majestic birds hold a special place in both German culture and the country’s natural history. German storks are actually long-distance travelers, according to a report on the Ramstein Air Base, an American Air Force base in the Rhineland region. They winter in Africa and return each spring to Europe to breed. The white storks are known for their large nests, which the birds build in elevated spots such as rooftops and even chimneys. The storks reuse their nests from time to time, building them to the point in which the nests themselves become local landmarks.

A stork nest on a building is traditionally viewed as a good omen, as it symbolizes prosperity and fertility.

Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates by hitting the water after winning the Men's 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brasil, spits water to celebrate his victory at the Men's 100m backstroke -S2, during a heats swimming serie at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brasil, spits water to celebrate his victory at the Men's 100m backstroke -S2 final, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

PARIS — Controlling breath in the midst of competition: Paralympic athlete Fabiola Ramirez, of Mexico, takes the start at the Women’s 100m Backstroke -S2, during a heats swimming series at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. Ramirez represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women’s 100-meter backstroke S2 event and won a bronze medal.

Ramirez served as the flag bearer for Mexico at the 2024 Summer Paralympics along with Salvador Hernández.

WASHINGTON — Tag — you’re OUT! New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., left, tags out Washington Nationals’ Joey Gallo in a rundown between third base and home plate during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Washington. The Nationals, currently ranking fourth in the National League East, beat the top-ranking American League East Yankees 5-2 in this game. The Nationals scored two runs each in the first two innings and added to that in the fourth inning.

The game was a pick-me-up for the Nationals, who have been trailing in their division with a 61-73 record.