Our world in photos: September 4

September 4, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns to Zheng Qinwen, of China, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP

Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, returns to Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP

Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, reacts with an apparent injury shortly before he was forced to retire in his match against Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP

Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot to Alexander Zverev, of Germany, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Photo: Pamela Smith/AP

FLUSHING MEADOWS — When the sponsorship fits the feeling — ‘BOSS moment’: Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts after scoring a point against Alexander Zverev, of Germany, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Fritz will now compete against fellow American Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal on Friday, guaranteeing the United States a title in the match at the country’s Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years.

Fritz and Tiafoe may be opponents on the tennis court, but the two are longtime friends, reports the Associated Press.

EGYPT — Fighter jets decorating the sky: Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow at al-Alamein airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. The Air Show runs through Sept. 5 and is, according to its website, an opportunity for professionals from across the aerospace and defense industries to network “with government and military officials, regional civil aviation authorities, representatives from national space agencies and space commands, and professionals from airlines, aerospace equipment manufacturers, and regional distributors and agents.”

The Airshow’s schedule includes a conference, exhibition, static aircraft displays and flying displays.

CALIFORNIA — Nature’s revenge: Collapsed roads are covered with tarps in a neighborhood damaged by ongoing landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The community of 42,000 people may not have realized that the land was already starting to collapse before they developed the area into luxury Pacific coastline housing. Factors being blamed for the collapse of the Palos Verdes Peninsula are the weak rock and clay in the land, its vulnerability to pounding ocean waves and the synergistic effects of two consecutive summers with heavy rainfalls, the Washington Post reports.

Last year, Rancho Palos Verdes received a $23 million federal grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency last year to explore a strategy that officials hoped could limit land movement to two inches annually. But the landslides’ increased frequency seems to be hindering any solution.

PARIS — Activists come in all shapes, sizes and … species? A placard is placed on a dog during a gathering to demand the release of activist Paul Watson from Greenland prison, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Watson, founder and President of the animal rights and environmental Sea Shepherd Conservation, was arrested by Greenland police on July 21, 2024, on an international arrest warrant that Japan issued over a 2010 incident involving Japanese whaling ships. The warrant claims that Watson severely damaged the ship and injured a crewmember when throwing a stink bomb at the ship. The Greenland court ruled on Wednesday to keep the Canadian-American anti-whaling activist in prison, according to The Guardian.

Greenland, though geographically part of North America, with autonomy, is a realm of the Kingdom of Denmark.

KYIV — Fashion as a vehicle of statement: A Ukrainian war veteran puts on his prosthetic to take to the runway to demonstrate an outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

The designers’ brand is characterized as “a fresh interpretation of the classic men’s suit. However, this time the spotlight is on men’s blouses and shirts, which refer to the aesthetics of traditional folk attire,” according to The Odessa Journal, a Ukrainian publication. The Odessa Journal notes that Moskin and Bilous specialize in clients with prosthetic limbs.

KENYA — Perhaps one of the most needed “working animals”: Abdullahi Mohamud, a herder, looks after his camels near a water point in Lekiji Village, Laikipia County, Kenya, on Friday, July 26, 2024. A recent years-long drought in Kenya killed millions of livestock and has forced Kenya’s Maasai and other herders to look beyond cattle. Camels have been deemed suitable because their physiology enables them to deal with drought or an external source of water. They are able to re-absorb water. Their humps, however, store fatty tissue rather than water.

The villagers have also had to deal with legal matters since 1996. Lekiji sits between two private ranches, and the property owners have sought repeatedly to get the people evicted from their homes, according to the international Just Conservation website. The villagers have enlisted conservationist organizations and other NGOs for help in persuading the authorities to work jointly with them as a community wildlife conservancy.

Worshipers hold a painting as they wait for Pope Francis outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim /AP

President of Scholas Occurrentes, Jose Maria del Corral, left, looks on as Pope Francis gestures during a meeting with the young people of Scholas Occurrentes at Grha Pemuda Youth Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Photo: Tatan Syuflana, Pool/AP

Pope Francis is greeted as he arrives at the Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba /Pool Photo via AP

Pope Francis interacts with the young people of Scholas Occurrentes at Grha Pemuda Youth Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Photo: Tatan Syuflana, Pool/AP

JAKARTA — The pope and the youth: Pope Francis gestures as he interacts with the young people of Scholas Occurrentes at Grha Pemuda Youth Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. The pontiff met with 200 Indonesian students from various islands, schools, and religions, the Vatican News and AsiaNews reported. His visit underscores the values of unity in diversity and the culture of encounter, which are key principles of Scholas Occurrentes, which originated as a project in Pope Francis’ native Buenos Aires, Argentina, to bring together students from public and private schools, regardless of religious background, to work for the common good.

The Scholas Occurrentes became a pontifical foundation in 2013 and has partners with nearly 450,000 schools and educational institutions worldwide.

FLUSHING MEADOWS — The man, the myth, the “Maestro” of tennis: Tennis great Roger Federer acknowledges the crowd during the quarterfinal match between Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Zheng Qinwen of China during the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. Federer, who announced his retirement two years ago (at age 41) after becoming an eight-time Wimbledon champion, got to enjoy the U.S. Open as a spectator this time.

Sabalenka won her match with a 6-1, 6-2 set win against No. 7 Zheng Qinwen, the gold medalist at the Paris Olympics last month. She advances to the semifinal, where she will play against Emma Navarro.