Our world in photos: September 23

September 23, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

WALL STREET — Pledging ‘unwavering commitment to fiscal balance’ with a vigorous hammer on the bell: Argentina’s President Javier Milei poses for pictures after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. Milei is in town for the United Nations General Assembly, where he was to address global leaders on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Buenos Aires Times. His much-awaited speech is expected to be controversial; Milei is critical of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’s humanitarian goals, such as climate change and gender equality. The Argentine president is also scheduled to deliver a lengthy speech to the US Council on Foreign Relations before returning to South America on Wednesday.

Milei was also scheduled to meet on Monday with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Google’s Vice-President of Global Policy and Government Affairs, Karan Bhatia.

A man with a traditional Bavarian hat is pictured in the sun at start of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in front of paintings showing Munich landmarks in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

People run to enter the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

Visitors wait in the tent of the Hacker-Pschorr brewery the start of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

A waitress prepares beer mugs in the Augustiner marquee for the start of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday morning, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the Marstall festival tent for Oktoberfest in Munich on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP

Festival enjoy the first glasses of beer on day one of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

Festival goer reach out for the first glasses of beer on day one of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP

MUNICH — Serving these mugs takes muscle: A waitress carrying beer mugs in the Hofbräuhaus beer tent on day one of the 189th ‘Oktoberfest’ beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. German immigrants to the U.S., New York in particular, brought the Oktoberfest custom with them. They also opened and hired employees at breweries, of which Rheingold Brewery became one of the most famous. It was named after composer Richard Wagner’s cycle of operas about the Der Ring des Nibelungen, which in turn was derived in part from Old Norse mythology, particularly the first opera in that set, “Das Rheingold.”

Readers who can’t get to Munich for the festival might be interested in attending an Oktoberfest at a German Lutheran church in Brooklyn Heights this coming Saturday or at several restaurants throughout the borough over the next couple of weeks.

SAO PAULO — Indigenous groups everywhere join the effort in climate reform: A Guarani Indigenous leader performs a religious ritual during a climate protest in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Some non-governmental organizations are asserting that only global pressure and protests will be effective in helping the Guarani reclaim their land and receive recompense for injustices over centuries, including the mass enslavements and conversions during the 16th century when Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries arrived in what is modern-day Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia.

Such abuses led to the Laws of Burgos and the New Laws of the Indies during the 1500s, which mandated a more humanitarian treatment of the indigenous peoples.

American singer Ne-Yo performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

Fans attend a performance by American singer Charlie Puth at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, late Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

Fans attend the performance of Cyndi Lauper at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

RIO DE JANEIRO — Hyping up the crowd: Katy Perry performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. The seven-day festival, which concluded on Sunday, Sept. 22, attracted over a hundred thousand people daily. One of Latin America’s biggest festivals, Rock in Rio, for the first time in its 40-year history, featured sign language interpreters on its big screens.

Sign language interpreters have become popular and ubiquitous since Brazil passed an inclusion law in 2015 to place itself at the forefront of providing full accessibility for persons with disabilities. The law also helps organizers of cultural events underwrite the means of providing interpreters.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7/AP and quarterback Sam Howell (6/AP walk out to the field before an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21/AP gets called for pass interference against Miami Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold (30/AP during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson lies on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/AP

SEATTLE — Briefly airborne to deliver the gain: Miami Dolphins running back Jeff Wilson Jr. (23) drives as Seattle Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon (21) defends during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle.

ZURICH — Whizzing past the Swiss backdrop: Finlay Tarling of Britain rides during the Junior Men individual time trial over 24.9 kilometers (15.5 miles) at the Cycling World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.

Tarling came in fourth, with a time of + 01:18.

Supporters of former President Evo Morales, below, face off with supporters current President Luis Arce in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Juan Karita/AP

Supporters of former President Evo Morales march to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce near El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Juan Karita/AP

BOLIVIA — Rarely seen weaponry from the era of David and Goliath: A supporter of former President Evo Morales slings a rock at supporters of current President Luis Arce in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. The violence has escalated, as pro-government supporters and security forces in Bolivia have clashed with protesters loyal to former President Evo Morales.

Morales has stated his intention to run for Bolivia’s presidency in 2025, as has his opponent, Luis Arce.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 6-5. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts celebrates after hitting a walk-off solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 6-5. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates as he heads to first for a solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, advances to third after Freddie Freeman grounded into a double play as Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahon stands by during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

LOS ANGELES — Homerun’s moment of impact: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts hits a walk-off solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 6-5.

Colorado had an eventful first inning with three runs. Although the Rockies scored two more runs in the third and the sixth innings, respectively, the Dodgers then began catching up in the bottom of the seventh inning with three runs and then topped off in the ninth inning with two more to come ahead.

The LA Dodgers rank first in the National League West division.

LIVERPOOL — ‘Look, our spouses are here to support us’: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.

Reeves, who is the first woman to hold the post of Exchequer in the eight centuries of its existence, promised that Great Britain would not return to austerity measures, as she sought to project optimism in an early test of the Labour Party’s mettle since its landslide victory this summer.

New York Giants running back Devin Singletary (26/AP dives toward the end zone but is ruled out of bounds during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. Photo: David Richard/AP

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1/AP catches a touchdown pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP

NASHVILLE — Making it difficult, but not impossible, to throw a pass: Tennessee Titans’ Jarvis Brownlee Jr. tries to stop Green Bay Packers’ Malik Willis during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, TN. Green Bay won 30-14.

“Only three times in franchise history have the Packers sacked the opposing quarterback more than they did in Sunday’s 30-14 win over the Titans,” reported Matt Schneidman in the New York Times Athletic coverage section.