Our world in photos: September 26

September 26, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ALASKA — During climate evacuation, two creatures find love and comfort with each other: A girl cuddles with her puppy on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Mertarvik, Alaska. She and her family relocated from Newtok, some nine kilometers away and across a body of water from Mertarvik. Their former homestead and their dwellings have been almost destroyed by severe erosion.

The native coastal Village of Newtok, a federally recognized tribe of 350 Yupik Eskimos, sits on the Ninglick River on the Bering Sea.

ALASKA — Nature’s revenge: Charles Alexie stands along the coastal erosion that has eaten away at the riverbanks on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Newtok, Alaska. The erosion and melting permafrost have essentially destroyed Newtok, with about 70 feet (21.34 meters) of land lost every year. Most of the residents began relocating their community about five years ago; the last 71 to do so will load their possessions onto boats to move to Mertarvik, across the Ninglick River from their longtime home. They will rejoin the 230 Newtok residents who began moving away in 2019, becoming one of the first Alaska Native villages to complete a large-scale relocation because of climate change.

The Associated Press reported that Newtok’s leaders began searching for a new townsite more than two decades ago and wound up ultimately swapping land with the federal government for a spot that sits nine miles (14.48 kilometers) away. Geologically, Mertarvik sits on the stable volcanic underpinnings of Nelson Island in the Bering Strait.

CAPITOL — Continuing the pitch for a Ukrainian solution: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he arrives for a briefing with lawmakers about the war effort against Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, and to bolster support for his nation’s resistance to Russia. Zelenskyy was also scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden, who has announced his administration will provide billions of dollars more in missiles, drones, ammunition and other supplies. Zelenskyy was also scheduled to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, who has pledged to continue the U.S. military support to Ukraine if she wins the election. Zelenskyy’s government is striving to maintain good relationships with the United States regardless of who wins next month’s elections.

However, GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump was a naysayer, refusing to meet with Ukraine’s president, instead criticizing him and even claiming that the nation has no future. He also praised Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine.

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong cannot reach a home run by Philadelphia Phillies' Kody Clemens during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Philadelphia. Photo: Matt Slocum/AP

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts as he singles during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Will Smith scored. Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

Detroit Tigers' Matt Vierling reacts after beating the throw to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt to score during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Detroit. Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP

San Diego Padres relief pitcher Robert Suarez, left, celebrates along with catcher Kyle Higashioka after the Padres clinched a playoff spot with a triple play to end their baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Detroit Tigers' Matt Vierling beats the throw to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt to score during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Detroit. Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP

WASHINGTON — Balletic and airborne: Washington Nationals shortstop Nasim Nunez throws to first to put out Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Washington. The Royals, who hold an American League Wild Card, won 3-0. Thursday, the Royals also won 7-4 against the Nationals. In the American League Central, the Royals stand third with an 85-74 record.

The Royals’ 27-year-old winning pitcher, Daniel Lynch IV, throws and bats left-handed.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Politics … here, there and everywhere: Indianarae Siqueira, a transgender woman running for city council, attends a rally led by state employees in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2024. Three years ago, Siquiera visited Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, to participate in a dialogue with Rutgers University Professor of Portuguese Dr. Daniel da Silva, whose research has focused on Lus-Afro-Brazilian gender, sexuality and performance. Their talk was part of a mini-lecture series focused on “Travesti and Trans Latina Activism – From the Streets to the Screen,” which explored “the connections among social movements led by travesties, trans Latinas, and transgender and gender non-binary people across the Americas,” according to a Columbia University webpage on the event.

The municipal elections in Rio are being held on Oct. 6, during which voters will elect a mayor, vice mayor and 51 city council members.

LONDON — A balletic moment right before the collision: Arsenal’s 16-year-old goalkeeper Jack Porter, left, is challenged by Bolton’s John McAtee during the English League Cup third round soccer match between Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers at the Emirates stadium in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Ethan Nwaneri scored at least two goals for Arsenal as they trounced Bolton 5-1.

Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Joker: Folie A Deux' on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in London. (Photo: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

Joaquin Phoenix, from left, Lady Gaga, and Todd Phillips pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Joker: Folie A Deux' on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in London. (Photo: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

LONDON — For inspiration and perspective — ‘You Raise Me Up’ shoes will help: Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. She announced earlier this month that she had written a new song for “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

The much-anticipated movie is scheduled to debut in the U.S. on Friday, Oct. 4.

LUXEMBOURG — Well protected by the official Popemobile: Pope Francis and Archbishop of Luxembourg, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, right, tour Place de Metz in Luxembourg on the first day of Francis’s four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. The pontiff’s goal is to reinvigorate and reinforce Catholicism in a part of Europe that was a stronghold of the faith. However, growing secularism, particularly enforced by laws in France, and disillusion among the faithful in the wake of abuse scandals, attendance at Europe’s magnificent cathedrals and churches has diminished. During his stay through the weekend, Pope Francis is expected to emphasize the importance of the Catholic Church’s history in Western Europe, particularly Luxembourg and Belgium.

Of the Benelux nations, however, the Netherlands has been historically Protestant but has leaned toward non-religious. And in Belgium, roughly a third of the population now identifies as non-religious.

CUBA — Nature’s revenge: People traverse a flooded street with a horse-drawn carriage after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

CHICAGO — Avid fan wants new owners: Christian Landreth, right from Glen Ellyn, Ill., wears a bag on his head during a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning. The White Sox are going for the MLB record for loses122 if they lose tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Chicago.

MENLO PARK — Will they stay on when you rip your sweatshirt off? Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, CA.