Our world in photos: January 10

January 10, 2025
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

MALIBU — Destruction right up to the tide lines: Beachfront properties are left destroyed by the Palisades Fire, in this aerial view, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. Firefighters are using the abatement in winds to make headway in containing and stopping the multiple blazes in the Los Angeles area that are responsible for the deaths of at least 10 people. Some 153,000 residents are still under evacuation orders.

Another blaze, the Kenneth Fire, ignited in the San Fernando Valley Thursday, but a major, coordinated response from firefighters helped prevent its spread, the Associated Press reported on Friday, Jan. 10.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy look at the frescoed ceilings of Rome's Villa Madama, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, during a meeting on the situation in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the 2024 year-end press conference, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

ROME — A new, stronger alliance? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni at Chigi Palace government headquarters in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as he arrives for talks. During their meeting, President Meloni expressed solidarity with the victims of the recent Russian bombings.

Meloni also reaffirmed Italy’s guarantee of support for Ukraine’s legitimate defense, according to a report on the website for the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

Garrett Yost gathers water from a pool while surveying his neighbors' fire-ravaged properties in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Photo: John Locher/AP

People look over damaged structures after the Eaton Fire burns in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Nic Coury/AP

The devastation of the Palisades Fire is seen in the early morning in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Photo: John Locher/AP

A plume of smoke from a wildfire forms over the city's basin Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Los Angeles. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Cesar Plaza becomes emotional while looking at his home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Nic Coury/AP

The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Fire crews battle the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Ethan Swope/AP

A firefighter sets a backburn in front of the advancing Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Ethan Swope/AP

Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Ethan Swope/AP

Cars are left charred inside a dealership in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

Homes bordering the Pacific Ocean are burned to the ground in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

Two people ride bicycles amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

A lone burnt tree remains on a hill after the Kenneth Fire burnt through hills in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Etienne Laurent/AP

Firefighters look out over the Kenneth Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in the West Hills section of Los Angeles. Photo: Eric Thayer/AP

Kenneth Snowden, left, surveys the damage to his fire-ravaged property with his brother Ronnie in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

A VW van sits among burned out homes, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Ari Rivera, rear, Anderson Hao hold each other in front of their destroyed home in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: John Locher/AP

Josh Lederer wears a mask to protect him from fumes as he retrieves his children's clothes from his fire-ravaged property in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

The sun sets over damage from the Eaton Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Photo: Nic Coury/AP

The ruins of a burned property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

CALIFORNIA — Badly burned, but still a bit majestic as a reminder of what had been there: A firefighter walks past a charred bunny sculpture and debris at the destroyed Bunny Museum, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. The Bunny Museum, founded during the 1990s as “a rabbit-themed repository home to over 46,000 adorable and cute items, from bunny art to stuffed toys,” according to LA’s NBC affiliate, KNBC 4Los Angeles, burned during the firestorm from Jan. 7-8.

The museum’s co-founder, Candace Frazee, vows to rebuild.

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried to a hearse after a funeral service at Maranatha Baptist Church, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Plains, Ga. Photo: Mike Stewart/AP

The casket of former President Jimmy Carter enters Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, for a funeral service. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Photo: Alex Brandon, Pool/AP

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets perform a fly-over as as the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, bottom right, arrives at Maranatha Baptist Church for a funeral service, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Plains, Ga. Photo: Mike Stewart/AP

People watch as the hearse containing the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter passes through downtown Plains, Ga., toward Maranatha Baptist Church for a funeral service Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Alex Brandon, Pool/AP

People watch as the hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter passes through downtown on its way to the Carter residence for his interment Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Plains, Ga. Photo: Mike Stewart, Pool/AP

A joint services body bearer team carries the casket after the funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Photo: Alex Brandon, Pool/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ‘Why won’t Michelle return my phone calls …?’ Former President Barack Obama listens to President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump waits stoically before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrived without time to chat or acknowledge those nearby. Reporters later asked Donald Trump about the conversation, to which the President-elect responded that he and former president Barack Obama “probably do” like each other, NBC News reported.

The two are political rivals who have frequently criticized each other’s policies. However, last August, Trump had kinder words for his Oval Office predecessor, telling CNN that “he likes Obama, calling him ‘a nice gentleman’ and saying he respects the Obamas,” NBC News reported.

Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Basilio Sepe/AP

Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Photo: Basilio Sepe/AP

MANILA — Faith comes out with physical fervor, fed by a crowd: Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

This major annual event drew at least 1.8 million, mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers. The festival venerates a centuries-old Black statue of Jesus.

Worshipers brought various prayers: good health for their families, an end to the conflict in the neighboring South China Sea, and even a petition to God for incoming President Donald Trump to show more compassion to Filipino immigrants.

VIENNA — Protestors use max energy from their cell phones’ flashlights to make a point: Participants hold up their cell phones during a protest against the mandate for Austria’s far-right Freedom Party to lead a new government in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Herbert Kickl, the Austrian far-right leader, told reporters that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly.” He has been in negotiations with a group of conservatives who, in the past, were critical of him.

Kickl’s Freedom Party identifies as Russia-friendly, anti-immigration and Euroskeptic.

MELBOURNE — Hair mask — practice session relieving tension: Russia’s Mirra Andreeva reacts during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Players have noted that, in tennis, the offseason does not really leave players much time to be “off.” They must stay in top form.

The 2025 season, for all practical purposes, began while the calendars still read 2024.

BUCHAREST — Continuing brouhaha over Tate bros: Andrew Tate gestures, next to his brother Tristan, outside the Bucharest Tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Andrew, Tristan and two women are accused of human trafficking and of forming a criminal gang to exploit women sexually. Andrew Tate also faces an additional rape charge.

Meanwhile, some sources, including NDTV, claim that Andrew Tate believes he could run for U.K. Prime Minister “to fix the mess.” Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk reportedly supports Tate in this.