Tuesday Aug. 11, Our World In Pictures

August 11, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

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ST. LOUIS — Anniversary Brings Demonstrations: Protesters of police brutality march to the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse on Monday, in the wake of the one-year shooting death anniversary of Michael Brown on Sunday. Several protesters were arrested after arriving at the courthouse.

CUBA — Country Yearns for Tourism: In this July 27 photo, singer Candido Fabre sings at a carnival concert in Santiago. Santiago’s promoters lament that tourists are missing out on the city’s rich Afro-Cuban culture, its meandering streets, colonial architecture and its prized role as the home of native musical genres such as Trova and son.

TENNESSEE — Man Takes Part in Remembrance Ceremony: A lantern is placed onto the waters of Fort Loudoun Lake during a peace lantern ceremony on Sunday in Knoxville, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the bombing on Nagasaki, Japan.

KENYA — Male Lion Gazes into Camera: In this July 7 photo, an old male lion raises his head above the long grass in the early morning, in the savannah of the Maasai Mara. Conservationists warn that the increased use of lion bones to replace tiger bones in traditional medicines in parts of Asia is seen as a new potential threat to Africa’s wild lion population.