Friday July 28, Our World in Pictures

July 28, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

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DUMBO — Tick Tock: The DUMBO Clock Tower looks poetic at sunset when seen from 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge’s rooftop bar.

VENEZUELA — Gearing up for Elections: A supporter of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a picture of late President Hugo Chavez during a rally in Caracas on Thursday. Maduro has provoked international outcry and enraged an opposition demanding his resignation with his push to elect an assembly that will rewrite the nation’s constitution. Sunday’s election will cap nearly four months of political upheaval that has left thousands detained and injured and at least 100 dead.

PAKISTAN — People Celebrate Prime Minister’s Dismissal: Supporters of opposition parties celebrate the dismissal of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Friday. Pakistan’s Supreme Court in a unanimous decision has asked the country’s anti-corruption body to file corruption charges against Sharif, his two sons and daughter for concealing their assets.

WISCONSIN — Biking to Camp: Green Bay Packers’ Johnathan Calvin rides a bike to NFL football training camp Thursday in Green Bay.

KAZAKHSTAN — Preparing for a Space Mission: An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing in front of the Soyuz FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome on Thursday. The new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was scheduled for Friday, carrying U.S. astronaut Randy Bresnik, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.

PHILIPPINES — Storm Brings Heavy Flooding: Boys play outside of their flooded homes after tropical storm Nesat flooded parts of metropolitan Manila on Thursday. Strong rains caused floods in low-lying areas and classes were suspended in most schools in the capital.

NORTH CAROLINA — Residents Lose Power: Aaron Howe cooks in the dark kitchen at the Island Convenience Store in Rodanthe on Hatteras Island on Friday. An estimated 10,000 tourists face a noon deadline Friday for evacuating the island on the state’s Outer Banks after a construction company caused a power outage, leaving people searching for a place to eat, stay cool or to resume interrupted vacations. Howe says it is the only place in town to get a meal.

ITALY – Shore of Lake Bracciano: A view of the shore of Lake Bracciano, about 35 kilometers northwest of Rome, Thursday. Rome area’s governor last week ordered no more water drawn from Lake Bracciano, which supplies much of the Italian capital, raising risk for staggered water supply shutdowns as long as eight hours daily in alternating neighborhoods. Scarce rain and chronically leaky aqueducts have combined this summer to hurt farmers in much of Italy and put Romans at risk for drastic water rationing starting later this week.

PORTUGAL – Dropping Water: A firefighting airplane drops its load of water on a forest fire raging on a hill across the Tagus river from Vila Velha de Rodao, central Portugal, Thursday. Almost 2,000 firefighters were deployed at six major forest fires in Portugal Thursday. The worst-affected areas continued to be in the central region of the country.

SYRIA – Dashing Across the Street: A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs in front of a damaged building as he crosses a street on the front line, in Raqqa city, northeast Syria, Thursday. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said Thursday.

INDIA – Destroyed House: A villager searches his damaged house in Runi village near Thara in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India, Thursday. Dozens of people have died in the state of Gujarat amid torrential rains.

SYRIA – Painted Bottle: A water bottle painted with a face to represent an Islamic State fighter, left by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters on a window sill, on the front line, in Raqqa city, northeast Syria, Thursday. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff resistance and large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists, a spokeswoman for the fighters and monitors said Thursday.