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Thursday August 17, Our World in Pictures

August 17, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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INDONESIAN — Citizens Celebrate Independence: Participants assist each other in greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of Independence Day celebrations at Ancol Beach in Jakarta on Thursday. Contestants race up to grab items ranging from buckets to bicycles hanging from the top of the poles as prizes. Indonesia is celebrating its 72th anniversary of independence from the Netherlands.

GUATEMALA — Attack on Hospital Results in Fatalities: A nurse (not pictured) attends to Argelia Mansio, who was injured by a stray bullet during an assault staged by unknown attackers at the Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City on Wednesday. Gunmen stormed the Roosevelt, one of the country’s largest hospitals, and opened fire early Wednesday in an assault staged to free an imprisoned gang member, officials said. At least seven people were killed and five were arrested.

BEIJING — Leaders Meet: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, second from left, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, left, meets with China’s State Counselor Yang Jiechi, second from right, at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound on Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA — Marches Take to Streets: Protesters march down North Broad Street on Wednesday in response to the racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend.

HONG KONG — Protest Leader Sentenced to Jail: Officers try to clear the way for a prison bus carrying local activist Joshua Wong at the high court after sentencing on Thursday. The court overturned sentences that the prosecution said were too light and sent Wong and two other student leaders of huge pro-democracy protests in 2014 to prison.

INDIA — Fashion Week Celebrated: A model displays a creation by Sunita Shanker during Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on Thursday.

BRAZIL – On Patrol: Police officers of the special operations battalion ride on a mechanical shovel during a patrol at the Caramujo slum in Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday. Thousands of soldiers and police began patrolling metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro as part of security actions to diminish the violence in the state. 

BRAZIL – Indigenous Protests: A Guarani Indian participates in a protest outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday. Brazil’s indigenous communities are protesting as the Supreme Court deliberates on the legality of President Michel Temer’s plan to restrict land titles awarded to the communities. 

PORTUGAL – Fire Spectators: Villagers watch a firefighting plane drop water to stop a raging forest fire reaching their houses just a few dozen meters away in the village of Chao de Codes, near Macao, central Portugal, Wednesday. Giant clouds of gray smoke are cloaking the horizon in parts of central Portugal as fast-moving wildfires continue to strain emergency responders. 

VIRGINIA – Charlottesville Victim Memorial: Jason Charter, left, of Washington, stands at a memorial, Wednesday, in Charlottesville, Va., at the site where Heather Heyer was killed during a white nationalist rally. Charter was at the scene when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting the rally. 

SPAIN – Summer in Spain: A group of sailing boats sail in front of the coast during a summer day in Laredo, northern Spain, Wednesday.

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