Monday August 7, Our World in Pictures

August 7, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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CZECH REPUBLIC — Cubs Play: Two newly born white lion quintuplets play inside their enclosure at the Dvorec Zoo on Monday. The five cubs, one male and four female, were born in May. For the critically endangered white lion, the quintuplets that were born in a Czech zoo mean a vital contribution for their survival and a joy and responsibility of their keepers.

GREAT BRITAIN — City Holds Athletics Championships: Athletes are silhouetted when competing in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase during the World Athletics Championships in London on Sunday.

GOWANUS — Classic Car: This gleaming Chevrolet Fleetmaster is parked on a neighborhood street.

ECUADOR — Riding a Bull: A man rides a bull during a running of the bulls event in Pillaro on Saturday. The small Andean city sets loose about 40 bulls during the town’s annual fair.

NEW YORK — Tech Stocks Start Strong: Traders Michael Milano, left, and Daniel Leporin work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Stocks were little changed in early trading as technology companies rise and energy companies slip with the price of oil.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Prays: In this Sunday photo, Pope Francis prays on the tomb of Pope Paul VI on the anniversary of his death.

KENYA — Citizens Vote: A Kenyan election volunteer walks past ballot boxes and electoral material to be distributed to various polling stations in Nairobi on Monday. Kenyans voted on Tueday in a general election after a tightly fought presidential race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga.

GERMAMY — Animals Graze: Cows graze on a pasture near the Bavarian town of Bernbeuren as the sun sets on Sunday.

LITHUANIA – Boat in Sunset: A boat sails on the lake during sunset near the small town of Ignalina, some 120km (74,5 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday.

SOUTH KOREA – Looking to the North: A visitor uses binoculars to see the North side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Sunday. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion – a huge bite in its total exports, valued at $3 billion last year.

BRAZIL – Trash Filled Beach: Trash litters the sand of Flamengo beach in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara bay, Brazil, Saturday. Rio pledged in its Olympic bid to treat 80 percent of its water waste before the start of the Games, but it failed to deliver on that promise.

GERMANY – Reflections: In this photo the skyline of Frankfurt is mirrored in a puddle near river Main.

VENEZUELA – Patriotic Protest: An anti-government demonstrator wearing a Russian military hat, and his face covered with a Venezuelan flag, protests the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday. Venezuelan ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said the military squashed a “terrorist” attack at a military base on Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in military fatigues released a video declaring themselves in rebellion.

PHILIPPINES – Seen Through a Screen: A smartphone is used to record an interview of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he attends the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and its dialogue partners in Manila, Philippines, Sunday. Disagreements over North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile tests and territorial disputes in the South China Sea prevented the region’s foreign ministers from promptly issuing their joint communique after an annual gathering in Manila, two Southeast Asian diplomats said Sunday.

BRAZIL – Search in the Slums: A soldier searches a man as he patrols at the Lins Complex slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday. More than 3,500 Brazilian soldiers are occupying a series of slum communities in northern Rio de Janeiro as part of efforts to combat a spike in violence.