Tuesday September 12, Our World in Pictures

September 12, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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CUBA — Handlers Transfer Dolphins: Handlers from the Cayo Guillermo dolphinarium prepare dolphins for their transfer to the dolphinarium in Cienfuegos, located on Cuba’s southern coast, just hours before the arrival of Hurricane Irma on Friday. Irma spun along the northern coast of Cuba, where thousands of tourists were evacuated from low-lying keys off the coast dotted with all-inclusive resorts.

KANSAS — Residents Keep Anniversary Tradition: A woman is silhouetted by the setting sun as she waves to passing motorists below on Monday to remember the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks from an overpass on Interstate 35, near Melvern. Area residents began decorating the bridge with flags and waving to motorists on the anniversary in 2002 and have done it ever since, drawing about 300 people throughout the day.

FLORIDA — Watching the Waves: People stand next to palm trees as they watch the churning waves and high winds along Hollywood Beach on Saturday.

COLOMBIA — Pope Holds Mass: Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Cartagena on Sunday.

CHINA — Activist Pleads Guilty: Lee Ching-yu, the wife of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-Che, shows the tattooed words on her arms that read, “Lee Ming-Che, I’m proud of you” to the reporters at a hotel room after attending her husband’s trial at the Yueyang Intermediate People’s Court in Hunan on Monday. The pro-democracy activist pleaded guilty Monday to subverting state power in China’s first criminal prosecution of a nonprofit worker since Beijing passed a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations.

PHILIPPINES — Facing Floods: A man pedals his bicycle along a flooded street in Manila on Tuesday. Classes in schools and work in government offices have been suspended in the capital and nearby provinces as heavy rains pour causing floods in low-lying areas due to Tropical Depression Maring.

KANSAS — Kids Enjoy State Fair: Mason Hughes, 8, runs inside a Tumble Bubble at the Kansas State Fair on Saturday in Hutchinson.

VIRGINIA – 16th Anniversary: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand as “Taps” is played during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Monday at the Pentagon.

SPAIN – INDEPENDENCE: People wave esteladas or independence flags, during the Catalan National Day in Barcelona, Spain, Monday. Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona to show support for an independent Catalan nation and the right to vote in a controversial referendum that has been banned by Spain.

FLORIDA – House Slide: A house slides into the Atlantic Ocean in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Monday.

MEXICO – Earthquake Victims: Mourners grieve at a funeral service for 90-year-old Hermilo Martinez, who relatives said died from fright following Thursday’s magnitude 8.1 earthquake, in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Monday. The death toll from Mexico’s 8.1 magnitude earthquake rose to 96 on Monday as more fatalities were confirmed in the hard-hit southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.

SPAIN – Independence Flag: A woman enters in a Barcelona’s metro station wrapped with an “estelada” or independence flag, during the Catalan National Day in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. Some thousands are expected to rally in Barcelona to show support for an independent Catalan nation and the right to vote in a controversial referendum that has been banned by Spain.