Thursday September 14, Our World in Pictures

September 14, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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FRANCE — Capital is Chosen to Host Summer Olympics: In this Wednesday photo, a display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Peru awarded the 2024 Games to the French capital. Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games — a pre-determined conclusion that the International Olympic Committee has officially ratified in a history-making vote.

BANGLADESH — Mother Mourns Child: Hanida Begu, a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, kisses her infant son Abdul Masood who died when the boat they were traveling in capsized just before reaching the shore of the Bay of Bengal on Thursday. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh.

NORTH KOREA — Catching Fish: Anglers compete during a fishing contest at Pothong riverside in Pyongyang on Thursday. Some 60 people participated in the event and tried to catch fish, such as carp and catfish.

SYRIA — Residents Receive Aid: Soldiers distribute Russian humanitarian aid at the checkpoint of the de-escalation zones near Homs on Wednesday.

GEORGIA — Boats Pile Up: Boats blown away from their docks sit in the marsh after Hurricane Irma on Tuesday on the Georgia coast.

GUATEMALA — Government Discusses President’s Immunity: Legislator Fernando Linares, left, gestures during a session of Congress in Guatemala City on Monday. A five-member commission of legislators has recommended lifting Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales’ immunity from prosecution so he can face possible trial on illegal campaign-financing accusations.

CALIFORNIA — Leopard Watches Cubs: In this Tuesday photo, a snow leopard watches as her new twin cubs play in their enclosure during their public debut at the Los Angeles Zoo. The elusive snow leopard — long considered an endangered species — has been upgraded to “vulnerable,” international conservationists said Thursday. But experts warned the new classification does not mean the big cats are safe.

NEW YORK – Public Weiner Divorce Case: Anthony Weiner, right, and Huma Abedin appear in court in New York on Wednesday. The couple asked a New York City judge to ask for privacy in their divorce case.

MAINE – End of Summer Run: A runner gets in her exercise at dawn on Willard Beach, Wednesday in South Portland, Maine. The state is enjoying a stretch of pleasant weather with just over a week of summer remaining on the calendar.

BANGLADESH – Child Holds Baby Brother: Rohingya Muslim girl Afeefa Bebi, who recently crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her few-hours-old brother as doctors check her mother Yasmeen Ara at a community hospital in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Wednesday. The family crossed into Bangladesh on Sept. 3. Recent violence in Myanmar has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to seek refuge across the border in Bangladesh. But Rohingya have been fleeing persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades, and many who have made it to safety in other countries still face a precarious existence.

INDONESIA – Supplies for Refugees: Indonesia Air Force’s soldiers load relief supplies for Rohingya refugees before its departure at Halim Perdanakusuma air base in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday. Four Hercules planes carrying 34 tons of aid for Rohingya refugees have departed for Bangladesh from an air force base in the Indonesian capital.

SLOVENIA – Flare: Spartak supporters light a flare during the Champions League soccer match between Maribor and Spartak Moscow at the Ljudski vrt stadium, in Maribor, Slovenia, Wednesday.