Wednesday September 27, Our World in Pictures

September 27, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Wheely Adventurous: A man in a Velomobile rolls down busy Nostrand Avenue.

UKRAINE — Thousands are Evacuated After Explosion: A powerful explosion is seen in the ammunition depot at a military base in Kalynivka early Wednesday morning. Ukrainian officials say they have evacuated more than 30,000 people after a fire and ammunition explosions at the military base on Tuesday.

INDIA — Preparing for the Festival: A man prepares gunpowder to make fire crackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmadabad on Wednesday. Fire crackers will be in huge demand during Diwali, the festival of lights.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Takes Stand Against Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: Pope Francis embraces a migrant, during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday. Pope Francis launched a two-year activism and awareness-raising campaign about the plight of migrants to counteract mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S., Europe and beyond.

BANGLADESH — Injured Refugees Recover: Dildar Begum, Rohingya woman, and her daughter Noor Kalima, who crossed over into Bangladesh, recover at Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. Begum said she and her daughter were stabbed by Myanmar soldiers and her husband was killed.

MEXICO — Mother and Son Narrowly Escape Building Collapse: Florencia Cortes, 37, right, sleeps next to her 1-1/2-year-old son Jonatan at the Francisco Kino school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for residents evacuated from the large apartment complex in Tlalpan on Monday. Cortes was pulled from the rubble of her apartment building along with her son. In order to get her him out, she had to swing him toward the building’s plumber, who happened to be outside. He caught ahold of the boy by his foot.

MAINE — City Searches for the Perfect Tree: Fog drifts through a Christmas tree farm near Starks Mountain on Wednesday in Fryeburg. Christmas might be in a little less than three months, but the search is on for the perfect 45- to 60-foot tall tree to display outdoors in Portland. The Fryeburg tree farm caters to households with much lower height restrictions.

PUERTO RICO – Stuffed Animal: A stuffed animal lays in the ruins of the home of Jose Garcia Vicente in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Monday. The U.S. ramped up its response Monday to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico while the Trump administration sought to blunt criticism that its response to Hurricane Maria has fallen short of it efforts in Texas and Florida after the recent hurricanes there.

FRANCE – Macron Gives Speech: French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech on the European Union at the amphitheater of the Sorbonne university in Paris, France, Tuesday. Macron is laying out his vision Tuesday for a more unified Europe, with a joint budget for countries sharing the euro currency and a stronger global voice despite Brexit looming.

ISRAEL – Mourning: Israeli border police officers mourn over the grave of their colleague Solomon Gavriyah at the military cemetery in Be’er Yaakov, Israel, Tuesday. Gavriyah was killed with another two security guards after a Palestinian attacker opened fire at an entrance to a Jewish settlement of Har Adar.

FRANCE – Fashion in Front of Eiffel Tower: A model wears a creation for Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday.

MONACO – Victory Jump: Porto’s Vincent Aboubakar, back to the camera, jumps in the air with his teammate Moussa Marega, partially hidden, after scoring his side’s 2nd goal during the Champions League Group G first leg soccer match between Monaco and FC Porto at Louis II stadium in Monaco, Tuesday.