Wednesday December 6, Our World in Pictures

December 6, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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JERUSALEM — President’s Plan Sparks Panic: The Old City is seen through a door shaped like the Star of David on Wednesday. U.S. officials say President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and instruct the State Department to begin the multiyear process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. His decision could have deep repercussions across the region.

FRANCE — Fans Remember French Music Icon: Johnny Hallyday fan Yves Buisson shows off his tattoos outside Hallyday’s house in Marnes-la-Coquette on Wednesday. Hallyday, France’s biggest rock star for more than half a century, has died. He was 74.

SPAIN — Raising the Flag: In this Wednesday photo, a Spanish army member participates during the raising ceremony of the Spanish national flag during celebrations of the 39th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution at the Colon Square in Madrid.

MEXICO — Group Saves Turtles: In this Saturday photo, a dog named Lulu lies in an area of the beach where recently laid olive ridley sea turtle eggs were relocated in Sayulita. Local nonprofit “Red Tortuguera” is helping the turtles survive by relocating recently laid eggs to a protected area of the beach to evade poachers, then collecting the hatchlings to keep them safe from bird attacks and releasing them as a group every Saturday at sunset.

ALGERIA — Macron Seeks to Ease Tension: French President Emmanuel Macron holds the hands of a woman as he meets residents in Algiers on Wednesday. Macron traveled to Algeria for a one-day working visit aimed at boosting the security and economic cooperation between the two countries. Macron hopes to “reshape” the troubled relationship between Algeria and France, complicated by the countries’ shared history.

CALIFORNIA — Wildfires Rage: A Los Angeles County firefighter battles a wildfire in Lake View Terrace on Tuesday. Ferocious winds in Southern California have whipped up explosive wildfires, burning a psychiatric hospital and scores of other structures.

CALIFORNIA – Wildfire: Flames consume a home on Via Arroyo as a wildfire rages in Ventura, Calif., on Tuesday.

HAITI – The Goat Skinner: In this photo, goat skinner Sonson Pierre hauls goat pelts at the La Saline slaughterhouse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 28-year-old, who has worked at the open-air market for 12 years, is dismayed that a market which provides meat to most of the capital’s supermarkets and restaurant, is so unregulated.

HAITI – Corruption March: A protester chants against government corruption during a march in response to the findings of a Senate investigation of the PetroCaribe fund, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. The commission found government corruption resulting in the spending and mismanagement of nearly 2 billion U.S. dollars.

UKRAINE – Tear Gas: Police use tear gas as they clash with supporters of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday. Hundreds of protesters chanting “Kiev, rise up!” blocked Ukrainian police as they tried to arrest former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday.