Friday August 11, Our World in Pictures

August 11, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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ROMANIA — Heat Wave Approaches: People fish at sunset in Buda on Thursday. Romania’s weather institute issued a new heatwave warning for the week across most of the country with temperatures expected to reach 102.2 degrees.

SPAIN — City Celebrates Patron Saint: A couple dressed in traditional chulapo attire dance as they take part in a religious procession during festivities in honor of Madrid’s local patron San Lorenzo on Thursday. The festivities are part of a weeklong street fiesta that includes dancing eating and drinking along with cultural events and religious processions.

PENNSYLVANIA — Preparing for the Fair: In this Thursday photo, people walk among classic cars and trucks parked along Main Street in Bloomsburg for Bloomsburg Nationals Downtown Gridlock, which kicks off a weekend of activities at the fairgrounds.

KENYA — Citizens Wait for Election Results: A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga holds a metal box on which “No Baba, No Work” is written, referring to Odinga, during demonstrations in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi on Thursday. International observers urged Kenyans to be patient as they awaited final election results following opposition allegations of vote-rigging, but clashes between police and protesters again erupted.

CHINA — Walking Through the Summer Rain: A woman carries an umbrella as she walks through the central business district of Beijing during a rain shower on Friday. Although China’s capital is in a semi-dry climate, it receives much of its annual precipitation during the summer months.

GREAT BRITAIN — Jumping Hurdles: United States’ Kendra Harrison prepares to start a women’s 100m hurdles semifinal during the World Athletics Championships in London on Friday.

INDIA – Engulfed in Smoke: In this file photo, Indian artillery guns are engulfed in smoke in Dras, some 155 kilometers (96 miles) north of Srinagar, India as Indian troops fight Pakistani intruders in the disputed Kashmir. In 1999, less than four months after Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee revived peace talks and took a groundbreaking bus ride to the Pakistani border town of Lahore to meet his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, Sharif’s army chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, sent armed invaders into Kashmir to capture some mountain peaks. The move provoked two months of air strikes and ground attacks by India, ending after Sharif ordered the fighters to withdraw.

KENYA – Protests Heat up Over Elections: Riot police walk past burning barricades erected by protesters throwing rocks, during clashes in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday. International observers on Thursday urged Kenyans to be patient as they awaited final election results following opposition allegations of vote-rigging, but clashes between police and protesters again erupted in Nairobi.

NEW JERSEY – Donald Trump: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a security briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Thursday.

TEXAS – Patriotic Funeral: Honor guard move the casket of former Texas Governor Mark White to the Rotunda at the Texas Capitol, Thursday in Austin, Texas. White was to lie in state Thursday afternoon with burial at the Texas State Cemetery to follow.

ENGLAND – Fiery Victory: Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men’s 200m final during the World Athletics Championships in London, Thursday.