Thursday August 24, Our World in Pictures

August 24, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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ROME — Migrants Fight to Stay: Law enforcement officers use water cannons to disperse migrants on Thursday. Protests erupted as police continued an operation to evict some 800 Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees from a building they have occupied since 2013, despite protests from the U.N. refugee agency, UNICEF and humanitarian organizations.

MAINE — Secretary Plans Adjustments: In this Aug. 7 photo, the first rays of sunlight color the clouds over Mount Katahdin in this view from the Katahdin Woods and Waters Scenic Byway outside Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to retain the newly created national monument, but said he might recommend adjustments to the White House on Thursday, Aug. 24.

ITALY — Remembering Earthquake Victims: In this Thursday photo, a woman mourns in front of a memorial site for the victims of the earthquake in Amatrice a year after a deadly quake hit the area and left nearly 300 people dead.

INDIA —People Gather Before Court Hearing: Supporters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect squat in a public park near an Indian court in Panchkula on Thursday. Several north Indian cities were under a security lockdown a day before a court was expected to issue a verdict in a rape case involving a man who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, the flamboyant leader of a quasi-religious sect.

ARIZONA — Protesting Trump: Protesters raise their hands after Phoenix police used tear gas outside the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday. Protests were held against President Donald Trump as he hosted a rally inside the convention center.

NEPAL — Women Wait to Enter Temple: Nepalese Hindu women stand in a queue to enter Pashupatinath temple to offer prayers during Teej festival celebrations in Kathmandu on Thursday. During the festival, Hindu women observe a day-long fast and pray for their husbands and for a happy married life. Those who are unmarried pray for a good husband.

ARGENTINA — Dancers Compete: Stanislav Fursov and Ekaterina Simonova from Russia compete in the stage category at the World Tango Championship final in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.

SRI LANKA — Player Swings at Cricket Match: India’s Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during the team’s second one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Thursday.

BENSONHURST — Festival Celebrated in Borough: The Feast of Santa Rosalia is taking place along 18th Avenue in the neighborhood until Sept. 2.

CANADA – Floating Iceberg: An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Monday. Icebergs aren’t sea ice, despite being best known for floating about the ocean. They are actually chunks of glaciers that have broken off at the water’s edge. Since glaciers are made from freshwater and compacted over dozens if not hundreds of years, icebergs are naturally among the hardest types of ice a ship might encounter.

SPAIN – Candle-lit Vigil: People stand next to candles and flowers placed on the ground for the victims of an attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday. Police in northeastern Spain said Wednesday they have found a belt charged with real explosives in a house used by the Barcelona attacks extremist cell.

ITALY – Damaged Mountain Town: A view of the damaged buildings of the town of Amatrice, central Italy, Wednesday, a year after a deadly quake hit the area leaving nearly 300 people dead.

ARGENTINA – Tango: Dmitry Vasin and Sagdiana Hamzina, from Russia, rehearse backstage before competing in the stage category at the World Tango Championship final in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday.

NEW YORK – New Galaxy Note: This photo, shows a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and accompanying stylus on display, in New York. Samsung is trying to move past last year’s explosive Galaxy Note 7 launch with a successor sporting a dual-lens camera, animated messages, expanded note-taking and lower battery capacity. The Galaxy Note 8 will go on sale Sept. 15, 2017.