Monday September 18, Our World in Pictures

September 18, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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NETHERLANDS — Calvary Practices for Ceremony: Smoke from grenades shrouds horses and riders during a practice session for members of the Dutch cavalry in Scheveningen on Monday. Horses and riders were rehearsing on a beach in the coastal resort outside the Hague for ceremonies that will be held on Tuesday to mark the opening of the Parliament and the presentation of the caretaker government’s budget plans for the year ahead.

BANGLADESH — Refugees Continue Pouring In: Lalmoti, an elderly Rohingya Muslim woman, lies in a sling as her son and grandson ask for directions to the hospital in Kutupalong refugee camp on Monday. Bangladesh has been overwhelmed with more than 400,000 Rohingya who fled their homes in the last three weeks amid a crisis the U.N. describes as ethnic cleansing. Refugee camps were already beyond capacity and new arrivals were staying in schools or huddling in makeshift settlements with no toilets along roadsides and in open fields.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supporting Trump: People gather at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday for a rally in support of President Donald Trump in what organizers are calling ‘The Mother of All Rallies.”

ENGLAND — London Fashion Week Continues: Models wear designs by Burberry during the brand’s Spring/Summer 2018 runway show at London Fashion Week on Saturday.

SPAIN — Rallying for Independence: A pro-independence demonstrator gestures as Catalan mayors under investigation take part in a march outside the Generalitat Palace to protest against the ruling of the constitutional court ahead of a planned independence referendum in Barcelona on Saturday.

SWITZERLAND — Slackliners Compete in the Alps: In this Friday photo, British professional slackliner Sarah Rixham performs during the Highline Extreme event on the top of the Moleson peak at 2,000 meters above sea level in the Swiss Alps near Fribourg. Twenty-five of the world’s best slackliners compete on six different lines until Sept. 17.

ISRAEL — City Holds Swimming Event: In this Saturday photo, two Israeli boys are covered in mud during the annual Sea of Galilee swim, the oldest and largest popular swimming event, near Tiberias. Some 10,000 swimmers of all ages took part in the 64th Sea of Galilee Crossing in memory of the late Ya’acov Hassid ends at the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Kinneret Lake, where medals are awarded and a live band plays for revelers under the scorching sun.

INDIA — Soldiers Fire at Border Posts: An Indian man collects scraps of an iron sheet damaged by a mortar shell allegedly fired from the Pakistan side of the border in Arnia near the India-Pakistan international border on Sunday. Pakistani soldiers on Saturday night fired mortar shells and automatic rifles at border posts in five places in Arnia, officials said.

BANGLADESH – Collecting Sanitary Products: Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to collect sanitary products distributed by aid agencies near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Sunday. Bangladeshi authorities on Sunday took steps to restrict the movement of Muslim Rohingya refugees living in crowded border camps after fleeing violence in Myanmar, while that nation’s military chief maintained the chaos was the work of extremists seeking a stronghold in the country.

NEW HAMPSHIRE – Camping: Robert Weiss of Tewksbury, Mass., left, photographs his brother-in-law, Matthew Ferri, of Dracut, Mass., and his wife, Andrea Weiss just before sunrise from their campsite on the Appalachian Trail in Beans Purchase, N.H., Sunday. The backpackers were taking advantage of pleasant weather to get in some hiking on the final weekend of summer.

KENTUCKY – Held up: Clemson’s linebacker Jarvis Magwood (46) holds up Kelly Bryant (2) following his touchdown during the second half of their NCAA college football game against Louisville, Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Clemson won 47-21.

SINGAPORE – Race Start: Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, right, of Finland collides with teammate Sebastian Vettel of Germany at the start of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit Singapore, Sunday.

MISSOURI – Riot Gear: A man yells at police in riot gear just before a crowd turned violent Saturday in University City, Mo. Earlier, protesters marched peacefully in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley.