World News in Pictures

[S Landreth]

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Lahaina, Hawaii, US - A man sits on the Lahaina historic banyan tree damaged by the wildfire. A long road to recovery lies ahead for Lahaina, the vibrant and historic town tucked along the western coast of Maui that now stands in smouldering ruins. Roughly 2,700 buildings were destroyed by the wind-whipped flames and at least 101 people have been killed

Havana, Cuba - A man walks inside an abandoned swimming pool. With the current hot summer, Havana residents have rushed to the dilapidated pools on the coast of their city, built by wealthy families in the first half of the last century

Enterprise, Canada - A wildfire burns south of Enterprise in the Northwest Territories. Long lines of traffic have clogged the only road out of the Canadian city of Yellowknife, after authorities ordered the first ever evacuation of a capital in the face of the advancing wildfire

Brooks Falls, US - A brown bear snags a sockeye salmon in mid-air in Alaska. The bears feast in large numbers at the falls between July and September, as millions of salmon swim upstream to spawn

[Joe 90]

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.



IMAGE SOURCE,KIM LUDBROOK / EPA-EFE
Image caption,Flat track motorcycle racers in action during the Stofskop race meeting at the Randfontein Raceway, Johannesburg. The annual event sees motorcycles of all types race around an oval dirt track. Their motto being "In dust we trust", the racers compete to the rule that there are no rules.

IMAGE SOURCE,EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS
Image caption,Rapper Snoop Dogg performs during a celebration of hip-hop at Yankee Stadium in New York, as the music genre turns 50.

IMAGE SOURCE,JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
Image caption,Fans celebrate England's third goal in their victory over Australia, as they watch a screen showing the Women's World Cup semi-final football match. England will now face Spain in the final on Sunday.

IMAGE SOURCE,SEM VAN DER WAL / AFP
Image caption,Athletes compete in small single-handed dinghies in the ILCA 7 World Cup 2023 in The Hague.

IMAGE SOURCE,HENRY ROMERO / REUTERS
Image caption,A soldier inspects a driver and his car at a military checkpoint in Quito ahead of the presidential election in Ecuador.

IMAGE SOURCE,DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP
Image caption,Employees of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) celebrate as Indian President Droupadi Murmu (not pictured) launches the INS Vindhyagiri, the last in the series of three P17 frigates, for the Indian Navy at the dock in Kolkata.

IMAGE SOURCE,MOHAMMED SALEM / REUTERS
Image caption,Palestinian families watch a large projector screen at a beachfront café during a rare cinema event in Gaza City.

IMAGE SOURCE,MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS
Image caption,A cat looks out from a burned open field as Hawaii's Maui island deals with the aftermath of multiple wildfires, in which at least 111 people have been declared dead. More than 1,000 people remain missing.

IMAGE SOURCE,JONATHAN BRADY / PA WIRE
Image caption,The Chiltern Hills Brass perform a lunchtime concert in the College gardens of Westminster Abbey, London.

IMAGE SOURCE,MARK R CRISTINO / EPA-EFE
Image caption,Robots mimic facial expressions during the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China.

[helge]

Always a pleasure to open this thread

[S Landreth]

the weekend’s best photos

Navarra, Spain - A bull hits a participant, called a mozo, in the Pilón running of the bulls on a hill near the town of Falces. The bull run is held on an 800-metre downhill mountain trail with a rock wall on one side of the path and a cliff on the other

Honolulu, Hawaii - Surfers at Kūhiō beach throw flowers into the water during a community paddle-out, organised by the nonprofit organisation Nā Kama Kai, for those affected by the Maui wildfires

London, UK - The musician Arca plays on the main stage at the Field Day festival in Victoria Park

[S Landreth]

Tuesday’s best photos


Tunis, Tunisia - Flamingos in the dried-out Sijoumi lagoon. Tunisia’s fragile ecosystems are undergoing dramatic transformations as a result of the climate crisis

Outer space - An image from the James Webb telescope shows the Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail

Baghdad, Iraq - An Iraqi boy cools down his buffalo in wastewater filling the dried-up Diyala River

[S Landreth]

Wednesday’s best photos


Chamonix, France - Roped parties walk down a ridge of the Aiguille du Midi during a heatwave in the Mont Blanc region

Seoul, South Korea - South Korean protesters scuffle with police during a rally against the Japanese government’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean

Kharkiv, Ukraine - The burial plots of Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war against Russia, on the Alley of Glory

[S Landreth]

Monday’s best photos


Atlantic Ocean - In this image from video made available by Nasa, a SpaceX capsule, slowed by parachutes, splashes down in the Atlantic off the Florida coast

Palm Springs, California - Winds gusting to more than 50mph (80km/h) fill the air around wind turbines with dust. The desert region from Palm Springs to Mecca is still recovering from extensive damage brought by recent storms that delivered heavy rain and widespread flash floods

Key West, Florida - Residents and visitors march along Duval Street during a procession celebrating the life of Jimmy Buffett, who has died

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[david44]

About to blow, the Blue Lagoon thermal baths I visited long ago , a wild and alien landscape unless a kiwi!

Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat | Iceland | The Guardian






Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat



Powerful earthquakes rock country’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, increasing likelihood of event





AFP in Reykjavik
Fri 10 Nov 2023 21.21 GMTIcelandic authorities have declared a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, signalling the increased likelihood of a volcanic eruption in the region.




“The National police chief … declares a state of emergency for civil defence due to the intense earthquake (activity) at Sundhnjukagigar, north of Grindavik,” the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said in a statement.

“Earthquakes can become larger than those that have occurred and this series of events could lead to an eruption,” the administration warned.


Geothermal spa closes in Iceland as guests flee after series of earthquakes




The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) said an eruption could take place “in several days”.
The village of Grindavik, home to about 4,000 people, is located 1.86 miles (3km) south-west of the area where Friday’s earthquake swarm was registered. It has evacuation plans in place in case of an eruption.
At about 5.30pm GMT, two strong earthquakes were felt as far as the capital, Reykjavik, 40km away, and along much of the country’s southern coast, causing windows and household objects to shake.
The biggest tremor, north of Grindavik, had a magnitude of 5.2, according to preliminary IMO figures.
Police closed a road running north-south to Grindavik on Friday after it was damaged by the earthquakes.
Since late October, 24,000 tremors have been registered on the peninsula, according to the IMO, with “a dense swarm” of nearly 800 quakes registered between midnight and 2pm GMT on Friday.
The IMO noted an accumulation of magma underground at a depth of about 3.1 miles (5km). Should it start moving towards the surface it could lead to a volcanic eruption.
“The most likely scenario is that it will take several days rather than hours for magma to reach the surface,” it said. “If a fissure were to appear where the seismic activity is at its highest now, lava would flow to the south-east and to the west, but not towards Grindavik.”
Since 2021, three eruptions have taken place on the Reykjanes peninsula, in March 2021, August 2022 and July 2023. Those three were located far from any infrastructure or populated areas.
On Thursday, the Blue Lagoon, located near Grindavik and famed for its geothermal spas and luxury hotels, closed as a precaution after another earthquake swarm.
Also nearby is the Svartsengi geothermal plant, the main supplier of electricity and water to 30,000 residents on the Reykjanes peninsula. It has contingency plans in place to protect the plant and its workers in the event of an eruption.
Iceland has 33 active volcanic systems, the highest number in Europe

[Joe 90]

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.




IMAGE SOURCE,DANIEL LEAL/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,A Just Stop Oil climate activist is detained by police after taking part in a slow march to disrupt traffic in Parliament Square, London, as the protest group begin another series of demonstrations across the capital.

IMAGE SOURCE,FINNBARR WEBSTER/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,The south coast of England, the Channel Islands and parts of Europe were battered with heavy rain and winds of up to 100mph (160kph) in the wake of Storm Ciarán. The storm knocked out power to thousands of homes, closed schools and damaged property and rail lines.

IMAGE SOURCE,PEDRO GOMES/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,The Portuguese fado singer Carminho performs at Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon, Portugal.

IMAGE SOURCE,CHARLES LECLAIRE/USA TODAY/REUTERS
Image caption,Members of the Anaheim Ducks and the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey teams pay tribute to former Penguin forward Adam Johnson at the PPG Paints Arena in Pennsylvania. Johnson died after his neck was cut by a skate during a match in Sheffield, England.

IMAGE SOURCE,RODRIGO OROPEZA/AFP
Image caption,A view of damage caused by the passage of Hurricane Otis in Puerto Marques, Guerrero State, Mexico. Dozens of people remain missing days after the hurricane made landfall.

IMAGE SOURCE,BRANDON BELL/GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,People dressed as chickens celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating in a neighbourhood in Austin, Texas.

IMAGE SOURCE,JACOB KING/PA MEDIA
Image caption,The finishing touches are applied to a life-size cake figure of King Charles III by sugar artist Emma Jayne at the Cake International show at the NEC in Birmingham

IMAGE SOURCE,LUISA GONZALEZ/REUTERS
Image caption,Peru's Jose Luis Mandros participates in the men's long jump final during the Pan American Games at the Coliseo Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. Mandros came fifth in the event. Arnovis de Jesus Dalmero of Colombia claimed first place.

IMAGE SOURCE,SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS
Image caption,South Africa's Siya Kolisi, Cheslin Kolbe and Eben Etzebeth take pictures with fans at the OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, as they return home after winning the Rugby World Cup.

IMAGE SOURCE,DARREN ENGLAND/AAP/ALAMY
Image caption,Joanne Hill has been sleeping in her car with her three dogs at the Tara Lagoon, Australia, after being forced to leave her home due to encroaching fires. The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said about 350 people had been evacuated from the Tara region, where bushfires had burned through more than 11,000 hectares of land and destroyed 16 homes.

[Joe 90]

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.



IMAGE SOURCE,FRANCIS R MALASIG/EPA
Image caption,Former senator Leila De Lima reacts after attending a court hearing in Manila. The critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was granted bail on Monday after almost seven years in jail on charges related to his bloody war on drugs. Many witnesses against her have retracted their testimony since Mr Duterte's term ended last year.

IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
Image caption,A Ukrainian serviceman jumps on to a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer at a position on a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. Ukraine's military has claimed that its troops have crossed onto the Russian-occupied left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.

IMAGE SOURCE,VICTORIA JONES/PA MEDIA
Image caption,Chelsea Pensioners gather at the Saluting Base on Horse Guards Parade during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.

IMAGE SOURCE,ADAM VAUGHAN/EPA
Image caption,A mural in memory of Sir Bobby Charlton has been painted on the side of a pub near Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium. The Red Devils legend, who made 758 appearances for the club, died at the age of 86 last month.

IMAGE SOURCE,ANDREW COULDRIDGE/ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS
Image caption,Britain's Tyson Fury (l) launched a tirade of abuse towards Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk at their face-off in London before the two were separated by security. The pair will fight in Riyadh on 17 February - the winner will be crowned the first undisputed boxing heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.

IMAGE SOURCE,SUSANA VERA/RUETERS
Image caption,Riot police officers pass demonstrators during a protest near Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE) headquarters in Madrid, after Spain's socialists reached a deal with the Catalan separatist Junts party for government support, which includes amnesties for people involved with Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid.

IMAGE SOURCE,IAN VOGLER/DAILY MIRROR/PA MEDIA
Image caption,King Charles III hands Kelvin, a Big Issue seller, a £10 note for a copy of the latest issue which features a portrait of the monarch by Rankin on the cover. The King was highlighting his Coronation Food Project, which aims to help those in need of food.

IMAGE SOURCE,LUIS TATO/AFP
Image caption,A group of girls react as they gather to plant tree seedlings in an urban forest during a nationwide tree planting public holiday in Nairobi, Kenya.

IMAGE SOURCE,INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP
Image caption,A customer looks at marigold flowers at a shop along a roadside in Mumbai on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

IMAGE SOURCE,AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP
Image caption,Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are stranded on a boat after a community reportedly decided not to allow them to land after giving them water and food in Pineung, Aceh Province, Indonesia.

IMAGE SOURCE,ANTONIO LACERDA/EPA
Image caption,Fluminense football fans celebrate as the team bus passes by during the victory parade for winning the Copa Libertadores in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fluminense won the title for the first time in their history by beating Boca Juniors in a dramatic final.

IMAGE SOURCE,MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS
Image caption,Huge cracks have appeared in the Icelandic town of Grindavik after it was hit by earthquakes. Thousands of people have been evacuated, as officials fear the many tremors may indicate an imminent volcanic eruption.

IMAGE SOURCE,YOAN VALAT/AFP
Image caption,French President Emmanuel Macron attends a working session during the One Planet - Polar Summit at the French National Museum of Natural History (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, MNHN) in Paris.

[Nick V2]

Very nice thread!

[Nick V2]

Huge cracks have appeared in the Icelandic town of Grindavik

Not good.

[Nick V2]

girls react as they gather to plant tree seedlings in an urban forest during a nationwide tree planting public holiday in Nairobi, Kenya.

Coven of witches?

[malmomike77]

IMAGE SOURCE,YOAN VALAT/AFP
Image caption,French President Emmanuel Macron attends a working session during the One Planet - Polar Summit at the French National Museum of Natural History (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, MNHN) in Paris.

i thought Micron was playing Noah and the English press for once had forgotten to tell us of the great flood

[Slimmer]

Very nice thread!

Pardon

[Slimmer]

sorry

[Slimmer]

just t

[Slimmer]

The biggest and saddest news to hit TD yesterday

13 years ago

R.I.P. DD

13 years ago

[Neverna]

You might feel more comfortable getting your post count up in the games room, Slimmer. AFAIK posts there don't need to be approved my a moderator either.

https://teakdoor.com/the-games-room/

[Slimmer]

Thais been released from Gaza

[Slimmer]

You might feel more comfortable getting your post count up in the games room, Slimmer. AFAIK posts there don't need to be approved my a moderator either.

https://teakdoor.com/the-games-room/

The Wordle forum in the games room stills needs mods approval

[Slimmer]

@ troy , I need to get my post count up otherwise my posts are not visible , no need to red rep me .

[Neverna]

Thais been released from Gaza

A group of Israeli and Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 has been released as a truce between Israel and the militant group began, officials said.

The Red Cross, which is helping to transfer the detainees, said 24 hostages had been freed.

The hostages include 13 Israelis, 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen, according to the Qatari foreign ministry, which helped broker the agreement between Israel and Hamas.

[Troy]

@ troy , I need to get my post count up otherwise my posts are not visible , no need to red rep me .

Do it by contributing to the thread then and not by inane posts. Mr lick, the op spent a lot of time and effort updating this thread. I don't like to see it being filled with trash posts.

[Slimmer]

Do it by contributing to the thread then and not by inane posts. Mr lick, the op spent a lot of time and effort updating this thread. I don't like to see it being filled with trash posts.

I don't think that I will bother TBH .
That's a huge task just for the privilege of being able to post and your posts appearing immediately , rather than appearing the next day when the threads already moved onto the next page