World of Photos – September 15, 2023
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Erwin, a fisherman, uses a net to fish in the waters off Tanah Kuning, near the site for the future development of the Kalimantan Industrial Park Indonesia, in North Kalimantan, Indonesia. “We are looking for fish further and further away from the beach because there are lots of ships in the area driving fish away,” said Erwin.Credit:AP
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Damage from massive flooding is seen in Derna, Libya. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people.Credit:AP
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Women and their children gather in the playground at the end of the day in the settlement outpost of Asa’el in the south Hebron hills. The outpost, which received legal approval last Wednesday, is home to 90 families, including Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich’s brother, Tuvia.Credit:AP
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A person sleeps on the Daufuskie Island Ferry, near Hilton Head Island, S.C. Credit:AP
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A woman reaches in a bin of discarded produce outside a market in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Runaway inflation has taken its toll across the country. Compared to August of last year, prices rose 124%, according to figures released by the government’s Indec statistics agency. Credit:AP
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A Palestinian child helps his family dig a cave dwelling in Masafer Yatta in the south Hebron hills. Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich — a staunch supporter of settlements that most of the international community considers a breach of international law — assumed new powers from the military over the occupied territory this year. As the first minister to oversee civilian life in the West Bank, his role amounts to a recognition that Israel’s occupation is not temporary, but permanent, observers say.Credit:AP
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Nepalese Hindu devotees perform rituals for their deceased fathers on the banks of the Bagmati river during ‘Kuse Aunsi’ at the Gokarneshwor Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. Kuse Aunsi is a festival of Nepal where fathers, living or dead, are honoured. Children with living fathers show their appreciation by giving presents and sweets and those whose fathers are deceased pay tributes at the Gokarneshwar temple. Credit:AP
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A volunteer helps salvage furniture from homes which were damaged by the earthquake, in the town of Imi N’tala, outside Marrakech, Morocco. An aftershock rattled central Morocco on Wednesday, striking fear into rescue crews at work in High Atlas villages, digging people out from rubble that could slide. Credit:AP
