Russian Missile Attack Ruins Church in Zaporizhzhia
August 10, 2023, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is ruined after a Russian missile attack that took place Wednesday evening, August 9, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. The strike killed three people and left nine injured, including an 11-month-old child. A Russian missile killed a 43-year-old man and young women aged 19 and 21. In addition, an outbuilding caught fire and the shockwave knocked out windows in nearby residential buildings, shops, and other civilian infrastructure. (Credit Image: © Albert Kosheliev/Ukrinform via ZUMA Press Wire)
Bullfighting 2023: Malaga August Fair: Matador Miranda Injured
August 12, 2023, Malaga, Spain: BULLET DODGED: The matador DAVID DE MIRANDA, 29, is lifted by the bull during his first fight at the Malaga August Fair in the 'La Malagueta' square. Latter fight did not turn out so well. The right-hander was overturned by the third bull match by a strong Pallarés bull. He remained in the ring until he finished off the bull, and then entered the infirmary on his own foot. The man from Huelva tried to go out and kill the fifth bull, under the refusal of the doctors. Finally, the difficulty to support the leg, prevented him from continuing the fight. The star bullfighter from Huelva has undergone surgery in the infirmary of the Malaga bullring, Dr. Díaz reported on his injury, 'a blunt wound of about 8 centimeters on the back of the upper third of the left thigh and another of 5 centimeters on the posterior face of the right buttock without internal involvement. Dissection of subcutaneous tissue and an opening of the fascia of about 20 centimeters with an upward and inward path that reaches the ischium bone relief is observed. Contusion at the level of the semimembranosus and semitendiosus muscles with dislaceration of the semimembranosus fibers. Prognosis: Serious'. The bullfighter will spend the night in the ICU and will undergo more medical treatment due to severe neck pain. (Credit Image: © Carlos Diaz/EFE via ZUMA Press)
Maui Wildfire 2023: America's Deadliest in a Century
August 12, 2023, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA: Aerial of decimated city of Lahaina and its harbor, on Hawaiian Island of Maui. The aftermath of the deadliest American wildfire of the past century. The Lahaina fire started, around 6:37 AM HST, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The inferno that swept through the centuries-old town of Lahaina, population of 12,777, on Maui’s west coast four days earlier torched hundreds of homes and turned a lush, tropical area into a moonscape of ash. The state’s governor predicted more bodies will be found. Death toll from Maui wildfire reached 93, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years. (Credit Image: © County of Maui/ZUMA Press Wire)
Seized but Not Silenced: Kansas Paper Survives Police Raid
August 12, 2023, Marion, Kansas, USA: A small-town Kansas newspaper said its 98-year-old co-owner died Saturday after local police raided her home, seized her computer and other equipment. National press organizations have condemned the raids on the offices, staff and owners of the Marion County Record, a 154-year-old weekly paper serving Marion, Kan. and its namesake county, home to 12,000 people. In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home. (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Press Wire)
Crabs Intelligence in Oregon
August 13, 2023, Charleston, Oregon, USA: A hermit crab peeks out of its shell in the intertidal zone along the Pacific Ocean at Cape Arago Sate Park near Charleston in southwestern Oregon. Dr. Andrew Crump, a lecturer in animal cognition and welfare at Royal Veterinary College in the United Kingdom informed Salon magazine recently that experiments on hermit crabs and other crabs have revealed 'remarkable cognitive abilities.' They show evidence for pain, anxiety, and other feelings. Reviewing more than 300 studies, it has been determined that crabs, octopuses, and squids may show evidence for sentience. (Credit Image: © Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire)
Elvis Vigil at Graceland in Memphis
August 15, 2023, Memphis, Tennessee, USA: Elvis Presley fan NATHAN PITTORF, Buffalo , New York participates in the candle light vigil to honor his memory on the eve of his death, at his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday. This year no family members were present for Elvis Week activities or the vigil. Elvis Presley passed away August 16, 1977, at Graceland at the age of 42. His daughter Lisa Marie passed away in January of this year. (Credit Image: © Karen Focht/ZUMA Press Wire)
Seized but Not Silenced: Kansas Paper Survives Police Raid
August 17, 2023, Marion County, Kansas, USA: ERIC MEYER the publisher of the Marion County Record, holds a copy of the Wednesday paper, featuring the headline ‘SEIZED … but not silenced,’ in front of a memorial for his mother Marion County Record co-owner Joan Meyer, 98, who died Saturday, the day after police raided the home she shared with her son. In an unprecedented raid last Friday, local law enforcement officers seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. The items seized have been returned, the Kansas paper's owner and publisher Meyer reported on Wednesday. (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Press Wire)
Wildfire Aftermath on Maui, Hawaii, USA
August 17, 2023, Lahaina, HI, United States: U.S. Border Patrol agents comb through a neighborhood in the aftermath of wildfires that swept across Western Maui, August 17, 2023 in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Wildfires fanned by high winds killed at least 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes on the island. (Credit Image: © Glenn Fawcett/Cbp/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire)
La Tomatina Festival 2023
August 30, 2023, Bunol, Valencia, Spain: Several people are covered with tomatoes during the festival of La Tomatina in Bunol, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. La Tomatina has been celebrated for 76 years in Bunol on the last Wednesday of August. The company Citromed from La Llosa (Castellan), which has been preparing tomatoes for 20 years, has organized this year 150,00 kilos of pear and ripe tomatoes that are used as ammunition in this festival. The tons of tomatoes cover the floors, walls and clothes of all the people who attend this celebration, which attracts both national and international tourism. (Credit Image: © Jorge Gil/Contacto via ZUMA Press)
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