Day in Photos: Kenya Plane Crash, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Protest, and British Chess Championships
Onlookers react at the scene where a Kenyan medical plane crashed, killing at least six people, on the outskirts of Nairobi, on Aug. 7, 2025. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
Onlookers react at the scene where a Kenyan medical plane crashed, killing at least six people, on the outskirts of Nairobi, on Aug. 7, 2025. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Kenya Plane Crash, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Protest, and British Chess Championships

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New vehicles are seen at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 7, 2025, as higher U.S. tariffs come into effect for dozens of economies, drastically raising the stakes in President Donald Trump's wide-ranging efforts to reshape global trade. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Israeli security officers deploy to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators as they protest their conscription in Israel's military and the arrest of religious school students who avoided draft orders, during a rally in Jerusalem, on Aug. 7, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
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Firefighter vehicles wait in a burning forest area during a wildfire in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, France, on Aug. 7, 2025. Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP via Getty Images
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Asier Anorga of Team Spain competes in Men's Pole Vault during day one of the European Athletics U20 Championships 2025 in Tampere, Finland, on Aug. 7, 2025. Maja Hitij/Getty Images for European Athletics
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Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at a helipad in Matli, Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, India, carry a woman on Aug. 7, 2025, after she was airlifted from Dharali following landslides. Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
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White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meet before signing a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, on Aug. 7, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images
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Dias Beach at the Cape of Good Hope, near Cape Town, South Africa, on Aug. 7, 2025, one year after Medhi Narjissi's disappearance at sea. The young French rugby player's family is still left with unanswered questions. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images
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Indigenous women from various ethnic groups take part in the Women's Indigenous March to protest over climate concerns, in Brasilia, on Aug. 7, 2025. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images
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Afghan men use a boat to transport their vehicles across the Kokcha river on the outskirts of the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province, on Aug. 7, 2025. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
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A construction worker takes a break during work on the Juan Pablo II overpass in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Aug. 7, 2025. The infrastructure project aims to ease traffic congestion in one of the capital's busiest areas and is expected to benefit more than 1.5 million residents. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 7, 2025, more than a year after it collapsed when a container ship struck one of its support pillars in March 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Players compete in the British Chess Championships at St. George's Hall in Liverpool, England, on Aug. 7, 2025. The 111th British Chess Championships are taking place from July 31 to Aug. 10, with competitors vying for the title in the women's, men's, juniors', and over-60 groups. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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A Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting holds a public testimony hearing in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 7, 2025. The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met to hear public testimony on Congressional plan C2308. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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Workers run between fields as they plant amber rice in a field in Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on Aug. 7, 2025. Iraq's water resources ministry has said “this year is one of the driest since 1933,” and that water reserves are down to only eight percent of their full capacity. Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP via Getty Images
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United States Air Force Veteran Gregory Allen, 73, enjoys an ice cream treat on a hot day in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Residents sit on a wall to watch a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of Ivory Coast independence in Bouake, on Aug. 7, 2025. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images
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A flotilla of ships carrying members of the families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, leaves the marina of the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Aug. 7, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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A young family member watches as Junior Soldiers graduate from the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, England, on Aug. 7, 2025. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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A driver sits on his truck as he waits at the national highway blockaded by miners during the National Mining and Farming Strike in Paipa, Boyaca Department, Colombia, on Aug. 7, 2025. Luis Lizarazo/AFP via Getty Images
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The 25th April bridge looms in the background as a woman walks on the MAAT museum rooftop in the Belem district of Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 7, 2025. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images