Every Friday, Zaborona selects photos that illustrate the events of the past week. This time, the editorial team has selected photos from the Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian catastrophe has been going on for more than 10 months, and from natural disasters in two different parts of the world — a hurricane in Puerto Rico and forest fires in Greece.
Wars: Japan, Ukraine, Gaza Strip
People hold white doves before releasing as a tribute to the war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan marked the 79th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Thursday. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Russian soldiers from the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the “Akhmat” unit were taken prisoner on August 14 as a result of a special operation conducted by soldiers of the Special Operations Center “A” of the SBU. Kursk oblast, RF. Photo provided to hromadske
Children are petting a puppy during a volunteer entertainment initiative for people with disabilities at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 14, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Military vehicle driving past a destroyed Ukrainian military vehicle in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk on August 6, 2024, capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian soil since World War II. Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrsky told President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video posted on August 12, 2024 that his troops now control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory and are continuing “offensive operations”. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images
Natural disasters and phenomena: Greece, Puerto Rico
A road is winding through the burnt Penteli mountain, a day after the devastating fire that broke out in Athens, Greece, on August 11, 2024, in Penteli, Greece, on August 14, 2024. Photo: Giorgos Arapekos/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Broken electricity lines above homes damaged are seen after Tropical Storm Ernesto hit Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on August 14, 2024. The storm was moving west toward the US island with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. Photo: JAYDEE LEE SERRANO/AFP via Getty Images
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseids meteor shower peak at Pedernales Falls State Park on August 12, 2024 in Johnson City, Texas. Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images
UEFA Super Cup, the elusive Banksy and mass cremation
Dani Carvajal of Real Madrid kisses Super Cup during the UEFA Super Cup 2024 match between Real Madrid and Atalanta BC at National Stadium on August 14, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. Photo: Mateusz Slodkowski/Getty Images
A mural of a gorilla freeing animals adorns a wall at London Zoo on August 13, 2024 in London, England. The work is the ninth animal-themed artwork in the London area over nine days, probably made by the elusive street artist Banksy. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Balinese people are transporting a funeral tower which carries the remaining bodies of the deceased to the cemetery during a collective Balinese Hindu cremation ceremony called Ngaben in Antiga village, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, on August 14, 2024. The collective Ngaben ceremony is commonly held once a year to save funeral costs and involves a large community within a village. For Balinese, the cremation ceremony is an important passage to release the soul to the next life from the body after death. Photo: Johanes P. Christo/NurPhoto via Getty Images
