12 August 2022 2 Min Read
The week in pictures
US secretary of state Antony Blinken visits SA, a fire in Cuba damages its main fuel storage facility, Kenyans vote for a new president, protests in Venezuela, and more
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August 8 — Smoke rises from burning fuel storage tanks near the port in Matanzas, Cuba. Firefighters took five days to bring the blaze under control. It destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island’s main fuel storage facility.
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- Picture: ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS
- A helicopter throws water over the zone where fuel storage tanks burned near Cuba’s port in Matanzas, Cuba, August 9 2022. Picture: ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS
- Lightning strikes through smoke from burning fuel storage tanks in Cuba. Picture: ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS
- People take selfies in front of smoke rising over burning fuel storage tanks in Cuba. Picture: ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS
- People watch smoke over burning fuel storage tanks in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 8 2022. Picture: ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS
August 8 — Australian performers dance during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England.
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- Picture: ALEX PANTLING/GETTY IMAGES
- Fireworks during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, August 8 2022. Picture: JUSTIN SETTERFIELD/GETTY IMAGES
- Ash performs during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Picture: ALEX DAVIDSON/GETTY IMAGES
- Jorja Smith performs during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Picture: ALEX PANTING/GETTY IMAGES
- Black Sabbath perform during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Picture: ALEX LIVESEY/GETTY IMAGES
August 9 — A woman votes in Kenya’s general election, in Nairobi. Kenyans headed to the polls to vote for a new president during a time of drought and soaring food prices. With four candidates running for presidency, the main rivals were former prime minister and four-time presidential candidate Raila Odinga and deputy president William Ruto.
- Picture: DONWILSON ODHIAMBO/REUTERS
- Men watch live news aired on a public projector on the eve of a presidential election in the centre of Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8 2022. Picture: ED RAM/GETTY IMAGES
- Maasai men queue at a polling centre during the general election, at Ewaso Kedong primary school in Kajiado county, Kenya, August 9 2022. Picture: THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
- The Azimio la Umoka (One Kenya) coalition and Kenya’s leading opposition contender Raila Odinga waves to voters after casting his vote during the general elections in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: DONWILSON ODHIAMBO/REUTERS
- Voters queue outside a polling station in Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: DONWILSON ODHIAMBO/REUTERS
- Azimio la Umoka One Kenya coalition supporters wait for election results in central Kisumu, Kenya. Picture: ED RAM/GETTY IMAGES
- A Maasai woman queues to vote in Kajiado, Kenya, August 9 2022. Picture: THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
- A police officer controls Maasai voters at a polling station in Kajiado, Kenya, August 9 2022. Picture: THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
August 8 — Melissa Guerrero, a US citizen from Mexico, wearing traditional wedding makeup and costume, prepares for her wedding ceremony in Donje Ljubinje, a village near Prizren in Kosovo.
August 9 — US secretary of state Antony Blinken and President Cyril Ramaphosa prepare for Blinken’s departure, at Waterkloof Airforce Base in Centurion.
August 9 — People watch as US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s motorcade moves through Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 9 — Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss, right, greets Dehenna Davison, Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland, ahead of a meeting in Darlington, England. The results of the leadership contest to replace Boris Johnson will be announced on September 5.
August 10 — A man and students ride on a motorcycle on a flooded road, after rains during the monsoon season in Karachi, Pakistan.
August 10 — People play badminton by the Waal River in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Drought has halved operation capacity along the lower Rhine from Rotterdam to Germany, an important coal transport route for steelmakers and power producers.
August 11 — Police stand guard during a protest against the government of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on Thursday. Inflation in the country was raging near 170% in May, but down from above 2,500% about a year ago, according to Trading Economics.
August 11 — A man cleans a car damaged by a Russian military strike, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.