Home Gallery Photos of the week: Indonesia earthquake, Palestine/Israel unrest, UAE amnesty underway by Aarti Saundalkar August 9, 2018 An Indonesian woman is seen with her baby at a temporary shelter in Pemenang on August 7, 2018 in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Lombok and neighbouring Bali which left at least 20,000 people homeless. The death toll is expected to rise with aftershocks expected to rattle the area and aid agencies say their priority is to now provide shelter for displaced people. Photo credit: Getty Images A firefighting airplane drops fire retardant on the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore, in Orange County, California, on August 7, 2018. The fire began on August 6, in the afternoon in Holy Jim Canyon and grew to 4,000 acres by evening, on August 7, 2018. Photo credit: Getty Images A picture taken on August 8, 2018 shows a fireball exploding during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photo credit: Getty Images An Indian student wearing a mask poses with her hands painted with a slogan calling for peace during a rally to mark Hiroshima Day, in Mumbai on August 6, 2018. Hiroshima Day commemorates August 6 of 1945, the day an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Photo credit: Getty Images Seekers of amnesty in the UAE are photographed at a immigration centre in Dubai, UAE. More than 10,700 people have applied to avail amnesty services in the UAE since the launch of the initiative on August 1, 2018. The three-month amnesty period allows illegal UAE residents to correct their status without paying fines. Photo credit: General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs on Twitter A monument made of 50 steel columns entitled ‘Release’ created by South African artist Marco Ciafanelli is photographed at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site in Howick during a commemoration held on August 5, 2018. The structure represents the 27 years the first black and former South African President Nelson Mandela spent behind bars. Photo credit: Getty Images Three Border Collie dogs from the ‘Wonderdogs’ performance team are photographed during the 2018 Sydney Dog Lovers Show on August 4, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The show is hosting the first ever ‘Common Woof Games’ in Sydney, with dogs from around the world competing in 11 canine sports including basketball, discus, hurdles and barrel racing. Photo credit: Getty Images 0 Comments
