The week in pictures: October 14th – 20th, 2014
Posted: October 21, 2014
Updated: June 4, 2017
Brush off your hazmat suit, vent your buoyancy aids, set your riot gear on stun and let’s check out last weeks highlights from around the world
Last week we all thought we were going to die from Ebola as several healthcare workers in a Dallas hospital, at which an infected patient was being treated, contracted the disease…and then, if you listen to the media, drove/flew/sailed across the country spitting on people. The hysteria was as palpable as it was pathetic and seems set to continue despite the appointment of an Ebola Tsar by President Obama.
Meanwhile the Pope ran into a few political difficulties after the Catholic Synod refused to back his softer stance on gays and divorcees, seen by many as the way to retain the church’s relevance in an age of changing social norms and attitudes. He failed to win the two-thirds of votes necessary, but doubtless will turn the other cheek and try again soon to drag the Catholic Church kicking and screaming into the twenty first century.
Talking of trying again, we saw the protests in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district ebb and flow with police and protestors seemingly taking it in turns to come out on top, with authorities forcefully removing barricades from main roads only to see them return a few hours later. This has the authorities so worried they’ve begun blaming outside influences for the protests, a sure sign they’ve no clue what to do except use force.
And when it comes to force there’s nothing like mother nature as the poor people in Nepal found out when a series of deadly avalanche struck the mountainous kingdom killing 39 and leaving 400 in need of rescue, unlike the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria who are set to be released after the Nigerian government and Boko Haram hammered out a truce between themselves. The girls may be home as soon as Tuesday.
The week brought its share of interesting gambling news as well. Lets look at some of the iconic images that flashed around the world last week on GamingZion.
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