Watch: Biden bows out, Olympic previews, and a whale flips a boat

Sezen Bakan and Zara Falkiner-Rose
Jul 26, 2024, updated Jul 26, 2024

Source: The New Daily

This week, Joe Biden succumbed to pressure and ended his re-election campaign, while Boomers wrapped their heads around a Kamala Harris-inspired TikTok craze.

Athletes revved up their training ahead of the Paris Olympics, and put on impromptu fashion shows for social media followers.

Skiers got snowed in at Mount Hotham in Victoria, while a monster geyser explosion in Yellowstone National Park sent visitors running.

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Biden explains his call to quit

Until Sunday (local time), US President Joe Biden had remained adamant that he would see his re-election campaign through to the end.

But after a series of public gaffes and a Covid diagnosis, Biden quit and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee.

Days after making the announcement, Biden released a video reiterating his belief that he had earned re-election because of his record during his first term, but “nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy”.

President Biden: “Nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy, that includes personal ambition. So, I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. That’s the best way to unite our nation.” pic.twitter.com/Df04E33JSO

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 25, 2024

Olympic athletes’ fashion shows

Athletes from around the world descended on France this week ahead of the Olympics.

As usual, they were given a range of uniforms by their country’s organisations to don for the event.

Many took to social media to show off each outfit, using trending audio and poses.

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Skiers cop a blizzard

Holidaymakers at Mount Hotham got more than they bargained for with 31 centimetres of snow in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.

@hothamalpineresort We’re snowed in! The blizzard is here! ❄️👀 #snowday #fyp #hotham #winter #snow #skiseason #australia #mthotham ♬ original sound – Hotham Alpine Resort

‘Brat Summer’ befuddles news anchors

Multiple tracks from British singer Charli XCX’s latest album, Brat, found new life through viral clips of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Charli endorsed Harris with a tweet proclaiming “kamala IS brat”, and Harris embraced the free media blitz by changing the background of her campaign’s official X account to match the low-resolution, lime green Brat album cover.

This had commentators unfamiliar with TikTok trends scrambling to make sense of the phenomenon.

CNN is just now learning that we’re living in a brat summer. pic.twitter.com/4MNALNxF3F

— Austin Linfante (@AuLinfante) July 22, 2024

Take a bite of that! Colbert learns the Apple dance

More than a month since Charli XCX’s Brat was released, the appetite for the tracks shows no signs of slowing down.

This week, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert released a behind-the-scenes look at a staffer teaching him the dance to one of the album’s viral hits, Apple.

@colbertlateshow Replying to @Lizzy_143m since you asked… 🤭🍏 #Colbert #brat #bratsummer #charlixcx ♬ original sound – colbertlateshow

Swimming against the current

Athletes from around the world are preparing to compete in the Paris Olympics.

Many have given fans a peek at their intense training to compete against the best of the best.

@juegosolimpicos El arte de dominar las corrientes 🏊‍♂️💪 IG 📹 clem_secchi #JuegosOlimpicos #Paris2024 #Natacion #Olimpiadas ♬ sonido original – Juegos Olímpicos

Whale flips out

Two men on a fishing boat off the coast of New Hampshire got a thorough dunking after a whale surfaced over their vessel and capsized it.

No injuries to the men or the whale were reported.

Source: Colin Yager

Yellowstone goes boom

Visitors to Yellowstone National Park in north-west US, were sent running and screaming for their lives this week when a hydrothermal explosion spewed boiling hot water and rocks up to 30 metres into the air.

Fortunately no one was injured in the blast at Biscuit Basin – although a boardwalk was left crumpled and covered in debris, including rocks up to a metre round. Nearby trees were also destroyed.

Yellowstone sits on a dormant volcano, but US officials said the explosion was not related to volcanic activity. The area has been closed to visitors for the remainder of the tourist season.