Mar 29, 2012

Daily Brief: March 29, 2012

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief auction, China, fashion, Indonesia, jewelry, London, Manila, Queen Elizabeth ll, Spain, Thailand

A diving penguin, unrest in Spain over gas hikes, a 35 carat diamond ring up for auction and more in today’s daily brief.

: A model presents a creation by graduate students for the 2012 BIFT, Taiwan USC and Mod’art graduation fashion show at China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Jason Lee/Reuters photo)

: Picketers scuffle with police as they try to block the entrance of a regional government building during Spain’s general strike in Santander. (Nacho Cubero/Reuters photo)

: A Humboldt Penguin dives off a board as a heron takes a fish at London Zoo in London. The diving board has been installed to coincide with the “Inspired by 2012″ London Olympics program. (Toby Melville/Reuters photo)

: Romy Buehler of Switzerland performs during the women’s short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France. (Vince Kessler/Reuters photo)

: Students of the Batasan Hills High School attend their graduation ceremony in Quezon City, east of Manila. March is the month of graduation festivities nationwide in Philippines. (AFP/Getty images/Noel Celis)

: An Indonesian policeman shoots tear gas towards protesters during a protest against the government’s plan to hike prices of fuel in Surabaya. Thousands of Indonesians rallied nationwide against a planned fuel price hike they say will cause great hardship. (AFP/Getty images)

: A Palestinian man ploughs his land near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba outside Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Palestinians have called for a march to Jerusalem and mass protests against Israel to mark Land Day on March 30. (AFP/Getty images/ Menahem Kahana)

: A employee holds a 34.05 carat rectangular-cut diamond ring during an auction preview at Christie’s in London. The ring is estimated to fetch between 3.6 million and 5 million US dollars at its auction in Geneva on May 14. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters photo)

: A flowerhorn fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or “Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala” at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Fish festival shows a variety of beautiful fish between March 24 to April 1. (AFP/Getty images/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

: School children take photographs as Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Valentine’s Park Redbridge as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK in London, England. (Chris Jackson/AFP/Getty Images)

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