Apr 26, 2012

April 26 Photo Brief: Crocheted superhero, mating frogs, Rupert Murdoch

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, art exhibit, Chernobyl, China, crochet, football, frogs, Hong Kong, Israel, Manila, Real Madrid, Russia, Shanghai, soccer

Slums in Manila, judo championships in Russia, hand-crocheted art exhibit in Berlin and more in today’s daily brief.

: A visitor looks at bicycle wheels on display at the China International Bicycle and Motor Fair in Shanghai. (Peter Parks/GettyImages)

: A rescue worker wearing a white environmental suit waves during the Daya Bay Contingency Plan exercise in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government conducted a major inter-departmental exercise to test and practice response capability in the event of a serious off-site accident at the nuclear power stations at Daya Bay, just 20 kms (12 miles) east of Hong Kong in China’s Guangdong province. (Aaron tam/Getty Images)

: A man lights a candle at the monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutich, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the accident site, and where many of the power station’s personnel used to live, during a memorial ceremony. (Sergi Supinsky/Getty Images)

: Belarus Dzmitry Shershan (Blue) fights with Poland’s Tomasz Kowalski during their men’s 66 kg category elimination bout at the European Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia. (Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty Images)

: Rupert Murdoch, left, and his wife Wendi Deng Murdoch leave the High Court after Rupert gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry in London, England. This phase of the inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press in the United Kingdom is looking at the owners of various media groups. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

: A visitor photographs the knitted sculpture “Superman” by Patricia Waller, featuring the comic book character meeting death by his own superhuman ability to fly, in the “Broken Heroes” exhibition at the Deschler Gallery in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition of hand-crocheted comic, puppet and cartoon figures shows icons of pop culture in various unfortunate states. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)

: Bayern Munich’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, center, celebrates after scoring the winning penalty shot during the shoot out at the end of the UEFA Champions League second leg semi-final football match Real Madrid against Bayern Munich. (Christof Stache/Getty Images)

: A Roma man in a wheelchair sits in front of his home in a slum in Belgrade. The municipal authorities of Belgrade on Thursday evicted over 250 Roma families from the Belvil slum in the New Belgrade suburb despite protests from Amnesty International. Serbia has one of Europe’s largest Roma populations. (Andrej Isakovic)

: An Afghan labourer dismounts from a horse cart carrying bricks at a kiln in the outskirts of Kabul. Poverty and an ongoing insurgency by the ousted Taliban still pose a threat to the stability of the country. (Johannes Eisele/Getty Image)

: An Israeli girl plays with an inflatable hammer in a park on Israel’s Independence Day in Jerusalem. (Amir Cohen/Reuters Photo)

: Two children peep through a hole in a gate as they await the demolition of the slum community where they reside, in Quezon City, Metro Manila. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters photo)

: The Church of Pokrov on Nerli is reflected in a pool of floodwater as frogs mate in the water in the village of Bogolyubovo, some 190 km (118 miles) east of Moscow. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters photo)

: Old jewelry made from gold is seen before it’s smelted down at Zorka, a jewelry factory, in Minsk. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters Photo)

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