Apr 3, 2012

Daily Brief: April 3, 2012

Massive South Korean dog fighting rescue, typhoon-like winds in Japan, Holy Week preparations and more in today’s daily brief.

: Dogs rescued from a South Korean-run online dog fighting racket are chained to steel barrels used as their temporary shelters as they wait to be handled by volunteers from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in San Pablo City, Laguna province, south of Manila. Philippine police on April 1, 2012 rescued the 300 badly injured pitbulls and arrested seven South Koreans after busting a massive online dog fighting syndicate which was broadcasting the fights online to a betting audience. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: Two trucks lie on their sides on a bridge at Toyama city, western Japan. A typhoon-like spring storm brought strong gusts and heavy rains to Japan, causing traffic chaos, with meteorologists urging the public to stay indoors if possible. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images)

: People rest on a roadside swing before the start of a fair in Mumbai. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

: Manuel Revillon, 46, puts finishing touches on an image of Jesus Christ displayed along a main street of Makati city, metro Manila in preparation for Holy Week. Revillon and his friends made the 10-foot image of Jesus Christ from paper, sacks and tree branches. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

: A Kashmiri woman works inside her mustard field on a spring day in Harwan on the outskirts of Srinagar. With the onset of spring season Kashmiri farmers start working in their rice fields after long spell of winter season. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)

: Students from the Yermolov Cadet School sit at a training base, the terminal point of their training march, near the southern Russian city of Stavropol. The Yermolov state school in Stavropol, which was founded 10 years ago and has open admittance for any child, follows a traditional Russian middle school syllabus as well as extra lessons on military education and physical training for its pupils. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)

: People pose for a photo during a religious ceremony at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. Myanmar President Thein Sein said on Tuesday the country’s by-elections at the weekend, which were swept by the opposition, were carried out successfully. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

: Keys of flats and houses are hanged on a barrier in a sign of protest by former inhabitants near the ‘red zone’ closed to public, in the historic area of L’Aquila devastated three years ago by an earthquake. Out of the 120,000 or so people affected by the 6.3 magnitude quake which hit the L’Aquila area on April 6, 2009, over 21,000 still live in new builds, temporary houses, hotels or army barracks while they wait for their homes to be repaired, or demolished and rebuilt. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Abby Wambach #20 of United States and Maurine Dorneles Goncalves#6 of Brazil compete for the ball during the international friendly match between United States and Brazil at Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba, Japan. (Koji Watanabe/Getty Images)

: A hawker wears a flower hat to sell his goods at the Yuyuan Tan Park during the start of the blossom season in Beijing. Thousands of Beijingers flock to the park during the one month season which coincides with the Qingming tomb sweeping day. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)