May 1, 2012

May 1 Photo Brief: Spanking banks, burning effigies and Beltane

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Al-Qaeda, Beltane, Castro, China, communism, Cuba, England, flooding, France, Germany, India, Italy, Labour Day, Manila, May Day, New York, Nicolas Sarkozy, Occupy Movement, Osama bin Laden, painting, Pakis, Russia, snakes, socialism, Spain, Turkey, Vladimir Putin, Volkswagen

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Money bunny want to spank the naughty banks, a gathering of vintage Volkswagens in Germany, a nearly-nude Beltane pile of people and more in today’s daily brief.

: A woman carries a poster of former Cuban President Fidel Castro as thousands of Cubans march under the slogan “Preserve and Perfect Socialism”, at Revolution Square in Havana during Labour Day. (Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: A burning the effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino is seen during May Day protests in Manila held to push for higher wages and policies that would make it harder to fire workers. Aquino has said he is trying to help labour but has warned that giving too many benefits will make the country less competitive, costing more jobs. (Noel Celis/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: Occupy Wall Street partcipants gather to stage a May Day demonstration march at Bryant Park in New York. The Occupy movement that shook the United States last year, spawning similar protests worldwide, announced widespread May Day demonstrations and strikes against social inequality Tuesday. The protests, billed as stretching from New York to California, and from Spain to Australia, raised the possibility of disruption in dozens of urban centers on the date when many countries observe International Workers’ Day. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: Ng Ah Kwai, 50, of Penang, Malaysia, who was born with deformed arms, paints with his foot during the Mouth and Foot Painting Convention in Singapore. Over 70 handicapped artists showcased 200 artworks at the exhibition which takes place from May 1 to May 6. (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: People look at vintage Volkswagen cars during the 29th annual “MaiKaeferTreffen” (May Beetle meeting) meeting in Hanover. Around 3500 air-cooled Volkswagen vehicles took part in this event hosted by the Maikaeferteam Hannover car association. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)

: France’s incumbent president and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party candidate for the French 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy waves to supporters as he arrives on stage to give a speech during a campaign meeting at the Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris. Sarkozy initially called his rally in the name of “real work” before deciding to focus on the exposure of private sector workers to the economic crisis, in contrast with public sector workers who are “blocking France.” (PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: A statue of Saint Domenico surrounded by snakes is held up by worshippers during an annual procession dedicated to the saint, in the streets of Cocullo, in the Abruzzo region. (Tiziana Fab/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: Villagers watch as a piece of a sunken ferry is pulled up onto the bank of the river Brahmaputra near Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district of Assam state. Indian authorities said that bodies might have been washed downstream into Bangladesh after a ferry sank in the Brahmaputra river, leaving more than 100 people dead and about 100 missing. Police said 105 corpses, including many women and children, had been recovered so far from the fast-flowing river in India’s northeastern Assam state, where the ferry was split in two during a sudden storm. (Biju Borostrdel/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: A Pakistani girl washes vegetables at the site of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in northern Abbottabad ahead of bin Laden’s first death anniversary. (Sajjad Qayyum/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: A man holds a huge piece of fake excrement bearing a banner which translates as “this is the labor reform” during a May Day rally in the centre of Barcelona. Tens of thousands took to the streets across the globe for May Day to press for workers’ rights amid tough economic times and to back an array of other causes. (Lluis Gene/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: Performers take part in the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh on April 30, 2012. The annual event is inspired by the pre-Christian spring-time festival and is intended to emphasize a connection with the passing of the seasons. (Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo/Getty Images)

: Flood waters gather on land close to Tewkesbury Abbey in Tewkesbury, England. After the wettest April in 100 years, thousands of homes, particularly in the south west of England, faced a renewed risk of flooding after heavy rain fell overnight and many rivers remained on flood alerts. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: Men wearing traditional Bavarian dress take part in the Bavarian tradition of raising the maypole as part of May Day celebrations in Perchting, Germany. The tradition of erecting the tall wooden pole in small towns and villages goes back to the 16th century. The pole is usually painted in the Bavarian colours of white and blue and decorated with emblems depicting local crafts and industry. (Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)

May 1 Photo Brief: Spanking banks, burning effigies and Beltane

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