May 16, 2012

May 16 Photo Brief: Pigs, an eel and a moose on the loose, Her Holographic Majesty and the cameras of Cannes

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, art, Britain, Cannes, England, Myanmar, Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Elizabeth ll, Russia

Moose in Moscow, a royal hologram, and not so candid Cannes in today’s daily brief.

: A young girl wears a homemade crown as she waits to see Queen Elizabeth II visit the town centre of Accrington as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee tour of the country on May 16, 2012 in Accrington, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: Artist Chris Levine views his hologram image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II entitled ‘Equanimity’ in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition ‘The Queen: Art & Image’ in London, England. The exhibition, which opens to the public on May 17, 2012 and runs until October 21, 2012, features a wide-ranging display of images of The Queen from throughout her 60 year reign. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

: Confetti is pictured on the ground outside Harrods department store in London as employees of the store celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s forthcoming Diamond Jubilee. (Carl Court/GettyImages)

: A boy chases a pig through a junkyard near the Danyingone station in Yangon’s suburbs in Myanmar. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

: A man walks past an artwork titled “Eugenie” representing a stuffed tattooed pig by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye at the Hong Kong International Art Fair. The fair brings together over 266 of the world’s most celebrated international galleries from 39 countries according to organizers. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

: Cast member Tilda Swinton sticks out her tongue during a photocall for the film “Moonrise Kingdom” at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

: Cast member Bill Murray takes a photograph as he poses during a photocall for the film “Moonrise Kingdom.” (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

: Uggie, the dog from the film “The Artist”, is interviewed by Larry King before the start of the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: A boy is silhouetted against the sun while jumping on a trampoline on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)

: A newly arrived refugee child from the Democratic Republic of Congo takes shelter from the rain at a makeshift refugee camp in Bunagana near Kisoro town 521km (312 miles) southwest of Uganda capital Kampala. The refugees fled the Masisi region in Congo’s North Kivu province since fighting broke out between Congolese troops and fighters loyal to a renegade general Bosco Ntaganda. (James Akena/Reuters)

: A woman walks past Israeli artists, one of them Yuda Braun (R), in Jerusalem. Braun says the “White Soldier”, his artistic project launched in 2009, hopes to add to the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

: An Egyptian man walks in front of a wall sprayed with graffiti, depicting the ruling military council controlling the presidential elections as a puppet show, near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Voting starts in Egypt’s presidential election on May 23-24 to choose who will succeed Hosni Mubarak, who was swept from office last year in a popular uprising. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

: Graduating students attend New York University’s commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to a crowd of more than 27,000 at the ceremony and was raised in a Bronx housing project not far from the stadium. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: Students march demanding to the government of President Sebastian Pinera higher quality and free public education, in Santiago, Chile. (Martin Bernetti/GettyImages)

: Graduates from Columbia University’s School of Business hold a sign saying “We are the fun %” as they cheer during the university’s commencement ceremony in New York. Over 12000 students attended the annual graduation ceremony on the university’s campus. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: German riot police carry a demonstrator fully covered in paint as police clear the camp of occupy protestors in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

: Paul Firminger holds an elver in his hand at South Shore Trading Co., an elver buying station, in Portland, Maine. May 31 marks the end of what has become a Gold Rush for a small group of Maine fishermen – the 10-week season for catching juvenile eels known as elvers, whose price has increased nearly a hundred-fold over the past decade. (Joel Page/Reuters)

: People look at a moose resting on the lawn at a residential area in eastern Moscow. A moose family of bull, cow and calf wandered today into a residential area in the eastern part of the Russian capital, close to Losiny Ostrov (Elk Island) National Park, Russian media reported. (Andrey Smirnov/GettyImages)

: A passenger bus burns after it was set on fire in Dhaka. Three vehicles, including the bus, were set on fire in the city by unidentified arsonists hours after a Dhaka court sent 33 senior opposition leaders and activists of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led party alliance to jail for their alleged involvement in violence including setting fire to vehicles during general strikes last month, according to local media. (Reuters)

: A man salvages his belongings after a fire in a slum at Shyamoli in Dhaka. At least 10 people were injured, including a fire fighter who sustained burn injuries, and more than 150 shanties were burned down as a blaze swept through a slum in the city’s Shyamoli area, the local fire department said. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

: A U.S. Army medic of the C Company 3/82 Dustoff MEDEVAC checks an injured Afghan National Army soldier suffering from a gunshot wound, as he is transported in a MEDEVAC helicopter in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

: Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Giampiero Sposito/Reuters)

: Opposition secretary-general for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir, shouts slogans after a court sent 33 opposition figures to jail including lawmakers and senior officials ahead of their trial over violence at a series of anti-government protests in Dhaka. The court order sparked demonstrations outside the court by supporters of the BNP, forcing police to use batons to disperse them. (GettyImages)

: John John Florence, of Hawaii, competes in the final of the Association of Surfing Professionals’ men’s 2012 ASP World Championship Tour at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Christophe Simon/GettyImages)

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