May 4, 2012

May 4 Photo Brief: Wild pandas, “SlutWalk” and topless student protesters

Returning giant pandas to the wild, a “SlutWalk” in Israel, topless students protest tuition hikes in Montreal and more in today’s daily brief.

: Wellwishers pay their respects to Junior Seau at a makeshift memorial outside of his beach home on May 3, 2012 in Oceanside, California. The former linebacker for the San Diego Chargers was found dead at his home on May 2, 2012. According to reports, Seau had died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the chest in what police said appeared to be a suicide. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

: A man transports lanterns for decorations on his motorbike ahead of Vesak Day celebrations in Colombo. The festival commemorates the birth and enlightenment of Buddha and his attainment of Nirvana and will be celebrated on May 5. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

: Workers wear panda costumes as they carry a box to transport Giant Pandas back to the wild, at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China’s southwest Sichaun province. The bears will be left to fend for themselves to learn crucial survival skills, and scientists plan to gradually reduce human interactions until they can live in the wild without any assistance. While there have already been 10 attempts at setting pandas free over the past 30 years, only two are thought to have been successful as the bears find it very hard to survive on their own. (AFP Photo/AFP/Getty Images)

: A member of the Samaritan sect takes a nap near sheep carcasses before they are grilled during a traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus. The Samaritans, who trace their roots to the biblical kingdom of Israel in what is now the northern occupied West Bank, observe religious practices similar to those of Judaism. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

: An Israeli activist chants slogans during a “SlutWalk” rally in Jerusalem to protest sexual violence and counter claims that women’s attire or behaviour provoke rape and sexual assault. The “SlutWalk” phenomenon began in Toronto last April when hundreds of women and men took to the Canadian city’s streets for a march to protest a police constable’s comment that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” Her stickers read in Hebrew “How am I dressed? Dial 1-800, none of your business.” (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man cleans the beak of his partridge with his mouth during a fighting competition at a local park in Kabul. Bird-fighting is a hobby in Afghanistan and although gambling remains illegal in the country, betting on such fights is tolerated. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

: Topless student demonstators protest against tuition hikes in Montreal. Thousands of students opposed to higher tuition paraded in various states of undress through the streets of Montreal in opposition to tuition hikes. On the left, the inscription in red paint reads “(Jean) Charest (the Prime minister of Quebec), I’m fed up with you.” and in the center, the placard states “She is ready to freeze in order to see tuition hikes frozen.” (AFhoto/AFP/Getty Images)

: Team members of PlanetSolar wave with flares as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy in Monaco. More than a year and a half after leaving Monaco, the 31-metre (102-foot) Swiss catamaran, skippered by a Franco-German-Swiss team of five members, completed the 30,000 miles of this first world voyage only powered by solar energy. The Swiss-flagged boat, which was built in Germany and cost 26 million USD, is topped by 500 square metres of black solar panels, with a bright white cockpit sticking up in the centre. (Valery Hache/AFP/GettyImages

: Samaritan children print their muddy palms on a white-washed wall during the traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony at Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The Israeli Samaritan community, which numbers about 720 people, practice a religion that is based on four principles of faith, one God – the God of Israel; one Prophet – Moses Ben Amram; the belief in the Torah – the first five books of the Bible and one holy place – Mount Gerizim, near Tel Aviv in Israel. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)

: Italian sculptor Leonardo Ugolini walks near his sand copy of Moscow’s landmark St. Basil Cathedral at the “Great History of Russia” exhibition in the Kolomenskoye open-air museum in Moscow. (Andrey Smirnov/AFP/Getty Images)

: Greenpeace activists swim with a buoy in front of the Finnish icebreaker Nordica, which has been chartered by Shell, in the Baltic Sea, close to Fehmarn Island. The activists are protesting against the ship’s heading for Shell’s Arctic oil drilling project in the north of Alaska. (Doerthe Hagenguth/Greenpeace/Reuters)

: Midwifes simulate a childbirth as they stage a flashmob in front of the Health Ministry in Berlin. They demonstrated against rising contributions to professional indemnity insurances. (Sebastian Kahnert/AFP/Getty Images)

: Malian refugees walk at Mbere refugee camp, near Bassiknou, southern Mauritania, 60 km from the border with Mali. The fighting in Mali has left more than 60,000 people internally displaced, and a similar number have fled to Mauritania and neighboring countries. Camp Mbere, spread out over a surface area of some 570 km, receives an average of 1,000 refugees per day, some days even more. According to the LWF representative, in mid-April the camp population was over 55,000, of which more than half were children. (Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

: A flock of blue plastic sheep stand in front of the Schwerin Castle in Schwerin, northeastern Germany. The sheep, created by German artists Rainer Bonk and Bertamaria Reetz, are part of an art project that has been touring Europe for three years. According to the artists, they shall transport the peaceful message “all are equal – everyone is important”. In every of the more than 50 European cities, where the flock was on display, one sheep was left as peace ambassador. (Jens Buttner/AFP/Getty Images)

: A 4.43 metre (14.5 feet) saltwater crocodile is seen on a boat trailer following its capture from the Daly River in Darwin, Australia. The reptile, believed to be responsible for the disappearance of 9 local dogs in the past month, had been sighted close to the Daly River Aboriginal community and local police had concerns for the well being of local residents. The croc entered the trap on May 1, and was retrieved with the help of locals on May 2. (Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service/Getty Images)