Jun 18, 2012

June 18 Photo Brief: Gannet Colony of Bass Rock, out-of-this-world sand sculptures, Sumatran tigers

Gannet Colony of Bass Rock, out-of-this-world sand sculptures in Russia, Sumatran tigers in Germany and more in today’s daily brief.

: Gannets nest on Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth on June 18, 2012 in Dunbar, Scotland. Some 150,000 or more return every January, making it the largest single rock gannet colony. They return with the same mate and often use the same nest each year, spending most of the year on the Rock they then leave at the end of October, when the last of the chicks travel down to the West Coast of Africa. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Seagulls fly near Bass Rock where Gannets nesting on in the Firth of Forth on June 18, 2012 in Dunbar, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: A woman and a boy look at a creation, in reference to space exploration, at the “Wheel of History” exhibition of sand sculptures in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 18, 2012. Sand sculptures, created by Siberian artists and depicting space exploration, the personality of Leonardo da Vinci, the Olympic Games, the Patriotic War of 1812 against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte and other topics, will be on exhibit all summer, according to organizers. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

: Two Sumatran tigers sniff at each other on June 18, 2012 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. In the wild, the endangered species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images)

: Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi wave national flags as they celebrate in Cairo’s Tahrir square on June 18, 2012 as Islamists claimed victory in Egypt’s first free presidential vote since its uprising. Army-backed rival Ahmed Shafiq, who served as prime minister to deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, disputed the announcement. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)

: Catholic nuns laugh as they attend the closing ceremony with around 80,000 pilgrims of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on June 17, 2012. Pilgrims from more than 120 countries are attending the Congress which is an international gathering held every four years. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man sits next to his cattle as he waits for a buyer at a weekly cattle market at Binaganj, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh June 18, 2012. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

: Irish and Italian supporters shout slogans to each other as they cheer before the Euro 2012 soccer match between Italy and Ireland in Poznan June 18, 2012. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

: An indigenous woman protests during a march for women’s right during the People’s Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice in Rio de Janeiro June 18, 2012. The People’s Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice is a parallel event of the Rio+20 United Nations sustainable development summit that will be held from June 20 to June 22. (Ana Carolina Fernandes/Reuters)

: A man is reflected in a puddle of water after rain fell in Kathmandu June 18, 2012. The monsoon season in Nepal typically lasts from June to August. Picture rotated 180 degrees. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: A soldiers patrols through a neighborhood burned in recent violence in Sittwe June 15, 2012. Armed troops patrolled Myanmar’s northwest city of Sittwe on Friday as a fragile peace held in the wake of days of sectarian violence that has stoked nationalist fervour and displaced 30,000 people, with many feared dead. ( Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

: People carry their belongings as they walk back to the village of Tai after fleeing the area June 16, 2012, following an attack in the southwest. Seven Niger troops, 10 civilians and at least one Ivorian soldier were killed in the June 8 attack, while patrolling villages south of the small town of Tai, near the Liberian border. The zone has been prone to unrest for the past year, with bloody operations blamed in a recent report by Human Rights Watch on forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo, whom the New York-based non-governmental organisation accused of recruiting child soldiers. (Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)

: Spanish miners burn tires to cut a road during a miner’s demonstration in Caborana, near Oviedo, in northern Spain on June 18, 2012. Spanish coal miners are staging a nationwide strike action organized by unions against the cash-strapped government’s decision to slash subsidies to the sector this year to 111 million euros ($142 million) from 301 million euros last year. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian Sadhu, holy man, looks up while protesting to stop Indian government plans to construct dams on the river Ganges which would interrupt its flow, during a rally in New Delhi on June 18, 2012. The protesters are calling for the set up of a separate ministry under the Prime Minister for the conservation of the Ganges with a round-the-clock monitoring system. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man inspects a nightingale at a bird market in Hanoi on June 18, 2012. Great demands in large cities to acquire wild birds has became a threat to nature. (Hoang Dinh/AFP/Getty Images)

: Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2012 football championships match Portugal vs. Netherlands on June 17, 2012 at the Metalist stadium in Kharkiv. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)

: Members of the international organization OXFAM wearing masks depicting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh(L), U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Brazilian President Dilma Roussef are seen during a protest in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico on the eve of the G20 Summit opening, on June 17, 2012. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A U.S. Army instructor conducts training for bombs and explosive detection to Indonesian soldiers for deployment to UN peacekeeping duties during the “Garuda Shield VI 2012″ in Malang city in East Java province on June 18, 2012. (Aman Rockman/AFP/Getty Images)

: A nomadic woman from the desert Indian state of Rajasthan walks near a camel carrying her belongings and a girl along a road at Biaor, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh June 18, 2012. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)