Jun 29, 2012

June 29 Photo Brief: Japanese transvestite, monsoon frog marriage, Ryan Lochte’s backstroke face

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10,000,000 forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains swamp wide areas of northeastern India, China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft re-enters with country’s first woman astronaut, U.S. Olympic swimming trials continue in Omaha and more in today’s Daily Brief.

: Villagers travel on a country boat through flood waters at the flood affected area of Tataliguri in Morigoan district, some 80 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of Indiaâs northeastern state of Assam. At least 27 people have died and 10,000,000 others have been forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains swamp wide areas of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, officials said. (Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Athletes compete in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the 2012 European Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)

: Palestinian protesters are seen through smoke from tyres set on fire during clashes with Israeli security forces at a protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim, in the West Bank village of Kfar Kadum, near Nablus. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

: A boy enjoys lying down on mud while celebrating the Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: The wedding of two frogs, arranged by farmers seeking rainfall, is performed in Nagpur in order to please the Rain Gods and in the hope that their region would soon receive monsoon showers. People blew trumpets and sang songs, as the priest solemnized the marriage with the usual Hindu marriage rituals to the chanting of Hindu hymns and by putting streaks of vermilion on the female frog’s head. The frogs were picked up from different ponds, following the local belief among the farmers in this part of India that a frog marriage pleases the Rain Gods and ensures a good harvest with rain. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

: This photo taken on June 28, 2012, shows Yuzo Shiozawa applying makeup after dressing himself into his alter-ego, 1970′s Japanese cartoon character Candice “Candy” White Ardlay at his home in Tokyo. Shiozawa, known as Candy H. Milky in the transvestite world, has three sons from a marriage that ended when his wife left him after years of arguments over his transvestism. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)

: Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (C), Liu Wang (L) and Liu Yang, China’s first female astronaut, salute in front of the re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, ending a mission that put the country’s first woman in space and completed a manned docking test critical to its goal of building a space station by 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan/Reuters)

: Lesbian couple Grace Morales (L) and Allen Sales (R) sit on the altar during the Grand Same Sex Holy Union Wedding at the Metropolitan Community Churches (MMC) in Manila during services for five lesbian couples. The Philippines has a vibrant gay scene despite a macho culture and opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, but there are no anti-discrimination laws in the country and same-sex relationships are not officially recognised. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ryan Lochte swims in his men’s 200m backstroke heat during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)

: Students wear protective head gear made from door rugs during an earthquake drill at the Pasig Central Elementary School in Manila. The drill was done simultaneously nationwide as part of the government’s disaster preparedness plan. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

: Shar Pei dog Cleopatra breast-feeding one of the two adopted tiger cubs in the Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi. The two cubs, named Clyopa and Plyusha, were born late last month in Sochi zoo and adopted by their new mum. (Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman looks out from a window of a house destroyed during the war at a fishermen port in Mogadishu. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

: Hindu pilgrims, pictured on a glacial campsite, proceed on the final stretch of their journey leading to the Amarnath Cave on June 27, 2012. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims trek through treacherous mountains in revolt-torn Kashmir, along icy streams, glacier-fed lakes and frozen passes, to reach the Amarnath cave, located at an altitude of 3,857 meters (12,729 feet), where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a phallus and symbolizing the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

: Methamphetamines seized by the Thai narcotics police are displayed during the 41th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, about 80 kms (50 miles) north of Bangkok. Thai police on June 29 incinerated more than 225 million USD of seized drugs — including 21 million amphetamine tablets — as the kingdom ramps up its efforts to stem the flow of narcotics in the country. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

: View of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, atop Corcovado Hill, at sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Heritage Committee will consider the inscription of 36 sites, including Rio de Janeiro, on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its next meeting from 24 June to 6 July, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

June 29 Photo Brief: Japanese transvestite, monsoon frog marriage, Ryan Lochte’s backstroke face

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