Jul 3, 2012

July 3 Photo Brief: Pot-bellied Pakastani police, bemedaled beefeaters, camping in containers

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Angry Birds, ballet, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colorado, England, Iran, July 4th, Lebanon, Louisiana, monsoon, Nepal, Olympics, Pakistan, refugees, Syria, wildfire

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Pakistani elite police commandos are forced to trim their waistlines, Olympic and Paralympic medals are secured in the vaults at the Tower of London, Syrian refugees take shelter in “Container City” and more in today’s daily brief.

: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall meets a 12 year duck called Jemima Puddleduck held by vet Heike Dorn during a visit to the new veterinary surgery on the Scilly Isles in St Mary’s, England. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are on a three day trip to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The Prince of Wales is celebrating 60 years as the Duke of Cornwall. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

: A man walks across the tops of fuel tankers, which were used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, parked at a compound in Karachi. The United States and Pakistan are expected to agree soon on the reopening of land routes crucial to supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan, a Pakistani official said on Monday, a move that could ease a seven-month crisis in the two countries’ ties. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)

: Pakistani elite police commandos warm up during an exercise session at the police lines in Lahore on. The Pakistan police commander has ordered tens of thousands of pot-bellied officers to diet or quit frontline duties, officials said in what one newspaper dubbed the “battle of the bulge.” Habibur Rehman, police chief in Pakistan’s most populous province Punjab, has ordered 175,000 personnel not to allow their waistlines to exceed 38 inches (96 cm). (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

: General view of the refugee camp named “Container City” on the Turkish-Syrian border in Oncupinar in Kilis province, southern Turkey. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)

: Syrian refugee children play at a refugee camp named “Container City” on the Turkish-Syrian border in Oncupinar in Kilis province, southern Turkey. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)

: A boy covers himself using a plastic bag as he walks on a street in Kathmandu during rain fall. The monsoon season in Nepal typically lasts from June to August. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: Vandenberg Air Force Base Hot Shot fire fighter Chris Loung as he wipes sweat from his face while cutting a fire line on June 28, 2012 in the Mount Saint Francois area of Colorado Springs, Colorado while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. (Jeremy Lock/AFP/Getty Images, courtesy of the US Air Force)

: Members of the English National Ballet perform a dress rehearsal in St Paul’s Cathedral in London, England. They are performing as part of the City of London Festival’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. (Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)

: Belarussian athletes perform during celebrations marking Independence Day in Minsk. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

: An alligator swims in the Atchafalaya Basin near Henderson, Louisiana Saturday, June 30, 2012. (David Grunfeld/MCT)

: Dancers of the Grande Rio Samba School from Brazil perform in the main stadium during the opening ceremony of the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen. The CHIO, the last major equestrian event before the London Olympics, takes place from 03 to 08 July. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)

: A photographer takes a picture of the PNC American Flag balloon as it’s inflated in honor of America for Independence Day on the De Baun Athletic Complex at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The 53 by 78 foot balloon is the world’s largest free-flying American flag, weighs 530 pounds and is being flown in the upcoming 30th annual NJ Festival of Ballooning. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

: A Yeoman Warder or “Beefeater,” poses with a London 2012 Olympic Medal at the Tower of London in a handout picture released by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) on July 2, 2012. Rio Tinto, the mining company responsible for the production of the precious metals for the London 2012 Games, handed over the final Olympic and Paralympic medals to LOCOG for secure storage Monday in the vaults at the Tower of London during the Games. (AFP/Getty Images)

: A helicopter drops water on July 2, 2012 over a wildfire spreading over the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia. Israel has dispatched two special planes to help Bulgaria battle a large forest fire raging in a nature reserve on mount Vitosha just outside Sofia, the Bulgarian government said on July 3. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

: A monkey drinks from a carton of juice, given to him by a shop owner, due to the hot weather in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)

: A member of the British Museum excavation team uses his brush to reveal a skull that was buried at the College site, in the heart of the city of Sidon, which dates back to the Early Bronze Age. A great deal of activity has taken place in the north of the site as construction for the future museum is due to begin on this spot in September. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture obtained from Iran’s Fars news agency shows an Iranian long-range Shahab-3 missile being launched during the second day of military exercises, codenamed Great Prophet-7, for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards at an undisclosed location in Iran’s Kavir Desert. (Hassan Mousavi/FARS/AFP/GettyImages ORG XMIT:

: Angry Birds mooncakes based on the worldwide hit game by Finnish entertainment media company Rovio are displayed during a preview at a restaurant in Singapore. The mooncakes made of natural fruit flavours come with egg custard filling instead of the traditional loutus paste. The restaurant says the mooncakes will be sold in a box of four and only 3,000 boxes will be available when sales start on August 22 ahead of the mid-autumn festival. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)

July 3 Photo Brief: Pot-bellied Pakastani police, bemedaled beefeaters, camping in containers

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