Sept. 14 Photo Brief: Giant vegetable lifting, mass floating in the Dead Sea
A giant marrow wins all six classes in the giant vegetable competition, environmentalists hold a mass floating event in the Dead Sea and more in today’s daily brief.
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England
The art of glass making
Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
120 Pearls to film: Q&A with Kaitlin Newman
Time lapse video: Ravens fans in Federal Hill
Rough Cut: Ravens Super Bowl win over 49ers
Left behind at Sparrows Point
Matt ‘Fan Man’ Andrews: The Godfather of Ravens fans
The Silent Guardians: Cemeteries of Baltimore City
Remembering former Orioles manager Earl Weaver
Instagrammer feature with @rockinbrock
Courage and strength: Living with stage IV breast cancer
Baltimore, City of Murals
Ray Lewis retrospective: 1996-2013
Year in review: Official White House photos from 2012
Bare Hills, A Contrast in Time
Double Exposure series
August 24 Photo Brief: Fashionable mummies, Tampa prepares for the GOP, trouble in Syria and New York
An Indonesian community spiffs up their dead relatives, birds on a wire, young victims in the Middle East and more in today’s daily brief.
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Getty Photographer Matt Cardy on a stranded fin whale that died off the St Austell coast
Getty photographer Matt Cardy photographed a fin whale that was stranded on a beach off the St Austell coast in England on August 13.
He says it was the first time for him photographing a distressed whale and a first time for most of the rescuers to have dealt with such a large mammal at 20 meters (65 ft). Fin whales are the second largest animal on the planet and an endangered species.
According to Cardy, he was listening to the 7 p.m. BBC headlines in his car when the broadcast reported news of the whale. A quick check of his satellite navigation, revealed that he was less than an hour away, so he headed to the beach – a random chance that he was so close that evening.
Below, he describes the surreal scene.
August 17 Photo Brief: A silver Beckham in NYC, charmed snakes in India and a floating Kobe in China
David Beckham’s silver package greets H&M patrons, Indian snakes greet the masses worshiping the Hindu mythology goddess Manasha, Kobe Bryant greets fans from a dragon boat in China and more in today’s daily brief.
August 14 Photo Brief with a 17-foot snake, a 4-inch elephant fetus, a 60-foot beached whale and a giant panda’s 9th birthday
A 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python weighing 164 pounds and carrying 87 eggs is caught, killed and studied in Florida, a 60-foot female fin whale perishes on the English shore, the first artificially inseminated elephant continues to thrive in utero and more in today’s daily brief.
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Up, up and away: The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
In the early morning light nearly 100 hot air balloons lifted off over the skies of Bristol, England as part of the 34th annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The event is one of Europe’s largest balloon functions taking place in the city seen by many as the home of modern ballooning.
The meeting takes place in the hills of Ashton Court located outside Bristol. Around a half a million people from across the country and beyond come to the Fiesta according to event officials.
August 8 photo brief: Too much water in Manila, too little in Kansas, Olympics day 12 and a baby macaque
Typhoon Haikui hits China, flooding continues in the Philippines, Women’s Greco-Roman wrestling, Olympic springboard faces and more in today’s daily brief.
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August 1 Photo Brief: Olympic moments, Congo peace protest, Typhoon Saola
Typhoon Saola hits the Philippines, praying for peace in Congo and more Olympic moments in today’s daily brief.
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91 Awesome Photos from the 70-day Torch Relay ahead of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympics
Some 8,000 people will carry the Olympic flame over the 70-day Torch Relay until July 27, when the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony will be ignited in London to kick off the Olympic games.
Here’s a look at the past 70 days as the Olympic flame has been making its way throughout the United Kingdom.
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July 17 Photo Brief:The President and an Orangutan both get a kiss
An Orangutan gets a birthday kiss, a deadly shooting in Toronto kills two, strange Tiger golf fans in Britain and more in today’s daily brief.
