July 16 Photo Brief: A misfire by French president, Hindu devotees and Canary Island wildfire

Jul 16, 2012

July 16 Photo Brief: A misfire by French president, Hindu devotees and Canary Island wildfire

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Adeje, Athens, Beijing, Beruit, Canary Island, car bomb, fisherman, France, Germany, Greece, gymnastics, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jerusalem, Kashmir, model, Nepal, Paris, President Francois Hollande, protest, Qinghai, Shimon Peres, Somolia, Spain, Tibetan, wildfire

The french president attempts archery, a cave formed from a airplane in China, protests heat up in Spain and more in today’s daily brief.

: Firefighters and other government employees take part in a demonstration against the Spanish government’s latest austerity measures, in front of the Spanish Parliament (Las Cortes) in Madrid. Several hundreds government workers, including police officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers, joined the spontaneous protest. (Dominque Faget/Getty Images)

: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens as Israeli President Shimon Peres makes a statement during a joint press conference in Jerusalem. Clinton held top-level talks with Israeli leaders expected to focus on changes sweeping the Middle East, as well as Iran and the stalled peace process. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

: Dark clouds of smoke billow from a wildfire over the town of Adeje on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife as members of the Forest Brigade of the National Park of the El Teine (World Heritage) try to control it. (Desiree Martin/Getty Images)

: A coot water bird stands next to the bronze sculpture “El Nino” by German artist Ubbo Enninga on the banks of the Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Radolfzell, southern Germany. Due to the rainfalls of the past weeks, water-level of the lake of the lake has risen. (Patrick Seeger/Getty Images)

: A fisherman paddles along a river atop an old inner-tube as he collects his nets on the outskirts of Beijing. (David Gray/Reuters photo)

: Shaped in the form of an aeroplane, an attendant opens the door to the entrance of a cave that was once the headquarters of former Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao, located in mountains on the outskirts of Beijing. (David Gray/Reuters photo)

: A young Tibetan monk laughs as he waits for a free medical examination at a hospital in Henan Autonomous County, Qinghai province. (Reuters photo)

: Workers direct a crane to lay a segment of tracks on the Kumul-Lop Nor line’s railway bed in Lop Nor, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The line, which is the first going to Lop Nor, is estimated to be completed on July 20, 2012, local media reported. (Rooney Chen/Reuters photo)

: A boy cools himself at a fountain of a park in Athens, Greece. (John Kolesidis/Reuters photo)

: A Kashmiri government teacher shouts anti-government slogans from inside a police van after he was detained during a protest in Srinagar. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters photo)

: A Hindu devotee takes a dip at the Bagmati River while she takes part in the “Bol Bom” (or Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu. The faithful, chanting the name of Lord Shiva, run some 15 km (9 miles) barefooted to Pashupatinath temple seeking good health, wealth and happiness. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters photo)

: France’s President Francois Hollande (L) prepares to shoot an arrow during a visit to meet members of France’s 2012 London Olympics team at the training headquarters of INSEP (National Institute for Sport and Physical Education) in Paris. (Charles Platiau/Reuters photo)

: A gymnast from the Chinese national gymnastics team practices during a training session at General Administration of Sport of China, in Beijing. These young gymnasts are training for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. The Chinese characters on the wall read, “Starting from scratch, Creating greater glories”. (Jason Lee/Reuters photo)

: People gather at the scene of a suicide car comb attack in the Hamarwayne district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The car bomb killed a Somali lawmaker allied to the president, an official said. (Omar Faruk/Reuters photo)

: Mina Milutinovic of Serbia celebrates after winning the title of Miss World Next Top Model 2012 during the final contest in Beirut.(Anwar Amro/Getty Images)

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