Aug 15, 2012

August 15 Photo Brief: Flamingo chick, summer ski jumping, Night of Destiny at the Dome of the Rock and a rescue in China

Pink flamingos, a baby rescued, ski jumping in France, Palio racing in Siena and more in today’s daily brief.

: A skier competes during the 22th edition of the summer ski jumping world cup Courchevel Grand prix in Courchevel, (Jeff Pachoud/GettyImages)

: People look the Japanese skier Yuta Watase competing during the 22th edition of the summer ski jumping world cup Courchevel Grand prix in Courchevel, French Alps. (Jeff Pachoud/GettyImages)

: A Caribbean flamingo hatchling sits in a nest with its mother at the Wildlife Conservation Societys Bronx Zoo in New York in this undated handout photo released by the WCS. The chick was later helped to its feet by its mother to stand on a nest mound in the pond outside of the zoos Aquatic Birds exhibit. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo)

: Muslim worshippers pray overnight outside at the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramadan. Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, marks the night when the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel. (Ahmad Gharabli/GettyImages)

: Afghan Muslim devotees pray at a mosque on Lailat al-Qader, also known as the Night of Power, the 27th night of the holy month of Ramadan in Herat late. Lailat al-Qader commemorates the night according to tradition, when the Muslim holy book the Koran, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Aref Karimi/GettyImages)

: Lightning is seen above buildings during a storm in central Shanghai. (Aly Song/Reuters)

: A firefighter (L) holds a 14-month-old baby who has been rescued from a pit caused by a road cave-in in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. According to local authorities, two people died from injuries sustained in the fall into a 10-meter-deep pit caused by a road cave-in in northeast China’s Harbin city. (Xinhua News Agency/Reuters)

: Newborn baby elephant Anchali gazes at his mother’s Pang Pha trunk during his first presentation to the press and to visitors at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin, Germany. Anchali was born druing the night on August 12, 2012 at the Berlin zoo. (Barbara Sax/GettyImages)

: Competitors wait prior to take the start of the swimming event during the 29th edition of the Embrun Man triathlon in Embrun, southeastern France. The Embrun Man is considered as one of the hardest triathlon events with a swim of 3.8km followed by a 188km cycle ride and a 42km marathon. (Jean-Pierre Clatot/GettyImages)

: Children wait in line after receiving their first holy communion at Metropolitan cathedral in Managua. Around 150 children received their first holy communion during a mass organized by a local radio station. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

: Girls pray during the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Aglona, about 250 km (155 miles) east of Riga. Thousands of worshippers from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Belarus assembled for the event at Aglona Basilica this year, local media reported. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

: Horses compete during the General Proof on the eve of the Palio horse race, in Siena. The Palio medieval race is held twice a year in Siena with jockeys riding bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city’s central square. (Fabio Muzzi/GettyImages)

: An Italian Carabinieri falls off during a parade on the eve of the Palio horse race, in Siena . The Palio medieval race is held twice a year in Siena with jockeys riding bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city’s central square. (Fabio Muzzi/GettyImages)

: Pakistani and Indian revelers hold up candles and Indo-Pak joint national flags near the border gate during a vigil marking their respective countries’ Independence Days at the India-Pakistan border in Wagah late. Pakistan celebrated Independence Day on August 14 and India on the 15th. (Narinder Nanu/GettyImages)

: Schoolchildren take part in the Independence Day celebrations in front of the historic Red Fort, where Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to address the nation in Delhi. Singh forecast economic growth of more than 6.5 percent for this fiscal year on Wednesday, a more optimistic take than a recent spate of private projections that saw growth slowing to as low as 5.5 percent. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

: Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) stand at attention during celebrations marking India’s Independence Day at The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. A strike, sponsored by both hardline and moderate factions of the Kashmiri’s main separatist alliance, cleared the streets of the summer capital Srinagar and shut all shops and businesses. (Tauseef Mustafa/GettyImages)

: Residents use sandbags to cross to another street after floodwaters, brought on by last week’s monsoon rains, damaged the river wall in Navotas city, metro Manila. More than 100 people were killed and at least two million people were affected in nearly two weeks of steady monsoon rains, according to disaster officials. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at an awards ceremony for Russia’s Olympic team in Moscow’s Kremlin in Moscow’s Kremlin. (Maxim Shemetov/GettyImages)

: A group of visitors arrive at the Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu province to commemorate Victory over Japan Day. Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honoring war criminals on August 15, the anniversary of Tokyo’s 1945 surrender, a move set to inflame feelings already running high over territorial spats. (Getty Images)

: Drumpal Choudhary, 11, a street performer, does a hand stand in front of his hut in the slum on the bank of Manahara River before leaving to perform on the streets of Kathmandu. Drumpal and his siblings, Shivani and Gchan, who came to Kathmandu from India 5 years ago, earn their living by performing tricks on the streets of Kathmandu. According to Drumpal, Shivani’s older brother, they earn around $10 a day by performing tricks, which is not enough to feed their 10-member family living together in a small hut without a proper toilet or any basic needs. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)