August 20 Photo Brief: Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, El Rocio Romeria pilgrimage, and Ecuador’s active Tungurahua volcano
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the El Rocio Romeria pilgrimage in Spain, officials warn residents about Ecuador’s active Tungurahua volcano and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Muslims arrive at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) to offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr in the old quarters of Delhi August 20, 2012. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters)
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- A Muslim man sits at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque before offering prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr in New Delhi August 20, 2012. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
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- Indian Muslim children greet each other after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers on a street outside the railway station in Mumbai on August 20, 2012. Millions of Muslims across Asia began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on August 19. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A girl sits in an open ground before the start of prayers for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos August 19, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)
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- Pakistani Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Badshahi Masjid Mosque on August 20, 2012. Millions of Muslims across Asia began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on August 19, with a month of fasting giving way to feasting, family reunions and raucous festivities. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Palestinian families picnic at a park on the second day of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Islam’s fasting holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on August 20, 2012. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian Muslims embrace after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers near the Jama Masjid Mosque in the old quarters of New Delhi on August 20, 2012. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) member stands guard on a building during Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Eidga field in Guwahati, the capital city of the northeastern state of Assam on August 20, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images)
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- Army soldiers keep watch from atop an armoured personnel carrier patrolling a road, where Eid al-Fitr prayers were held, in Sanaa, August 19, 2012. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
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- View of the Tungurahua Volcano spewing incandescent rocks and lava, from Juive, Ecuador, on August 19, 2012. A reactivation of the eruptive process of the Tungurahua volcano, forced authorities to increase from yellow to orange the alert in the surrounding areas. (Carlos Campana/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano spews large clouds of gas and ash near Banos, about 110 miles, south of Quito August 19, 2012. (Carlos Campana/Reuters)
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- A cow covered with ashes is seen in the skirts of the Tungurahua volcano after it spewed large clouds of gas and ash near Banos, about 110 miles south of Quito, on August 19, 2012. (Carlos Campana/Reuters)
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- Syrian rebels stand on a picture of President Bashar al-Assad in the northern city of Aleppo on August 20, 2012. Fighting raged in Aleppo as rebels doggedly resisted a regime onslaught launched in the northern city a month ago, amid warnings by new peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi of full-out civil war in Syria. (Achilleas Zavallis/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Firefighters work at the site of a wildfire in Torneros de Jamuz near Leon on August 20, 2012. Numerous wildfires have broken out across Spain in the sweltering heat in recent weeks, an extra headache for authorities struggling to get the country out of its financial crisis and recession. (Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People gather around a statue of the Virgin del Rocio during the El Rocio Romeria pilgrimage, a traditional pilgrimage, in Huelva on August 20, 2012. Once every seven years the Virgin of the Rocio travels at night from El Rocio to Almonte. (Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A pilgrim looks at a statue of the Virgen del Rocio during the El Rocio Romeria pilgrimage, a traditional pilgrimage in Huelva, on August 20, 2012. Once every seven years the virgin of el Rocio travels at night from El Rocio to Almonte. (Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A supporter of Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website, waits outside the Ecuadorian Embassy where Assange has been living since June on August 20, 2012 in London, England. Several South American nations have declared their support for Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Assange, while he faces extradition to Sweden over allegations of sexual assault. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Boys jump from the diving platform of the lido at the lake Ammersee near the small village Utting, southern Germany, on August 20, 2012. Many people enjoy the sunny hot weather with temperatures by 30 degrees near the seaside of the Ammersee. Temperatures in the German capital reached 30 degrees Celsius. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
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