August 22 Photo Brief: Counting the animals in London, hackers, geeks and gamers in Berlin, the last day of Eid al-Fitr
Zookeepers measure and weigh London’s zoo animals, Muslims around the world celebrate the Eid festival which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, Campus Party 2012 brings out the techies in Berlin and more in today’s daily brief.
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- People swim at the start of the annual Lake Zurich crossing swimming event in Zurich. The participants swam across Lake Zurich on a 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) track. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)
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- A pack of riders cycles during the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain “La Vuelta” cycling race in Logrono. (Felix Ordonez/Reuters)
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- A woman holds her baby as Palestinians enjoy a day at a beach during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to the Israel’s coordinator for government activities in the territories, Israel has allowed the entry of over 1 million Palestinians from the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Ramadan due to improved security. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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- A Pakistani Muslim woman rides a swing in front of the Minar-i-Pakistan monument to celebrate the last day of the religious festival of Eid al-Fitr in Lahore. People traditionally visit the homes of their relatives and friends, and enjoy outdoor entertainment to to celebrate the Eid festival which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. (Arif Ali/Getty Images)
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- Pakistani Muslims travel on vehicles as they cross a bridge on the last day of the religious festival of Eid al-Fitr in Lahore. People traditionally visit the homes of their relatives and friends, and enjoy outdoor entertainment to to celebrate the Eid festival which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. (Arif Ali/Getty Images)
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- A woman rows a small boat on a flood affected street in the Kyune Kone township delta area, Irrawaddy Division. More than 700 villages and over 200,000 acres (80,940 hectares) of rice fields were flooded, according to local media reports. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
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- Flood-affected children carrying drinking water in plastic containers past partially-submerged houses in Pathein, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar. Recent heavy monsoon rains have left swathes of farmland flooded in many parts of central Myanmar. (Ye Aung Thu/GettyImages)
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- The flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Army Sergeant 1st Class Coater B. Debose of State Line, Mississippi, waits to be unloaded during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base August 22, 2012 in Dover, Delaware. Debose died August 19, 2012 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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- Zookeeper Don McFarlane, at ZSL London Zoo, weighs and measures an African Millipede during the zoo’s annual weigh-in in London, England. The height and mass of every animal in the zoo, of which there are over 16,000, needs to be recorded. The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- A zookeeper strokes a penguin on a scale during the annual weigh-in at London Zoo. (Andrew Cowie/Getty Images)
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- Zookeeper Grant Kother, at ZSL London Zoo, weighs and measures a giant tortoise during the zoo’s annual weigh-in. The height and mass of every animal in the zoo, of which there are over 16,000, needs to be recorded. The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Meerkats are weighed and measured during the ZSL London Zoo ‘s annual weigh-in in London, England. The height and mass of every animal in the zoo, of which there are over 16,000, needs to be recorded. The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- A Lebanese Sunni Muslim fighter carries a woman away from clashes at the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. (Omar Ibrahim/Reuters)
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- A Sunni Muslim gunman aims his rifle from the neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites. The death toll from fighting between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Tripoli climbed to at least 10 overnight, medical sources said on Wednesday, in clashes that the city’s residents described as some of the heaviest since Lebanon’s civil war. (Reuters)
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- A selfmade technical face is shown by a man at at the Campus Party Europe electronic entertainment event in Berlin. The weeklong, 24-hours-a-day technology festival for thousands of hackers, developers, gamers and geeks is running until August 26, 2012. Equipped with computers and other toys, participants camp on-site and immerse themselves in their technical environment. (Stephanie Pilich/Getty Images)
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- Steam punk designer Sven Mueller shows off some of his creations at the Campus Party 2012 technology festival in Berlin, Germany. The Campus Party brings together 10,000 technology enthusiasts, hackers, nerds and bloggers for five days to concentrate on finding solutions to five problems proposed through the European Digital Agenda from the European Commission. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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- A woman holds a candle during a vigil to show solidarity with the people of Assam at a rally in front of the India Gate in New Delhi. Clashes between indigenous people in Assam and Muslim settlers from neighboring Bangladesh have killed nearly 80 people and displaced some 300,000 since July. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
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- Opposition protesters burn tires as they block a street with barricades in Togo’s capital Lome. Police in Togo fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse opposition protesters in the capital Lome on Wednesday, as tensions over upcoming legislative elections boiled over. (Noel Kokou Tadegnon/Reuters)
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- Firefighters extinguish a fire at a squatter colony in Pasay city, metro Manila. The fire razed at least 200 shanty houses on Wednesday with no casualty reported, according to local media. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
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- Federal policemen escort a group of prisoners toward a plane bound for an undisclosed location at the Morelia’s international airport in Morelia. Some 200 inmates serving federal sentences were transferred to federal prisons during an operation by the Secretary of Public Security (SSP), local media reported. (Leovigildo Gonzalez/Reuters)
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