Aug 31, 2012

August 31 Photo Brief: Paralympics continue in London, Spike Lee is bad in Venice and Prada fashion in Spain

Jessica Long wins big at the Paralympics, Spike Lee at the Venice film festival, fashion week in Spain and more in today’s daily brief.

: Competitors are seen through the Paralympic flame as they race during the Women’s 5000m T54 classification heats at the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Paralympic Games August 31, 2012. (Toby Melville/Reuters photo)

: Interior Ministry officers detain an opposition activist for violation of law and order outside the Mayor’s Office in central Moscow, August 31, 2012. More than 10 activists, most of whom represented the National Bolshevik Party, demanded a meeting with Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly, before a traditional opposition protest rally on the 31st day of a month, according to local media. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters photo)

: Firefighter try to extinguish a fire in a forest on the road between Marbella and Monda in Ojen, near Malaga, southern Spain August 31, 2012. A wildfire raging out of control along southern Spain’s Costa del Sol killed one man, injured several people and forced the evacuation of thousands on the edge of the upmarket tourist resort of Marbella, regional authorities said on Friday. (Jon Nazca/Reuters photo)

: A Palestinian protester waves a flag as smoke from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli security forces rises during clashes at a protest against a nearby Jewish settlement, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah August 31, 2012. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters photo)

: A model presents an outfit during the “Roberto Verino” spring-summer 2012 collection show at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week in Madrid on August 31, 2012. (Dani Pozo/Getty Images)

: A man falls asleep while he sits at the window of his house in Lalitpur August 31, 2012. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reutrs photo)

: U.S. director Spike Lee poses during the photocall of the movie “Bad 25” at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice August 31, 2012. (Max Rossi/Reuters photo)

: Palestinians play beach volleyball in Gaza City on August 31, 2012. (Mohommed Abed/Getty Images)

: A fisherman collects nets as he paddles along a canal on an old inner-tube in Beijing August 31, 2012. (David Gray/Reuters photo)

: Ana Borjas (75) kisses her husband Luis Garcia(87) during the wedding of 412 couples during the Free Wedding ceremony in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Orlando Sierra/Getty Images)

: Colombia’s Martha Liliana Hernandez Florian competes during the Women’s Discus Throw F35/36 Final during the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Park in east London, on August 31, 2012. (Adrian Dennis/Getty Images)

: Malaysian students perform with national flags during a rally to celebrate country’s 55th Independence Day in Bukit Jalil Stadium, some 20 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur, on August 31, 2012. Malaysians gathered for the “Perhimpunan Janji Ditepati” (Promises Fulfilled Gathering) in celebrating the country’s 55th Independence Day. (Mohd Rasfan/Getty Images)

: An Ethiopian wearing traditional Oromo costume is pictured at the Prime Minister’s Palace as he pays his respects in Addis Ababa on August 31, 2012. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died on August 20, 2012. His body is lying in state in the city’s Meskal square until his official funeral which will be on September 2, 2012. (Carl De Souza/Getty Images)

: Dolphin trainer Thomas Lange holds a birthday cake for the young dolphins Diego, Doerte and Darwin on August 31, 2012 at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. Within two weeks in summer 2011, the three dolphins were born at the zoo’s dolphinarium and got the cake now for their first birthday. (Roland Weichrauch/Getty Images)

: Serena Williams of the US reacts on court against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez from Spain during their 2012 US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/GettyImages)

: A model walks the runway in the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid Spring/Summer 2013 at Ifema on August 31, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

: Jessica Long of USA in action during the Women’s 400m Freestyle S8 heats on day 2 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Aquatics Centre on August 31, 2012 in London, England. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

: Jessica Long of the United States celebrates winning gold after competing in the Women’s 400m Freestyle – S8 Final on day 2 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Aquatics Centre on August 31, 2012 in London, England. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)