Aug 5, 2012

August 5 Photo Brief: Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 22 medals, Olympics Day 9, Tropical Storm Ernesto

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Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 22 medals (Gold – 18; Silver – 2; Bronze – 2), Olympics Day 9, Tropical Storm Ernesto and more in today’s daily brief.

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps dives as he competes in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. Michael Phelps brought his Olympic swimming career to a close in style, winning a record 18th gold medal as the United States stormed to victory in the 4x100m medley relay. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

: Michael Phelps of the U.S. is seen underwater as he starts to swim the butterfly leg of the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 4, 2012. The U.S. team of Matthew Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian won the gold in the event. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)

: Michael Phelps of the United States dives into the pool in the Men’s 100m Meldey Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 4, 2012 in London, England. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

: TJ Matteini, 8, middle, alongside his friends at Meadowbrook Swim Club, watches the live streaming of Michael Phelps’ last individual race at the London Olympics. (Gabriella Demczuk/Baltimore Sun)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps swims the butterfly leg in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps swims the butterfly leg in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps swims the butterfly leg in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. Phelps brought his Olympic swimming career to a close in style, winning a record 18th gold medal as the United States stormed to victory in the 4x100m medley relay. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps (C) reacts with teammates Brendan Hansen and Nathan Adrian (R) after they competed in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

: Debbie Phelps, Michael Phelp’s mother, reacts after he son competed and won gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmers Matthews Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps and Adrian Nathan pose on the podium after winning gold in the men’s 4×100 medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

: Gold medallist Michael Phelps of the United States kisses his medal following the medal ceremony for the Men’s 4x100m medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 4, 2012 in London, England. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps looks at his trophy of the greatest olympic athlete of all time after he won gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps throws flowers to his mother Debbie after he won gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

: Jesus Serrano of Spain competes in the Men’s Trap Shooting on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Game at the Royal Artillery Barracks on August 5, 2012 in London, England. (Lars Baron/Getty Images)

: FC Thun’s Enrico Schirinzi (R) fights for the ball with FC Luzern’s (FCL) Florian Stahel during their Swiss Super League soccer match in Thun August 5, 2012. (Thomas Hodel/Reuters)

: Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelana runs to win the women’s marathon at the London 2012 Olympic Games, on August 5, 2012. (Paul Hackett/AFP/Getty Images)

: U.S. Venus Williams (L) and Serena Williams touch hands as the play against Czech Republic’s Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka during the women’s doubles gold medal match of the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on August 5, 2012. (Louis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)

: Zou Kai of China competes in the men’s gymnastics floor exercise final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

: Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda takes aim during the men’s 50m pistol qualification round at the Royal Artillery Barracks during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)

: Venezuela’s Karlha Magliocco (L) celebrates after defeating Brazil’s Erica Matos in their Women’s Fly (51kg) Round of 16 boxing match during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

: Brazil’s Alvaro Affonso de Miranda Neto rides Rahmannshof’s Bogeno during the equestrian individual jumping second qualifier in Greenwich Park at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

: TOPSHOTS A boy watches the high waves caused by Storm Ernesto along the south coast in Santo Domingo on August 4, 2012. (Erika Santelic/AFP/Getty Images)

: Emergency services personnel arrive as smoke rises from a wildfire raging on the outskirts of the town of Mazo on tthe Spanish Canary island of La Palma early on August 5, 2012. (Desiree Matin/AFP/Getty Images)

: A U.S. soldier from Apache team, Task force Geronimo interacts with an Afghan child in the village of Karizona, Sabari District in Khost Province on August 5, 2012. NATO has some 130,000 US-led troops in Afghanistan helping Karzai’s government fight the insurgency, but they will pull out by the end of 2014, handing responsibility for security to Afghan forces. (Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images)

: This photograph taken on August 4, 2012 shows worshippers climbing the crater of Mount Bromo volcano in East Java province bearing their offerings during the annual Kasada Festival held by Indonesia’s Hindu minority belonging to the Tennger tribe. Hundreds of worshippers make offerings of food and livestock at the active volcano’s crater as an ancient act of sacrifice to bring prosperity to their family and community. (Kimikimi/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman and her children are reflected on a mirror at their home at Bastion neighborhood, in Guayaquil, August 4, 2012. Bastion is a neighborhood populated with thousands of squatters. (Guillermo Granja/Reuters)

: Volunteers clear-up plastic pellets on a bank along Hong Kong’s Lamma island August 5, 2012.Hundreds of millions of potentially toxic plastic pellets from containers knocked off a vessel during Hong Kong’s worst typhoon in 13 years have washed up on its beaches where they lay for more than a week, activists said on Saturday. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

: Children sit on cement blocks while watching a soccer match in a Karachi slum August 5, 2012. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)

August 5 Photo Brief: Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 22 medals, Olympics Day 9, Tropical Storm Ernesto

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