Sept. 26 Photo Brief: Ryder Cup fan fashion, AK47 art, DIY prosthesis, a debutantes’ ball
Ryder Cup fan fashion, guns as art, homemade prosthesis, debutantes prepare for the Queen Charlotte’s Ball, business as usual in the British flood zone and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A riot police officer stands in front of burning firebombs in Athens during a 24-hours general strike. Police in Athens clashed with hooded youths throwing firebombs on the sidelines of a large demonstration against a new round of austerity cuts. (Aris Messinis/GettyImages)
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- A visitor looks at Nancy Fouts’s “Don’t Touch”, at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in central London. Bran Symondson, a former soldier, conceived the AKA Peace project, in which artists turn decommissioned AK47 assault rifles into works of art. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)
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- A visitor looks at Langlands & Bell’s “Sign of the Times”, at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in central London. Bran Symondson, a former soldier, conceived the AKA Peace project, in which artists turn decommissioned AK47 assault rifles into works of art. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)
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- People conduct rescue operations after a bus plunged into the Purna River in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, about 600 km (372 miles) northwest of Mumba. 19 people died when the bus fell into the river and several more were rushed to hospitals nearby, local media reported. (Reuters)
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- A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa is pictured behind a curtain during a preview presentation in a vault in Geneva. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, will present September 27, a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrate that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the “Earlier Version”, made 10 years earlier than the “Joconde” that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
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- Indian policewomen watch Kashmiri nursing students during a protest against their exam results in Srinagar. Indian police used batons to disperse a sit-in protest by female Kashmiri nursing students and detained some half a dozen during a protest against the results of their third year examinations which most of the students failed. (Tauseef Mustafa/GettyImages)
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- Team Europe golfer Ian Poulter of England walks past a group of specators during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
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- Golf fans wear U.S. flag pants during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup golf matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
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- A group of Team Europe fans jump in the air after running along a fairway during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
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- A spectator watches during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
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- A Team Europe golf spectator watches play on the sixth fairway during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)
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- A gust of wind blows Pope Benedict XVI’s collar into his face during his weekly general audience in Saint-Peter’s square at the Vatican. (Vincenzo Pinto/GettyImages)
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- A Belarussian Emergency Ministry worker walks on barrels of pesticide at a burial site in a forest near the village of Savichi, some 160 km (99 miles) southwest of Minsk,. About 640 tons of pesticides, including DDT, were extracted from the ground due to pollution issues. The pesticides were loaded into plastic barrels and prepared to be transported and recycled in Germany, according to participants. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
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- Sun Jifa shaves his face, using his homemade prosthesis, at home in Yong Ji county, Jilin province. Chinese farmer Sun, who lost his forearms in a dynamite fishing accident 32 years ago, could not afford to buy prosthesis. He spent two years guiding his two nephews to build him prosthesis from scrap metal, plastic and rubber. Over the years, Sun and his nephews have built about 300 prosthetic limbs for people in need, charging 3000 RMB ($476) each. (Sheng Li/Reuters)
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- Sun Jifa moves a brick as he works to build his new house in Yong Ji county, Jilin province. Chinese farmer Sun, who lost his forearms in a dynamite fishing accident 32 years ago, could not afford to buy prosthesis. He spent two years guiding his two nephews to build him prosthesis from scrap metal, plastic and rubber. Over the years, Sun and his nephews have built about 300 prosthetic limbs for people in need, charging 3000 RMB ($476) each. (Sheng Li/Reuters)
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- Sun Jifa feeds his grandson during lunch at home in Yong Ji county, Jilin province. Chinese farmer Sun, who lost his forearms in a dynamite fishing accident 32 years ago, could not afford to buy prosthesis. He spent two years guiding his two nephews to build him prosthesis from scrap metal, plastic and rubber. Over the years, Sun and his nephews have built about 300 prosthetic limbs for people in need, charging 3000 RMB ($476) each. (Sheng Li/Reuters)
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- Men sit in flood waters outside a bar as water levels continue to rise on the River Ouse in York, northern England. Britain was bracing for more torrential rain as hundreds of people spent the night away from their flooded homes following two days of heavy downpours. (Paul Ellis/GettyImages)
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- A man carries a a friend through floodwaters as the swell of the River Ouse flows through the city of York in York, England. Heavy wind and rain have battered central and northern parts of the UK with more rain forecast. Swollen rivers are still threatening towns across Britain as rain water from hills makes it’s way down. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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- Debutantes Maria Austin, Amelia Simmons, Sophie Bonello, Zoe Rawson, and Georgina Riddle (L-R) attend a dress-fitting for Queen Charlotte’s Ball in central London. Maria, 20, studies drama and theatre studies at Royal Holloway, and would like to either become a classical actor or go into business development. She says she was attracted to take part in the London Season partly because of the work the girls do in charity fundraising. “A lot of my friends went over to Malawi and Cambodia and did something worthwhile, and I wanted to have the chance to give something back a little bit, so I was really interested in the charity side of it,” she said. Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the crowning event of the London Season, a program for a hand-picked group of girls from rich backgrounds, normally between 17 and 20 years old, involving meetings with aristocracy, etiquette classes, and charity fund-raising. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
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- Debutantes rehearse for Queen Charlotte’s Ball in central London. Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the crowning event of the London Season, a program for a hand-picked group of girls from rich backgrounds, normally between 17 and 20 years old, involving meetings with aristocracy, etiquette classes, and charity fund-raising. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
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- Debutante Alice Palmer is told off for walking too fast by former debutante Patricia Woodall as she rehearses for Queen Charlotte’s Ball in central London. The girls make a grand entrance walking in one by one and are judged on their posture, elegance and pace. Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the crowning event of the London Season, a program for a hand-picked group of girls from rich backgrounds, normally between 17 and 20 years old, involving meetings with aristocracy, etiquette classes, and charity fund-raising. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
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- During a burial service for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez, Brigadier Gen. Charles Flynn (L) presents the American flag that covered her casket to Ramirez’s husband, U.S. Army Sgt. Jesse Belbeck (2nd L) at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Ramirez died September 5 in Logar Province, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when a OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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- A U.S. Army firing party stands ready during the burial service of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Ramirez died September 5 in Logar Province, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when a OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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