Oct. 11 Photo Brief: NBA visits China, Swiss forces show their might and an 18th-century sunken ship
The NBA makes social call to China, The Swiss air force puts on a display, a sunken 18th-century Spanish galleon is found off the coast of Sicily and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A model presents a creation by Georgian designer Ria Keburia during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters photo)
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- A Swiss Air Force F18 fighter jet releases flares during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over the Axalp in the Bernese Oberland. (Pascal Lauener/Reuters photo)
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- A Giraffe is photographed in front of a blue sky at the Berolina Circus in Berlin. (Robert Schlesinger/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A pigeon leaves trails on snow covered ground outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (lya Naymushin/Reuters photo)
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- A Swiss guard adjusts the helmet on another Swiss guard before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to conduct a mass to open the year of faith at the Vatican. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters photo)
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- Parachutists of the Swiss Air Force perform during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland. (Pascal Lauener/Reuters photo)
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- Policemen rehearse South Korean singer Psy’s “Gangnam style” horse-riding dance moves at the grandstand ahead of the South Korean F1 Grand Prix at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam. Psy’s quirky dance track has became an Internet phenomenon, clocking up more than 300 million views on YouTube. (Woohae Cho/Reuters photo)
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- A stunt performer prepares to dunk during a break in the first of the NBA China Games between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers at Wukesong arena in Beijing. (David Gray/Reuters photo)
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- A Syrian man cries on the death of his father, who was killed during a government attack, at Sha-ar neighbourhood, in the northern city of Aleppo. Syrian rebels completely cut off the highway linking Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, on October 11, choking the flow of regime troops to battlefields in the north, an AFP reporter said. (Zac Baille//AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Pakistani demonstrator carries a candle during a protest against the assassination attempt of child activist Malala Yousafzai, in Karachi. The Pakistani child activist that shot in the head by the Taliban was airlifted to the country’s top military hospital for specialist treatment, is still in a critical condition, officials said. The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai on a school bus in the Swat valley has been denounced worldwide and by the Pakistani authorities, who have offered a reward of more than USD 100,000 for the capture of her attackers. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Syrian government forces run for cover during clashes with rebel fighters at Karam al-Jabal neighbourhood of Aleppo. Dozens of people have died in battles between Syrian troops and rebels for strategic northern towns, a watchdog said, adding that war planes were bombing rebel belts in the central city of Homs. (AFP/Getty Images)
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- Two F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft of the Swiss Air Force release flares during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland. (Fabrice Cofrin/ AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Emu bird is pictured in its outdoor enclosure in the Duisburg zoo, northwestern Germany. Emus are the second largest member of the ratite group of flightless birds. They are native to Australia and are its national bird. (Roland Weihrauch/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Bishops walk in a solemn procession through St Peter’s Square as they arrive for a mass led by the pontif to announce a new global “Year of Faith” at St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. The Vatican celebrates the 50th anniversary of a Council that changed the face of Catholicism, as it tries to rekindle the religious fervour of the time amid rising secularism. (Andreas Solaro/Getty Images)
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- This grab image taken from a handout video released on October 11, 2012 by the Guardia di Finanzia police of Siracusa shows border patrol divers recovering a gun of a 18th-century Spanish galleon found off Avola, on the Italian island of Sicily. An off-duty Italian border patrol diver has uncovered the perfectly preserved wreck of an 18th-century Spanish galleon in waters off the coast of Sicily where a famous battle took place in 1718. (Handout image Guardia di Finanzia/via AFP/Getty images)
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- Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers take part in a passing out parade in Humhama on the outskirts of Srinagar. Some 244 trained constables recruits were formally inducted into the BSF after completing 22 weeks of training. The Border Security Force has so far trained 11696 recruits since inception which includes 2,180 Kashmiri youth including surrendered militants who are now performing their duty in various parts of India. (Rouf Bhat/Getty Images)
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