Oct. 2 Photo Brief: Gandhi’s 143rd birthday, Chanel’s alternative energy runway show, Hong Kong’s sunken ferry
School children dress up as Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate his 143rd birthday, Karl Lagerfeld presents Chanel’s Spring/Summer line at the Grand Palais in Paris during Paris Fashion Week, relatives pay their respects to the victims of Monday’s fatal ferry collision in Hong Kong and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A long-neck Karen hill tribe girl prepares souvenirs as she waits for customers at her shop in Chiang Mai province, north of Bangkok. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
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- Grape pickers transport buckets above Lake Leman during the first days of the harvest in the Lavaux region in Chexbres. Chasselat for white wine and Pinot Noir for the red are the most popular grape varieties produced in the UNESCO Heritage listed Lavaux vineyard, which is made of 10,000 terraces started in the 12th century by monks covering 800 hectares between Lausanne and Vevey, Switzerland. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
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- Rahmet Gul, 20, is silhouetted against the setting sun as he waits to sell green tea to customers along Karachi’s Clifton beach in Pakistan. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)
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- People dressed in indigenous attire participate in a ceremony outside the Museum of Mexican History in Monterrey October 1, 2012. Native Canadians and members from the Apaches, Mayas, Kikapu, Mazahuas and Taraumaras indigenous tribes are participating in a race called Journey for Peace and Dignity 2012 with the message to honor the spirit of the water. The race began on May 1 in Alaska and Tierra del Fuego and their final destination is the archaeological site of Tikal in Guatemala where a big gathering will be held in November. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
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- School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in the celebrations to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Gandhi in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Mahatma Gandhi, also known as “Father of the Nation”, was instrumental in India’s struggle for independence from Britain and a devoted follower of non-violent protest and religious tolerance. (Babu/Reuters)
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- A school boy dressed as Mahatma Gandhi takes part in a march to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Gandhi in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. (Babu/Reuters)
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- Rollerskater Vilte Burneikaite (2nd L) skates around waxwork models of Swedish pop group ‘Abba’ at a roller disco in London. The wax models of Agnetha, Anni-Fird, Benny and Bjorn were dressed in replica outfits worn in their 1975 hit “SOS”. The figures will take up residence in Madame Tussauds before going on a world tour including Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam and Blackpool. Each figure cost GBP 150,000 (187,666 Euros) and took four months to create. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Models walk the runway during the Chanel Spring / Summer 2013 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Grand Palais in Paris, France. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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- A model presents a creation by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women’s ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)
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- Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth shakes beer and champagne out of his hair and beard while celebrating with teammates after the team clinched the National League East Division championship following their MLB baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Washington, October 1, 2012. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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- Dancers of the opera ballet perform during the dress rehearsal of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” (Der Nussknacker) at the state opera in Vienna in this multi-exposure photo. The ballet is directed by Manuel Legris and will premiere October 7, 2012. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
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- A sunken ferry is lifted out of the water after an accident off Hong Kong. At least 36 people died and dozens were injured when the ferry carrying more than 120 people on a company outing collided with another ferry and sank near an island south of Hong Kong on Monday night in one of the city’s worst maritime accidents. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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- Relatives of victims in a fatal ferry collision pay their respects by throwing paper money into the waters off Hong Kong. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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- Mohamed, an Afghan man who makes a living by working as a day labourer in construction, makes his way home after work in a neighbourhood overlooking Kabul. According to the World Bank more than a third of the population of Afghanistan live below the poverty line, more than half are vulnerable and at serious risk of falling into poverty. (Roberto SchmidtAFP/Getty Images)
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- A Buddhist monk looks on in a burnt temple in Cox’s Bazar, some 396 kilometres (246 miles) from the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh police said they had arrested nearly 300 people after Muslim mobs attacked temples and houses in what Buddhist leaders described as the worst violence against the community since independence. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Buddhist monk prays in a burnt temple in Cox’s Bazar, some 396 kilometres (246 miles) from the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh police said they had arrested nearly 300 people after Muslim mobs attacked temples and houses in what Buddhist leaders described as the worst violence against the community since independence. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A fighter injured in the Arqub neighborhood of northern city of Aleppo is brought to a hospital on October 1, 2012, as fighting in Syria’s second largest city between rebel forces and government troops continues. (Zac Baillie/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Josh Sheehan of Australia performs the opening jump in the Botanical Garden of Sydney in front of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House to announce the final stage of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour on Cockatoo Island. (Sebastian Marko / Red Bull/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Robert Irwin (R) feeds freshwater crocodiles with Australia Zoo’s Head of Reptiles, Josh Ruffell at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Robert Irwin, 8, feed freshwater crocodiles for the first time publicly today. (Ben Beaden/Australia Zoo via Getty Images)
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- A Kashmiri folk dancer performs a dance on a floating Shikara (boat) during the Shikara Festival in Srinagar. According to the festival’s organisers, who come from Kashmir’s tourism department, the festival was organised for foreign tour agents that are currently touring Kashmir to promote the country’s tourism and to attract foreign tourists to Kashmir. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)
Six crew arrested after Hong Kong ferry collision kills 37
Tan Ee Lyn and James Pomfret | Reuters
9:30 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2012
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank.
The boat, belonging to Hongkong Electric Co, controlled by billionaireLi Ka-shing, was taking passengers to watch fireworks in the city’s Victoria Harbor on Monday when the two vessels collided near the picturesque outlying island of Lamma.
Five children were among the dead. More than 100 people were taken to hospital, with nine suffering serious injuries or in critical condition, the government said in a statement.
“We suspect that somebody did not fulfill their responsibility, that’s why we made the arrests,” Police Commissioner Andy Tsang said. “We do not rule out the possibility that further arrests will be made.”
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