Oct. 24 Photo Brief: A protest kiss, Gangnam UN style, blessing guns and babies, Crab-eating macaques, and a camel flies
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gets a lesson in Gangnam Style, Crab-eating macaques get luxury retirement, a camel soars over a livestock market, Hindu festivals and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Autumn leaves cover a park bench in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Arno Burgi/Getty Images)
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- A hill is covered in fog, seen from the 1,838 meters high Wendelstein mountain in the Alps near Bayrischzell, southern Germany. Meteorologists forecast unsettled weather with morning fog and rain for the upcoming weekend in southern Germany. (Christof Stache/Getty Images)
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- South Korean singer Psy (R), whose real name is Park Jae-sang, visits UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
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- A camel that was purchased by a customer is lifted to be placed in a vehicle at a camel market near Riyadh. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha (feast of sacrifice), marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God’s command. (Fahad Shadeed/Reuters)
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- A Free Syrian Army fighter exercises on a rope during a training session at an FSA camp in the countryside of Idlib. (Giath Taha/Reuters)
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- A Palestinian activist is arrested by Israeli soldiers as dozens of Palestinians block the entrance to branch of the Rami Levy supermarket opened in the Shaar Binyamin Jewish settlement close to the city of Ramallah in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank as the protesters called for a boycott of goods being produced in the settlement. (Ahmad Gharabli/Getty Images)
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- Two women kiss in front of people taking part in a demonstration called by the “Alliance VITA” association against gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in Marseille, southeastern France. France on October 10 named October 31 as the date when a draft law authorizing gay marriage will be approved by government ministers, amid mounting opposition to the proposed legislation. (Gerard Julien/Getty Images)
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- A kinetic art photographic combination print of a model’s face and a skull entitled ‘La Vie en Rose’ (L) by artist Fred Benoit is shown at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park in London, England. The autumn 2012 edition of Affordable Art Fair Battersea takes place over four days from 25-28, October and features a diverse range of contemporary art, priced between £40 – £4,000 GBP, by established and emerging artists. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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- Crab-eating macaques photographed in the Netherlands in 2012. Eighteen female monkeys used in lab experiments in the Netherlands are to be flown Wednesday to Spain’s Balearic islands to enjoy the “exceptional” fate of a leisurely retirement in the sun. (Petra Sonius/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian Hindus dressed as deities Lord Hanuman pose during a religious procession on the grounds of Durgiana temple in Amritsar on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Dussehra. Held at the end of the Navratri (nine nights) Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. On the night of Dussehra, fire-crackers and stuffed effigies of Ravana are set alight in open grounds across the country. (Narinder Nanu/Getty Images)
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- Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican. (Giampiero Sposito/Reuters)
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- Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby as his principal private secretary Monsignor Georg Gaenswein (rear) smiles after the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter’s square, at the Vatican. (Giampiero Sposito/Reuters)
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- An idol of the goddess Durga is immersed during the Vijaya Dashami or Dusshera Festival in Siliguri on the final day of Durga Puja. The five-day Durga Puja festival which began on October 20 culminates on October 24 with the immersion of idols in water bodies and symbolises the victory of good over evil. (DiptenduDutta/Getty Images)
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- Fire crackers are set-off before effigies of the 10-headed demon King Ravana, Meghnad and Khumbkarna are set on fire during the festival of Dussehra in Srinagar. The effigies are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Hindu god Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)
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- A Hindu woman reacts as she is smeared with “sindhur”, or vermillion powder, as part of a ritual on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)
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- Police officers hold a 9mm pistol as they offer prayers in front of weapons, as part of a ritual for the Dussehra festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Dussehra is the Hindu festival which commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Amit Dave/Reuters)
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- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (C) talks the Women’s hockey team during a reception held for Team GB Olympic and Paralympic London 2012 medalists at Buckingham Palace in London, England. (John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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- Morning commuters walk past the New York Stock Exchange. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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- A woman takes a photo as U.S. President Barack Obama sits at their table at Antonellas Pizzeria in Davenport, Iowa. Obama is on a two-day, seven-state, campaign swing. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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- Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) talks with his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) aboard the campaign plane en route to Denver, Colorado. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- An Indian Homeguard serviceman performs a religious ritual over Lee-Enfield service rifles at an armory during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in Ahmedabad. Held at the end of the Navratri festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. (Sam Panthaky/Getty Images)
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- A flower lays on the memorial to the estimated half million Roma and Sinti murdered by the Nazis during World War II, in Berlin during an unveiling ceremony. Historians estimate nearly 500,000 Roma men, women and children across Europe were killed between 1933 and 1945, decimating a population with roots in Germany dating back six centuries. (John Macdougall/Getty Images)
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- An ethnic Tamil Sri Lankan police recruit aims his assault rifle at a police training college in Kalutara, near the capital Colombo. A group of 480 ethnic Tamil men and women have been recruited for service amid calls from minority Tamil parties to increase the number of Tamil police in a force dominated by the majority Sinhalese. (Ishara S. Kodikara/Getty Images)
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- Feminists dressed as The Suffragettes pose during a photo call at Parliament Square following a protest for women’s rights in London. (Andrew Cowie/Getty Images)
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- Rebel fighters fire from the rooftop of house against Syrian government forces in the Bab el-Adid district in Aleppo. UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is pushing “extremely hard” for a ceasefire in Syria and will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on his efforts, the UN spokesman said. (Favio Bucciarelli/Getty Images)
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- An elderly Syrian woman crosses a street next to a long black cloth used to separate the area from Syrian government forces’ snipers fire, in the Bab el-Adid district in Aleppo. UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is pushing “extremely hard” for a ceasefire in Syria and will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on his efforts, the UN spokesman said. (Favio Bucciarelli/Getty Images)
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