Oct. 4 Photo Brief: World animal day, hopping in Belarus and the Great Wall gets crowded
Catching a bear nap during World Animal Day in Finland, things get hopping in Belarus, the Great Wall in China gets a bit crowded and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A young girl tries to get a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)
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- An employee works at a steel mill “Interpipe Steel” in Dnipropetrovsk. Interpipe is a producer of steel pipes in Eastern and Central Europe. The mill produces pipes for the oil, gas and power industries, for machinery, industrial application and railway wheels and tyres, according to the official web site. (Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters photo)
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- A woman sorts through marigolds at a flower market in Mumbai. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters photo)
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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. Hong Kong has begun three days of mourning for those who perished in the collision between two ferries on Monday night. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters photo)
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- Actress Nicole Kidman arrives to the premiere of her movie ‘The Paperboy’ during the New York Film Festival in New York. (Carlo Allegr/Reuters photo)
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- A police officer wipes away her tears as she listens to the funeral service of murdered British policewoman Fiona Bone outside Manchester Cathedral in north-west England. PC Nicola Hughes, 23, and PC Fiona Bone, 32, were killed in a gun and grenade attack as they responded to what they thought was a routine burglary call in Tameside, Greater Manchester, northwestern England, on September 18, 2012. (Andrew Yates/Getty Images)
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- Tourists gather on the Great Wall outside Beijing. Major tourist destinations around China are witnessing travel peaks amid the eight-day Mid-autumn Festival and National Day holidays that run through until Sunday. (Stringer/Reuters photo)
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- Camels graze in their enclosure at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland on October 4, 2012. October 4th is the World Animal Day.(Jarno Mela/Getty Images)
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- A Belarussian interior ministry officer jumps over an obstacle with his guard dog as they take part in a show of skills competition ahead of the ministry’s 60th anniversary, at their base near the village of Gorany, some 32 km (20 miles) west of Minsk. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters photo)
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- Videoton’s supporters celebrate after their team scored a goal against Sporting Lisboa during their Europe League soccer match in Szekesfehervar. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters photo)
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- Models present creations by Pakistani designers Asifa and Nabeel on the second day of the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) Bridal Week in Lahore (Arif Alia/Getty Images)
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- A teacher at a UNICEF-run school for Syrian refugees rings the bell on in the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq near the border with Syria. The school is a grant from the European Union to provide education to Syrian refugees residing in Jordan. (Khalil Mazraawi/Gety Images)
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- A man looks at a work by French artist Fabrice Hybert, entitled “Phantom Pommery”, which is displayed in the French Champagne Pommery cellars, as part of the “Pommery Experience : the factory sound”, a yearly contemporary art exhibition.The event, the 10th edition, runs until October 2013. (Francois Nascimbeni/Getty Images)
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- US Army soldiers attached to the 1st Squadron (Airborne) ,91st U.S Cavalry Regiment 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers pay their respects by the boots, gun, cap and dog-tags of US army SSG Orion N. Sparks and SGT Jon Athan A. Gollnitz during a memorial ceremony in their honour at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank near Puli Alam in Logar Province, in Afghanistan. (Munir uz Zaman/Getty Images)
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- A view of the Qatari capital Doha. Formerly a British protectorate, Qatar has been ruled as a unicameral federal republic by the al-Thani family since the mid-19th century. Previously noted for pearling, today it has become one of the region’s wealthiest states due to its enormous oil and natural gas revenues. (Patrick Baz/Getty Images)
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- A brown bear takes a nap during the World Animal Day at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. (Jarno Mela/Getty Images)
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- Bill Murray, Paul Casey and Michael Phelps in conversation on the 18th hole during the first round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland. (David Cannon/Getty Images)
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- A Marine honor guard team holds seven American flags during a group burial service for seven missing U.S. Marines killed in World War II, at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The Marines died when their U.S. Navy bomber went down on an island in a remote part of the South Pacific. A U.S. government survey team spent more than a decade excavating the site for bodies, military equipment and wreckage remains. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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- Members of a mountain rescue team search the River Dyfi as the hunt for missing April Jones continues in Machynlleth, Wales. April Jones, a five-year-old girl was abducted from outside her house on Monday night. Police have arrested 46-year-old Mark Bridger in connection with her disappearance in the Machynlleth area. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Dancers from the Michael Clark Company performing a world premier of their New Work 2012 at the Tramway Theatre in Glasgow. The work continues Clark’s history of close collaboration with contemporary artists, designers and musicians, and includes lighting design from Charles Atlas, and costumes by Stevie Stewart. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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