Oct 5, 2012

Oct. 5 Photo Brief: Blessed pets, bloody art, baby animals and brave Indonesian troops

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, America’s Cup, Andy Warhol, art, Big Bird, Brazil, China, France, ghosts, giraffe, Halloween, Indonesia, Innocence of Muslims, Japan, leopard, Mitt Romney, orangutan, PBS, pets, refugees, rhinoceros, saint, soldiers

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Troops celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian National Military, a French artist exhibits creepy sculptures ahead of Halloween, Brazilian pet owners bring their pets to church on the day of Saint Francis of Assis and more in today’s daily brief.

: Indonesia’s Airborne 328 soldier help one another apply camouflage paint on their faces before a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian National Military at the tarmac of Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

: Indonesia’s naval officers march during a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian National Military at the tarmac of Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

: Military troops participate in mass parachute drop as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono leads celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian armed forces at Halim Perdana Kusumah airport in Jakarta. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/GettyI mages)

: Teams compete in a fleet race during the America’s Cup World Series on October 4, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Teams are racing on an AC45 boat, which is the forerunner to the AC72 that teams will race next year in the Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup Finals in San Francisco. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

: Martine Aubry (C), mayor of Lille, visits the exhibition called “Desesperanza” by French artist Theo Mercier at the Tri Postal exhibition hall during the Lille 3000 “Fantastic” event in Lille, France. Festivities of Lille 3000 “Fantastic” will start with the opening parade on October 6, under the theme of “Urban Metamorphosis,” and will continue until January 13, 2013 with major exhibitions. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)

: French artist Theo Mercier poses in front of one of his sculptures, part of his exhibit called “Desesperanza”, at the Tri Postal exhibition hall during the Lille 3000 “Fantastic” event in Lille, France. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)

: A local resident climbs towards a Chinese national flag planted at the top of his former house, which was demolished to make way for a new residential complex in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. Investment in the property sector accounted for 13.6 percent of China’s gross domestic product in the first half of 2012. (Rooney Chen/Reuters)

: A person dressed as “big bird” shows a placard near a campaign site of US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Abingdon, Virginia. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ema Elsa, a nine-year-old Black Rhino, is nuzzled by her newborn calf in their enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England. The female calf which is less than 48 hours old will join an international breeding programme for the critically endangered species. (Phil Noble/Reuters)

: Dagmar, the Rothschild giraffe, nuzzles her newborn calf in their enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England. (Phil Noble/Reuters)

: The two female leopard cubs Mor and May explore their enclosure in the zoo in Berlin. They were born eight weeks ago and weigh about 2,5 kg (Mor) and 3 kg (May). (Hannible HanschkeAFP/Getty Images)

: A woman poses with her dog after getting it blessed by a priest at Sao Francisco de Assis (Saint Francis of Assis) Church in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Sao Francisco de Assis, Brazil’s patron saint of animals. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

: A dog stands next to its owner during a mass before getting blessed by a priest at Sao Francisco de Assis (Saint Francis of Assis) Church in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

: ‘The Last Supper’ (pink) by US artist Andy Warhol stands on show at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The painting, from the collection of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, is on show in Europe for the first time in 25 years. (Lex van Lies/AFP/Getty Images)

: Afghan internal displaced refugee children eat food near their shelter at the outskirts of Kabul. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

: Japanese dancer and choreographer Hiroaki Umeda rehearse for his upcoming show “Adapting for Distortion” at the Sofia Dance Week festival. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian Muslim children hold anti-US placards as they participate in a protest meeting against the film “Innocence of Muslims” in Kolkata. A low-budget, US-produced “Innocence of Muslims” movie has incited a wave of bloody anti-US violence in Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen and in several other countries across the Muslim world. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)