Nov. 21 Photo Brief: A troubled turkey, a wax Thanksgiving, an Indian camel fair, a prosthetic hospital
A wax Thanksgiving in London with George Clooney, Rihanna, Morgan Freeman and President Obama, a troubled turkey, an Indian camel fair, a prosthetic hospital in Kabul and more in today’s daily brief.
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- President Barack Obama pardons two turkeys (only one pictured) as daughters Sasha, center right, and Malia look on during annual Thanksgiving rite during ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Chairman of the Turkey Federation Steve Willardsen is at left. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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- Cobbler, the 2012 National Thanksgiving Turkey, is seen during a Rose Garden turkey pardon event November 21, 2012 at the White House. After pardoned by President Barack Obama, Cobbler and its companion Gobbler will spend the rest of their lives at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens in Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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- A turkey looks around its enclosure at Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
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- Wax figures of US musician Rihanna (L), actors George Clooney (2nd L) and Morgan Freeman (R) join US President Barack Obama (2nd R) in a recreation of the Oval Office for Thanksgiving at Madame Tussauds in London. (Ben Stansall/Getty Images)
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- A man tends to his camels for sale on the outskirts of the small town of Pushkar in the early evening. The annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan is one of the world’s largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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- A group of camel traders sit around a fire in the early morning hours at the camel fair grounds on the outskirts of Pushkar . The annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan is one of the world’s largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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- Two women keep warm by a fire at dawn at the camel fair grounds in the outskirts of Pushkar. The annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan is one of the world’s largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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- A camel trader keeps warm with a blanket at dawn as he sits near a flock of camels at the fair grounds in the outskirts of Pushkar. The annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan is one of the world’s largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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- An Andalusian horseman pulls a horse by the reins during the Sicab International Pre Horse Fair in the Andalusian capital of Seville. The show runs till November 25 and is dedicated exclusively to Spanish thoroughbreds. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
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- The tops of high rise buildings stick out from a blanket of think fog covering Warsaw early morning. (Mateusz Olszowy/Reuters)
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- People make their way down a mountain path while a massive plume of ash billows up into the sky as Mount Tongariro erupts at Tongariro National Park, 300 km (186 miles) north of Wellington. New Zealand government geological agency GNS Science issued a warning on Wednesday after Mount Tongariro on the North Island erupted. The volcano previously erupted in August this year, the first time in more than a century. (Stefan Keller/Reuters)
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- A Mayan shaman performs a ritual at the Quirigua archaeological site, Izabal department, 210 km north of Guatemala City. Ceremonies will be held here to celebrate the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak’tun 13 and the start of the new Maya Era on December 21. The Mayan calendar has 18 months of 20 days each plus a sacred month, “Wayeb,” with five days. “B’aktun” is the largest unit in the time-cycle system, and is about 400 years. The broader era spans 13 B’aktun, or about 5,200 years. (Johan Ordonez/Getty Images)
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- Pakistani schoolchildren walk over corn following the execution of Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged in an Indian prison, at Kasab’s village in Farid kot, some 370 kilometres (230 miles) southeast of the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Farmers in the village of the Pakistani gunman executed Wednesday for the 2008 Mumbai massacre lashed out at India and hounded out journalists who asked about their notorious son. (Arif Ali/AGetty Images)
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- Seagulls fly over the River Ganges during sunset at Sangam in Allahabad. Allahabad, located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and where the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers meet, is a focal point for Hindu pilgrims during the Kumbh Mela, where devotees gather to bathe in the holy waters of the three rivers. (Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images)
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- Traffic commutes through heavy smog in Beijing. China will start assessing the “social risk” of major projects, its environmental protection minister said, after anti-pollution protests forced a series of industrial ventures to be cancelled. (Wang Zhao/Getty Images)
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- Residents of Goma react as they listen to M23 rebel group spokesman at the Volcanoes Stadium in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lt.-Col. Kazarama addressed the population of Goma today in an attempt to calm and reassure the civilians following the fall of Goma to M23 rebels yesterday. (Phil Moore/GettyImages)
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- An M23 rebel soldier climbs some steps in the Volcanoes Stadium in Goma. The spokesman of the M23 rebel group Vianney Kazarama addressed the population of Goma today in an attempt to calm and reassure the civilians following the fall of Goma to M23 rebels yesterday. (Phil Moore/GettyImages)
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- An orthopedic specialist checks the mobility of new prosthetic limb being fitted on to a patient at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), orthopedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ICRC rehabilitation centre works to educate and rehabilitate land-mine victims, and those with limb related deformities, back into society and employment offering micro-credit financing, home schooling and vocational training to patients. The clinic itself is unique in that all of the workers are handicapped. The ICRC centre in Kabul has registered over 57,000 patients and 114,000 countrywide in all of their centres since its inception 25 years ago. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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- Orthopedic components hang on a wall in a workshop at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), orthopedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ICRC rehabilitation centre works to educate and rehabilitate land-mine victims, and those with limb related deformities, back into society and employment offering micro-credit financing, home schooling and vocational training to patients. The clinic itself is unique in that all of the workers are handicapped. The ICRC centre in Kabul has registered over 57,000 patients and 114,000 countrywide in all of their centres since its inception 25 years ago. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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- An orthopedic technician works on a prosthetic arm at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), orthopedic centre on November 20, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ICRC rehabilitation centre works to educate and rehabilitate land-mine victims, and those with limb related deformities, back into society and employment offering micro-credit financing, home schooling and vocational training to patients. The clinic itself is unique in that all of the workers are handicapped. The ICRC centre in Kabul has registered over 57,000 patients and 114,000 countrywide in all of their centres since its inception 25 years ago. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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- An orthopedic technician walks past prosthetic limbs being stored for patients at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), orthopedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ICRC rehabilitation centre works to educate and rehabilitate land-mine victims, and those with limb related deformities, back into society and employment offering micro-credit financing, home schooling and vocational training to patients. The clinic itself is unique in that all of the workers are handicapped. The ICRC centre in Kabul has registered over 57,000 patients and 114,000 countrywide in all of their centres since its inception 25 years ago. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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- ANA commando, Khairuddin Sultan, 21, is helped up by his friend Ala Mohamed who joined the army with him 18 months ago, as an orthopedic specialist moulds a cast for his prosthetic legs at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) orthopedic centre on in Kabul, Afghanistan. Khairuddin, a double amputee, lost his legs when an IED exploded during a joint operation against the Taliban with U.S. special forces. The IED exploded while using a mine detector, sending shrapnell in to his outstretched hand and blowing up his legs. “If they want me, i would like to go back, but if they (the government) would give me a salary i would like to stay home” said the soldier. The ICRC rehabilitation centre works to educate and rehabilitate land-mine victims, and those with limb related deformities, back into society and employment offering micro-credit financing, home schooling and vocational training to patients. The clinic itself is unique in that all of the workers are handicapped. The ICRC centre in Kabul has registered over 57,000 patients and 114,000 countrywide in all of their centres since its inception 25 years ago. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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