Nov. 30 Photo Brief: Rappelling baseball bigwigs, European cold front, Myanmar copper mine conflict, NY police officer’s kindness
Bobby Valentine, former Boston Red Sox manager and Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees rappel 22 stories in Connecticut, Western Europeans embrace the cold weather, Buddhist monks protest recent police violence at a copper mining site in Myanmar and more in today’s daily brief.
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- People dive off Manly Wharf in Sydney, Australia. Temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s celsius are expected to hit parts of the state over the weekend. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
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- People fish from Inversnaid Pier in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Weather warnings have been issued as temperatures start to fall below freezing across many parts of the UK. The cold snap follows recent, severe flooding, which has affected areas of Western and Northern England. (eff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- A parakeet sits in a bush in St James’s Park on a cold winter’s day in London, England. Weather warnings have been issued as temperatures start to fall below freezing across many parts of the UK. The cold snap follows recent, severe flooding, which has affected areas of Western and Northern England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Members of the business community in Kismayo attend a meeting with foreign journalists to discuss the recent liberation of the city by al-Shabab and the future of the region’s charcoal industry, in this handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support team. Kismayo was liberated from al-Shabab rebels nearly two months ago, when Kenyan and Somali government forces attacked the militants’ last bastion, and the return of relative calm has generated activity for the port. (Tobin Jones/Reuters)
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- A member of Ras Kambani, a local militia allied with the Kenya Defense Forces in Kismayo city, sits guard over a meeting at the seaport in this handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support team November 30, 2012. The meeting was attended to by members of the local business community who met with foreign journalists at the seaport to discuss the recent liberation of the city by al-Shabab and the future of the region’s charcoal industry. (Tobin Jones/Reuters)
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- Christof Innerhofer of Italy celebrates setting the best time as he skis into the finish area in men’s World Cup downhill ski race in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
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- Designer Julien Fournie reacts on the runway at the end of his show on day 1 of French Couture Week 2012 Singapore at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)
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- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (C) takes part in a day of activities and festivities to mark the occasion of St Andrew’s Day at St Andrew’s School in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. During her visit, the Duchess visited the Pre-Prep School for under-5s, unveiled a plaque to officially open a new artificial turf playing field and met members of the school’s hockey team, which she played for during her time as a pupil at the school (1986-1995). (Arthur Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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- An employee of Bonhams auction house admires a Shanghai Shenke ‘Wind Up’, which is the world’s smallest roadworthy car, and features in the ‘Important Motor Carts and Automobilia’ auction with an estimate of 7,000 GBP on December 3, 2012, in Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, England. The auction also includes a Bladerunner RIB 35 Powerboat which was driven by footballer David Beckham as it carried the Olympic flame to the Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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- Bobby Valentine, former Boston Red Sox manager, reacts before rappelling 22 stories from one of the tallest buildings in Stamford to mark the start of Santa’s arrival as part of the Christmas event ‘Heights & Lights’ in Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)
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- Bobby Valentine, former Boston Red Sox manager (R) and Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees rappel 22 stories from one of the tallest buildings in Stamford to mark the start of Santa’s arrival as part of ‘Heights & Lights’ in Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)
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- Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees, falls to the ground after rappelling 22 stories from one of the tallest buildings in Stamford to mark the start of Santa’s arrival as part of ‘Heights & Lights’ in Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)
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- New York police officer Larry DePrimo gives a homeless man a pair of boots and socks in Times Square in this November 14, 2012. The photograph has drawn a deluge of praise after it was published on the police department’s Facebook page this week. (Jennifer Foster/Handout/Reuters)
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- Zhang Xuelin sits inside his self-made aircraft during its test flight in Jinan, Shandong province, China on November 29, 2012. Zhang, a farmer who dropped out of primary school in his early years, spent around 2,000 yuan ($321) to build a plane around a motorcycle, using wood and plastic boards. The plane, which took 11 months to build, failed in its test flight. (China Daily/Reuters)
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- Buddhist monks from Myanmar, living in Thailand, carry pictures as they protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. They submitted a letter to Myanmar’s president and demonstrated against the recent police crackdown on protesters, who were against a copper mining project at the Sagaing region in Myanmar’s northwest. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
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- A woman carrying her grandson walks at a waste dump of a copper mine in Sarlingyi township. Riot police broke up a three-month protest against a vast copper mining project run by the powerful Myanmar military and its partner, a subsidiary of a Chinese arms manufacturer. Activists said at least 50 people had been injured and 23 were in hospital, some suffering burns after incendiary devices were hurled into their camps by police. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
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- A Buddhist monk, who was injured during a protest against a copper mining project, sits in a hospital in Monywa, Myanmar. Activists said at least 50 people had been injured and 23 were in hospital, some suffering burns after incendiary devices were hurled into their camps by police. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
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- A visitor takes a picture at a modified Volkswagen VW Beetle during a press presentation prior to the Essen Motor Show in Essen. About 600 exhibitors will present their latest developments at the Essen trade fair from December 1 until December 9, 2012. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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- A small snowman has crown caps as eyes at the Grosser Feldberg mountain in the Taunus region, western Germany. Meteorologists forecast sinking temperatures and further snowfalls for the region. (Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP/Getty Images)
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- M23 rebel fighters walk as they withdraw near the town of Sake, some 42 km (26 miles) west of Goma. A rebel pullback from Goma, seized by M23 from fleeing United Nations-backed government forces on November 20, would signal some progress in international efforts to halt the eight-month-old insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
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- A M23 rebel fighter walks past a resident as they withdraw from the town of Sake, some 27 km (17 miles) west of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
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- Ale Noor, 35, who survived a devastating fire at a garment factory, sits inside her slum room in Savar. Noor, an operator of Tazreen Fashions garment factory, escaped the fire which killed more than 100 workers on November 24. According to Noor, she broke her left leg after jumping from the fourth floor to escape the fire. Noor earns 3,000 Taka ($37) per month, but she says the factory’s workers have had to protest to receive their pay each month as the factory’s management never paid their salaries on time. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
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- Photo illustration of new mandatory packaging for cigarettes sold in Australia November 29, 2012. Australia’s new stringent anti-tobacco laws, the most Draconian in the world, strips packs of all branding, bright colours and logos, leaving only the name printed in identical small font. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
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- A vendor arranges bangles at his shop in Lahore. The International Monetary Fund urged Pakistan to reduce its large budget deficit to bolster the struggling economy’s resiliency. (Arif ALIArif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A small town in Switzerland gets ready for the holidays in a big way. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The statue of Christ the Reedemer is seen surrounded by clouds, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 29, 2012. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Feminist campaigners protest outside the UK offices of News International in east London on November 17, 2012 against the continued use of topless photographs of women on page 3 of ‘The Sun’ newspaper. A new wave of feminism has taken hold in Britain this year: young, irreverent, and fuelled by social media. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Baby mountain zebra ‘Mira’ (L) stand in her enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin. The baby zebra was born on November 11, 2012 at the zoo. (Florian Schuh/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mick Jagger of British rock band The Rolling Stones performs live in concert in London on November 29, 2012. The concert was part of a five date tour to mark the legendary rock band’s 50th anniversary. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:
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- Pakistani drug addicts inject heroin into each other on the roadside in Karachi on November 28, 2012. Pakistani cleric Abdul Khaliq Faridi used to think HIV/AIDS was a mortal sin. But today, he educates thousands about a disease on the rise in the deeply conservative Muslim country. He was among the first recruited by a government-sponsored project bringing clerics, the most influential segment of Pakistani society, into the fight against HIV/AIDS too commonly dismissed as depravity by ordinary people. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian women walk past a 100 foot long AIDS red ribbon sand sculpture as part of an awareness campaign on the eve of World AIDS Day at Chandrabhaga sea beach in Konark. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracised by their communities. (Asit Kumar/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man feeds Black Headed Gulls in St James’s Park on a cold winters day in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 153935089
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- Black Headed Gulls are fed in St James’s Park on a cold winter’s day in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- A view of Loch Lomond from Duncryne hill, by Gartocharn in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Weather warnings have been issued as temperatures start to fall below freezing across many parts of the UK. The cold snap follows recent, severe flooding, which has affected areas of Western and Northen England. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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