Nov. 6 Photo Brief: Miss Earth beauty pageant, honor-killing parents, Bonfire Night, Samhain, V for Vendetta and Guy Fawkes
Ninety-one bikini-clad contestants prepare to compete for the Miss Earth crown on November 24, Pakistani parents are jailed for killing their daughter with acid because she looked at a boy, Bonfire Night lights up the streets in Lewes, Sussex in England, Anonymous protests outside the Houses of Parliament and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Protesters sign on a signature wall during a protest in front of a courthouse in Istanbul. Hundreds of protesters chanting ‘Murderer Israel!’ gathered outside an Istanbul court on Tuesday at the start of a trial of a group of former Israeli military commanders charged over the 2010 killing of nine Turks aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
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- Thai oarsmen row a royal barge during a dress rehearsal for Royal Barge Procession, on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The Royal Barge Procession, the 700 year-old Thai traditional ceremony, will be held on November 9 to mark the end of Buddhist lent day and to celebrate the 85th Birthday of King Bhumibol. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
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- Mongolian boxer Choijiljavyn ‘Choi’ Tseveenpurev shadow boxes as he balances on his head during an open training session ahead of his fight at a gym in Singapore. Tseveenpurev will fight for the IBO world featherweight title against Daud “Cino” Yordan of Indonesia at the Marina Bay Sands. (Edgar Su/Reuters)
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- Palestinians look at a crocodile in a cage at a Hamas police station in the northern Gaza Strip. A crocodile on the run from a Gaza zoo for the past 18 months has finally been captured, police said on Tuesday.The 1.8 metre (6 foot)-long reptile was spotted several weeks ago in sewage pools in the northern Gaza Strip, and villagers complained he had been eating their livestock. Police called in fishermen, who netted the crocodile on Monday. (Ahmed Zakot/Reuters)
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- A postal employee dressed as Santa Claus poses for the opening day of the Santa Claus secretariat in Libourne post office, southwestern France. Since 1962, they have operated as one of the postal addresses for mail sent to Santa Claus written by children from 160 countries, which celebrates its 50th year, and replied to 1,400,000 letters and 180,000 emails during the 2011 Christmas holiday season. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters)
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- A Belarussian military instructor plays with a dog in a frontier guards’ cynology centre near the town of Smorgon, some 140 km (87 miles) north-west of Minsk. The centre prepares instructors with trained dogs for guarding Belarus’ border. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
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- A woman kicks way a wooden block to open the road which was blocked by anti-government protesters during clashes in the village of Sanabis west of Manama, Bahrain. Hundreds of protesters march on the street of the village defying the ban on protests set by Bahrain’s Ministy of Interior. (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)
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- In this multiple exposure image Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic serves against Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their group B singles match in the round robin stage on the second day of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London. (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)
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- In this multiple exposure image Switzerland’s Roger Federer serves against Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic during their group B singles match in the round robin stage on the second day of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London. (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Arrested Pakistani father Mohammad Zafar, his hands pictured with burns from an acid attack that killed his daughter, sits in his cell at a police station in Khoi Ratta, 140 kilometres (85 miles) north of Pakistani Kashmir’s main city Muzaffarabad. A Pakistani couple who killed their daughter by dousing her in acid for looking at boys spoke of their regret at the attack which has highlighted the ‘honor killings’ that cost hundreds of women their lives each year. (Sajjad Qayyum/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Arrested Pakistani mother Zaheen Akhtar sits in her cell at a police station in Khoi Ratta, 140 kilometres (85 miles) north of Pakistani Kashmir’s main city Muzaffarabad. The parents threw acid over 15-year-old Anusha at their home in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday last week after seeing her looking at boys. The girl died in agony two days later after suffering 70 percent burns, according to doctors. (Sajjad Qayyum/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Contestants pose for photographers during a press presentation of the Miss Earth beauty pageant at a hotel in Manila. Around 91 contestants from around the globe will be vying for this year’s crown, which will be held on November 24 in the country’s capital city, with a theme in line with that of United Nations’ (UN) celebration of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Contestants (L-R) Zoe Kinsella of Wales, Do Hoang Anh of Vietnam, Dimitra Markou of Zimbabwe, Osmariel Villalobos of Venezuela, Carolyn Carter of US Virgin Islands and Siria Bojorquez of the US pose for a group photo during a press presentation of the Miss Earth beauty pageant at a hotel in Manila. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese soldiers stand guard on Chang’an Avenue in Beijing, China. The18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is proposed to convene on November 8 in Beijing. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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- A Chinese tourist poses for photos in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The heirs of Mao Zedong convene this week to anoint China’s next leaders, as the Communist Party maintains an iron grip on the economic powerhouse despite mounting calls for change in the Internet era. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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- Mist lingers in fields viewed from Glastonbury Tor as the sun rises over the Somerset countryside in Glastonbury, England. Parts of the UK have experienced one of the coldest starts to November for many years and the Met Office is predicting that the coming winter could be a colder one than average. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Members of the phoenix Bonfire Society walk to join a procession ahead of the Bonfire Night celebrations on November 5, 2012 in Lewes, Sussex in England. Bonfire Night is related to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- An effigy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is paraded as bonfire societies process through the streets during the Bonfire Night celebrations on November 5, 2012 in Lewes, Sussex in England. Thousands of people attend the parade as Bonfire Societies parade through the narrow streets until the evening comes to an end with the burning of an effigy, or ‘guy,’ usually representing Guy Fawkes, who died in 1605 after an unsuccessful attempt to blow up The Houses of Parliament. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Bonfire societies parade through the streets during the Bonfire Night celebrations on November 5, 2012 in Lewes, Sussex in England. Bonfire Night is related to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. Processions held across the South of England culminate in Lewes on November 5, commemorating the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Anonymous group protest outside the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 2012 in London, England. The group wear masks inspired by a character from the film ‘V for Vendetta,’ which culminates in the march en masse of the public against parliament, in protest against a authoritarian goverment, on the fifth of November. (Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)
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- A man runs through crowds with a flaming wooden barrel soaked in tar during the annual tar barrel event in Ottery St Mary, in Devon, southwest England, on November 5, 2012. The competitors, who may only enter if they are born in Ottery St Mary, run for as long as they can with the burning barrels on their necks and heads.The tradition is said to have originated in the 17th century and is held on November 5 of every year. (Ben Stanstall/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Revelers walk with burning crosses during the Bonfire Night celebrations on November 5, 2012 in Lewes, Sussex in England. Bonfire Night is related to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. Processions held across the South of England culminate in Lewes on November 5, commemorating the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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