Nov. 7 Photo Brief: Newborn twins named Mitt and Barack, a gaggle of geese, glowing fish, Russians remember the Nazi invasion and the Bolshevik Revolution
A Kenyan mother names her newborn twins Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, a department store collapses in Ghana, Russians commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and the 71st anniversary of the Nazi invasion, Greek workers protest austerity and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Genetically engineered fish (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus var.) glow in a tank during a news conference before the 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei. The fish, which are the world’s first pink fluorescent fish and can view without blacklight, were created by a joint project between Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, National Taiwan Ocean University and Jy Lin, a private biotechnology company, according to the organizer. The 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo will be held at Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from November 9 to 12. (Pichi Chuang/Reuters)
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- Wu Conghan, 101 years old, and his 103-year-old wife pose for photos while wearing wedding clothes at their home in a village of Nanchong, Sichuan province. The couple had their first photo taken in wedding suit and dress after being married for 88 years. (Rueters/China Daily)
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- Russian Communist party supporters wearing naval uniforms of the beginning of the last century attend a rally in central St. Petersburg on November 7, 2012, marking the 95th anniversary of the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty)
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- Russian soldiers wearing World War II-era uniform of the Red Army ski troops march during a military parade on the Red Square in Moscow. Russia marked today the 71st anniversary of the 1941 historical parade, when the Red Army soldiers marched to the front line from the Red Square, as Nazi German troops were just a few kilometers from Moscow. (Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty Images)
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- A gaggle of geese stand in a pasture near the village of Edlitz, in Lower Austria, some 75 km (47 miles) south of Vienna. Austrian farmers Johann and Maria Reisenbauer have been raising geese organically for the traditional ‘Martin Goose’ (Martini Gansl) dinner in celebration of St. Martin for the past eight years. The feast of St. Martin of Tours (also called “Martini”) marks the time when new wines are tasted, cattle are butchered and geese are at their prime. This feast celebrated in German-speaking Europe, is celebrated on November 11 usually with a roast goose. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
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- Remembrance crosses stand outside Westminster Abbey ahead of the official opening of the Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance in London, England. Hundreds of small crosses bearing a poppy have been planted in the Field of Remembrance to pay tribute to British servicemen and women who have lost their lives in conflict. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Youths dive into the river Plate from Montevideo’s waterfront to cool off during a heat wave. Temperatures could reach 36 centigrade (96 Fahrenheit) in some areas of the country on today, according to the Uruguayan meteorological institute. (Andres Stapff/Reuters)
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- Fans reach out to take photographs of Britain’s Andy Murray as he walks onto court for his men’s singles tennis match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals in the O2 Arena in London (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- Millicent Owuor 20, rests with her newly born twin boys named after U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) inside the maternity ward of Siaya District Hospital, near Obama’s ancestral home village of Nyangoma Kogelo, 430 km (267 miles) west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)
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- A boy is silhouetted against the setting sunlight as he plays over a damaged hut at Marina beach in the southern Indian city of Chennai. (Babu/Reuters)
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- A protestor kicks away a gas canister during clashes with riot police during a 48-hour strike by the two major Greek workers unions in central Athens. Greek police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters who flooded into the main square before parliament on Wednesday in a massive show of anger against lawmakers due to narrowly pass an austerity package. (John Kolesidis/Reuters)
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- Rescue workers look for survivors from the debris of a collapsed building rented by Melcom Ltd, which runs Ghana’s largest chain of retail department stores, in Accra. The four-story building housing a department store in Ghana’s capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency officials and witnesses said. (Reuters)
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- Juan De Leon (L) the coach of Polish boxing contender Mariusz Wach (R) holds up sparring gloves with images of opponent Vladimir Klitschko, as they joke during a public training session in Hamburg. Ukrainian WBO, IBO and IBF heavy weight boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko will fight Wach in a title bout on November 10 at the O2 World in Hamburg. (Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters)
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- A visitor walks within an installation titled “Chairs”, made of wooden chairs by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata, during Abu Dhabi Art at Saadiyat island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The annual art fair which showcases modern and contemporary art, opens on Wednesday and runs till November 10. (Jumana ElHeloueh/Reuters)
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- A crow holds a dried flower of Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna) in Hanover, Germany. (Jochen Luebke/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian plumber Jaipal looks up as he fixes an underground water pipe in New Delhi. Jaipal, an immigrant laborer who left his home in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh state 13 years ago to work and settle in Delhi, earns INR 300 per day. Every year scores of poor workers come to Delhi in search of better employment opportunities. (Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images)
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- An Afghan boy sits on his donkey as he watches a football match in Dehdadi district of Balkh province. Over a third of Afghans are living in abject poverty, as those in power are more concerned about addressing their vested interests rather than the basic needs of the population, a UN report said. (Qais Usyan./Getty Images)
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- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales hold koalas at Government House in Adelaide, Australia. The Royal couple are in Australia on the second leg of a Diamond Jubilee Tour taking in Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. (Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)
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