Dec. 13 Photo Brief: The golden Queen, tanks in Eygpt, vacation time in Australia and legislators in Kiev come to blows
The Queen inspects the gold reserves, people flock to the beaches in Sydney, Egyptian tanks surround the Presidential palace, Parliament in Kiev dukes it out and more in today’s daily Photo Brief.
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- Parliament members scuffle over voting rules during the first session of the newly-elected Ukrainian parliament in Kiev. A session of Ukraine’s new parliament collapsed amid chaos when brawls erupted among opposition deputies and those of the ruling party over the election of parliamentary officials. (Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters photo)
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- Utah Jazz guard Mo Williams (5) is carried off the court by forward Marvin Williams (2) after hitting the game winning shot at the buzzer ending the second half of their NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters photo)
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- Women stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling booth during the first phase of state elections at Viramgam town in the western Indian state of Gujarat. (Amit Dave/Reuters photo)
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- Polar bear “Sprinter” plays in a pool of his enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany. “Sprinter” is celebrating his fifth birthday. (Peter Steffen/Getty Images)
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- This picture shows a spare eye for dolls at a doll repair workshop in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Martin Gerten/Getty Images)
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- The skeleton of a victim of the Nanjing Massacre is seen at the Nanjing Massacre Museum, Jiangsu province. China marked 75 years since the Nanjing massacre, also known as the “Rape of Nanking”, in which China says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people in what was then the national capital. A postwar Allied tribunal put the death toll at 142,000, but some conservative Japanese politicians and scholars deny a massacre took place. (Carlos Barria/Reuters photo)
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- Members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) stand guard outside an electrical power plant in the southeastern Bosnian town of Gacko. A total of 1,110 kg (1.2 tons) of various drugs, which were seized in several police anti-narcotics operations undertaken in 2012, were successfully destroyed after they were burnt at high temperatures in the plant . (Dado Ruvic/Reuters photo)
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- A man photographs St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney as it is illuminated by a 75-metre-high (246 feet) projected display titled “Lights of Christmas.” Organizers of the free event at Sydney’s Roman Catholic Cathedral designed the display to represent modern Australia’s diversity and celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Renaissance artist Michelangelo’s works that decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters photo)
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- A man runs to the sea for an afternoon swim at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Australia’s iconic Bondi beach receives up to 40,000 visitors on a busy summer day, according to local authorities. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters photo)
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- Queen Elizabeth II inspects gold reserves in a vault at the Bank of England in London. (Eddie Mulholland/Getty Images)
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- Sikh Scots Guards soldier Jatenderpal Singh Bhullar (2-R), stands on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace in central London on. Jatenderpal Singh Bhullar became the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace wearing a turban instead of the bearskin. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
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- Gina Stechert of Germany skis during the women’s downhill training of the FIS Ski World cup in Val d’Isere, French Alps. (Franck Fife/Getty Images)
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- A young elephant plays in the snow at the zoo in Berlin. (Tim Brakemeier/Getty Images)
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- Police push back hundreds of protesters trying to enter a courthouse in Silivri near Istanbul where prosecutors are scheduled to deliver their final arguments in the case against 275 people accused of plotting to overturn the Islamic-leaning government. (AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese military personnel attend a a ceremony for victims on the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre at the Memorial Museum in Nanjing. Air raid sirens sounded in the Chinese city of Nanjing as it marked the 75th anniversary of the mass killing and rape committed there by Japanese soldiers — with the Asian powers’ ties at a deep low. (Peter Parks/Getty Images)
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- Egyptian army tanks are deployed outside the presidential palace in Cairo. Egypt’s crisis showed no sign of easing as the army delayed unity talks meant to ease political divisions and the opposition set near-impossible demands for taking part in a looming constitutional referendum. (Gianluigi Guercia/Getty Images)
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- A street vendor lays next to religious merchandise portraying the Virgin of Guadalupe near the Basilica de Guadalupe in San Salvador. Salvadorean faithfuls celebrated the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in 1531. (Jose Cabezas/Getty Images)
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- A boy heats up a computer circuit board to retrieve metal that is used to make soldering wire in a makeshift workshop in Karachi. (Athar Hussain/Reuters photo)
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- Santa Claus rides with Christmas presents in Mellensee, eastern Germany. (Patrick Pleul/Getty Images)
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- A pair of fighting cocks do battle during a cock-fight in a village in the Jalandhar district of northern Punjab state. The sport of cock-fighting, frowned upon by animal lovers, has strong supporters in the countryside of northern India. (Shammi Mehra/Getty Images)
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