Dec 28, 2012

Britain’s reindeer herd, an egg fight in Spain, elephant soccer in Nepal, a larger than life brain in an Indonesian farm field and more in today’s daily brief.

: A military dressed man throws an egg as he takes part in the battle of “Enfarinats”, a floor fight in the town of Ibi, in the south-eastern Spain on December 28, 2012. For 200 years Ibi’s citizens annually celebrate with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city townhall. (Jaime Reina/Getty Images)

: A farmer harvests rice next to the artist Suharyanto Tri’s statue entitled “Planting Brain” at Nitiprayan village in Bantul, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta. Tri’s work is a part of a outdoor sculpture exhibition called “Last Harvest”, that includes works from 30 artists who are voicing their concerns over diminishing agricultural land. The exhibition ends on December 31. (Dwi Oblo/Reuters)

: An Afghan commuter rides his bicycle as snow falls in Kabul. As winter sets in across Central Asia, many Afghans struggle to provide adequate food and shelter for their families. (Getty Images)

: Belgian Niels Albert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Azencross (Cross des As), the fifth stage in the Bpost Bank Trofee Cyclocross competition in Loenhout. (David Stockman/Getty Images)

: A would-be immigrant is treated by Spanish Red Cross emergency services in Tarifa. Spanish rescuers intercepted today a boat carrying sub-Saharan would-be immigrants, 21 men, 7 women and 4 children across the Strait of Gibraltar. Some of them suffered from hypothermia. (Marcos Moreno/Getty Images)

: Palestinian men ride horses during sunset on the beach of Gaza City. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

: A mahout climbs his elephant as he heads towards the Chitwan National Park at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan will participate in the Elephant Race event, that began on Wednesday and ends on Friday, where elephants will play in an exhibition soccer match and various other sports and activities. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: Elephants play an exhibition soccer match during the final day of the Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan participated in the Elephant Race event which involved elephants playing an exhibition soccer match and taking part in various other sporting activities. The event began on Wednesday and ends on Friday. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: An Israeli border policeman fires a tear gas grenade towards Palestinian protesters during clashes that erupted following a march organized by residents of the West Bank village Nabi Saleh to protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. (Abbas Momani/Getty Images)

: Palestinian protesters stand amid a fog of tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes that erupted following a march organized by residents of the West Bank village Nabi Saleh to protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. (Abbas Momani/Getty Images)

: Refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan take part in a hunger strike at Votivkirche church in Vienna. Some 30 refugees who are on hunger strike to protest for better conditions for asylum seekers in Austria, have been allowed to stay in the catholic church for the duration of their demonstration. A protest camp outside the church was cleared by police earlier on Friday. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)

: Reindeer gather around herder Anna Jemmett, from the Glenmore Reindeer Centre, to eat lichen from her hands in the Cairngorm Mountains near Aviemore, Scotland. The 150 strong Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain’s only herd of reindeer. (David Moir/Reuters)

: Kashmiri muslim woman mourn during the funeral of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, Imtiyaz Ahmed in Pulwama some 55kms south of Srinagar on December 28,2012. Indian troops shot dead two suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir while seven civilians received police bullet injuries when they protested the slaying of the rebels, officials said. The two militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group were killed while three troopers were wounded in a firefight with militants in Pulwama town, 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Kashmir summer capital Srinagar. (Tauseef Mustafa/Getty Images)

: People play soccer at Ipanema beach during a summer’s day in Rio de Janeiro. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters)

: Anna Fenninger of Austria clears a gate during the first run of the World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom ski race in Semmering. (Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters)

: An athlete trains during the official practice session of the Tour de Ski event on December 28, 2012 in Oberhof, eastern Germany. The winter sport resort in the Thuringian Forest is to host the Tour de Ski cross-country event taking place on December 29 and 30, 2012. (Robert Michael/Getty Images)

: A Kashmiri Muslim looks at a damaged house where Indian troops killed two militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group in Pulwama some 55kms south of Srinagar. Indian troops shot dead two suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir while seven civilians received police bullet injuries when they protested the slaying of the rebels, officials said. The two militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group were killed while three troopers were wounded in a firefight with militants in Pulwama town. (Tauseef Mustafa/Getty Images)

: A Pakistani vendor arranges apples on his donkey cart in Lahore. High food prices have derailed ambitious aims to slash extreme poverty and hunger across the world by 2015, a World Bank and International Monetary Fund report said. (Arif Ali/Getty Images)

: A stuffed bear lying at a memorial is blanketed by snow after an overnight snowfall near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman on December 14 armed with a military-style assault rifle shot dead 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

Dec. 28 Photo Brief: Brain farming, Scottish reindeer, an egg fight in Spain, elephant soccer

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