Jan. 4 Photo Brief: Malala leaves the hospital, Indian women strike back, padlocks in Paris keep love on lockdown
15 year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai is discharged from the hospital, women and girls in India get serious about self-defense, Anori the polar bear turns one, Gerard Depardieu is now a Russian, lovers crossing the Pont des Arts in Paris continue locking down their love over the River Seine and much more in today’s daily brief.
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- 15 year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai (C) waving flanked by two members of the hospital staff as she is discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in central England. Malala, shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, has been discharged from the British hospital treating her. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai would continue her rehabilitation at her family’s temporary English home before undergoing major reconstructive surgery in a few weeks. (Queen Elizabeth Hospital/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A boy sits as he holds a puppy on a street side in Yangon, Myanmar. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
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- An Indian participant (C) practises a self-defence technique with an instructor during a self-defence class at a school in Mumbai. After nearly three weeks of lurid reporting on a horrifying gang-rape in New Delhi, women in the Indian capital say they are more anxious than ever, leading to a surge in interest in self-defence classes. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Indian instructor (2R) shows a self defence technique to a school girl during a self-defence classes at a school in Mumbai. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mountain goats fight in their enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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- Anori (L), a one-year old polar bear, gets a birthday cake, while her mother Vilma eats bread in their enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. Anori was born on January 4, 2012. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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- Anori, a one-year old polar bear, swims in her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. Anori was born on January 4, 2012. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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- Left-wing activists burn an advert taken out by British tabloid newspaper The Sun, that defends Britain’s right to govern the Falkland Islands, which is published on page 5 of the English-language Buenos Aires Herald, during a protest at the Buenos Aires cruise terminal. Britain rejected calls on Thursday from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez for talks over the disputed Falkland Islands after she wrote an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron. Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the remote South Atlantic islands, which are part of Britain’s self-governing overseas territories and are known in Argentina as Las Malvinas. (Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)
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- A Myanmar youngster (C) smeared with used car oil rests during a ball game using a coconut as part of celebrations to the 65th anniversary of Myanmar’s independence, in Yangon. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, gained independence from Britain on January 4, 1948. (Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The work of a graffiti artist is seen on a wall in London. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
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- Two lions are pictured in their enclosure at the zoo in Stralsund, Germany. With more than 100,000 visitors annually, the municipal zoo is one of the main tourist attractions of Stralsund. (Stefan Sauer/AFP/Getty Images)
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- New born lion babies are held by zoo-owner Henrietta Barcai (L), local zoo keepers Gabor Roszik (C) and Blanka Moczar (R) in the ‘Szorako-Zoo’ of Gyongyos, Hungary. The lion babies were born three weeks ago in December and will be shown to the public after their first vaccination, in middle of January. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
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- US Marine Corps former minesweeper Mark Zambon, member of the team Race 2 Recovery, consisting of British and US soldiers who have suffered serious injuries in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, enters a car in Lima on January 3, 2013, ahead of the 2013 Dakar Rally, which this year will thunder through Peru, Argentina and Chile from January 5 to 20. (Frank Fife/AFP/Getty Images)
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- French actor Gerard Depardieu (C) hides his face as he leaves a bookshop in Paris. Russians reacted today with amusement, disbelief and a heavy dose of irony to the news that the Kremlin has granted citizenship to French actor Gerard Depardieu to solve his tax woes. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An elephant enjoys a Christmas tree at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. Traditionally, elephants at the Berlin zoo are given for food the trees that were left over from Christmas tree sales during the first days of January. (Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Part of a shipment of ivory tusks seized by customs officials from an imported container are displayed in Hong Kong. According to the customs department, 779 pieces of ivory tusks from Kenya weighing about 1,300 kg and worth about HK$10.6 million ($1.36 million) were confiscated from an imported shipping container sent from Malaysia to the Hong Kong port. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
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- Local women strip and beat Bikrmasingh Brahma, a prominent leader of India’s ruling Congress party, for allegedly raping a mother of two in the Chirang district of the northeastern state of Assam, in this still image taken from video January 3, 2013. Neighbours alerted by screams raised by the woman rushed to her aid and were said to have thrashed the politician after apparently catching him. He had been handed over to local police. (ANI via Reuters TV)
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- Padlocks adorn the Pont des Arts in Paris, France. The nine-arch metallic footbridge completed in 1804 is one of the most romantic places of the capital where people visit it to attach love padlocks illustrated with their initials or messages of love, before throwing the key into the River Seine. (Yves Forestier/Getty Images)
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- Padlocks adorn the Pont des Arts in Paris, France. The bridge is also a meeting place for artists who find inspiration from the surrounding views of the city. (Yves Forestier/Getty Images)
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- Novak Djokovic tries to coerce Ana Ivanovic, both of Serbia, to do a ‘Gangnam Style’ dance during an end change against Tatjana Malek of Germany and Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia during their mixed doubles match at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- Players warm up before the Water Polo by the Sea match between Sydney University Lions and UNSW Wests at Bondi Icebergs, Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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- A general view of play during the Water Polo by the Sea match between Sydney University Lions and UNSW Wests at Bondi Icebergs, Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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