Feb. 22 Photo Brief: Chingay Parade, Purim celebrations, Irish dancing competition and Hyderabad prayers
Hyderabad twin bombing victims remembered, dancers compete in the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship, the Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated in Israel, the “Fire In Snow” Chingay Parade weaves through the streets of Singapore and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A woman competes in the ‘Nostalgic Ski Race’ in the western town of Neuastenberg February 17, 2013. The ‘Nostalgic Ski Race’ is held every two years with about 40 participants and is organized by the ski club of Neuastenberg, a town which was founded in 1713. The conditions for the participation of the race are vintage skis and dresses. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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- The walls of a toilet are decorated with a mountain panorama wallpaper and skis on the floor at the “Red Fox” restaurant in the winter sport resort of Rosa Khutor, a venue for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics near Sochi February 21, 2013. Although many complexes and venues in the Black Sea resort of Sochi mostly resemble building sites that are still under construction, there is nothing to suggest any concern over readiness. Construction will be completed by August 2013 according to organizers. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opens on February 7, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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- Nepalese Hindu devotees dressed as the Hindu god Madhav Narayan look on during the Madhav Narayan festival in Thecho, Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation are marking the month-long fast of the Narayan festival in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man portraying the Hindu God Madhav Narayan throws holy water towards devotees as he’s carried around town during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Thecho, near Kathmandu. The month-long festival dedicated to the Hindu deities Madhav Narayan and Swasthani involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by them in many Hindu households. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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- Korea Freedom Federation’s members wearing masks featuring national flags and carrying a mock North Korean missile (C) pose for a photo during a rally denouncing North Korea’s third nuclear test in front of a railway station in Seoul. North Korea has bolstered its defences against a “hostile” U.S. with its third nuclear test, it said on Thursday, noting that countries that had bowed to U.S. pressure to abandon their nuclear plans had suffered “tragic consequences”. North Korea carried out its largest nuclear test to date last week. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
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- A woman stuck in her car reacts as flood waters gush past her during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens, Greece. (John Kolesidis/Reuters)
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- A worker holds a snake at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang Province. Residents of Zisiqiao village, also known as “Snake Town”, raise over 3 millions snakes a year whose meat is sold to food manufacturers and their venom to pharmaceutical companies, according to local media. (Aly Song/Reuters)
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- A slaughtered well ornated pig is carried as offering during a procession toward the communal house at La Phu village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Weeks following the Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations, numerous spring festivities are being held through out northern Vietnamese Red River delta’s villages. (Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Family members and relatives stand around the funeral pyre of bomb blast victim Swapna Reddy during her funeral rites at a crematorium in Hyderabad. Indian police revealed Friday they had been warned of a possible attack by Islamist militants in a bustling shopping area of Hyderabad where twin bombings killed at least 14 people and wounded scores. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Schoolgirls hold candles as they pray for the victims of the Hyderabad explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. India had intelligence agency warnings of a security threat several days before two bombs went off in a market in the city of Hyderabad, the interior minister said on Friday, adding that the death toll had risen to 16. (Amit Dave/Reuters)
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- A relative uses a stone to break a pot of water carried by Sudhakar Reddy as he walks around the mortal remains of his sister Swapna Reddy during her funeral rites at a crematorium in Hyderabad. Indian police revealed Friday they had been warned of a possible attack by Islamist militants in a bustling shopping area of Hyderabad where twin bombings killed at least 14 people and wounded scores. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Dancers attend the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. As many 2,000 competitors are taking part in one of the world’s largest Irish dancing competitions with dancers coming from as far afield as North America, Russia, Australia and South Africa. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- Dancers compete in the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. As many 2,000 competitors are taking part in one of the world’s largest Irish dancing competitions with dancers coming from as far afield as North America, Russia, Australia and South Africa. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- Dancers compete in the 29th All Scotland Irish Dance Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. As many 2,000 competitors are taking part in one of the world’s largest Irish dancing competitions with dancers coming from as far afield as North America, Russia, Australia and South Africa. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- Performers dance down the street during the Fire In Snow, Chingay Parade in Singapore. The Chingay Parade started in 1973 and was originally a neighbourhood parade but over the years has evolved into one of the biggest street parades in Asia. This years theme was Fire In Snow. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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- Performers dance down the street during the Fire In Snow, Chingay Parade in Singapore. The Chingay Parade started in 1973 and was originally a neighbourhood parade but over the years has evolved into one of the biggest street parades in Asia. This years theme was Fire In Snow. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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- Performers dance down the street during the Fire In Snow, Chingay Parade in Singapore. The Chingay Parade started in 1973 and was originally a neighbourhood parade but over the years has evolved into one of the biggest street parades in Asia. This years theme was Fire In Snow. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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- People in costumes, take part in a street party for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv. Purim is a celebration of the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
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- Jewish settlers take part in a Purim parade at the settlement outpost of Havat Gilad, West Bank. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as described in the Book of Esther. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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- A student wearing make-up looks on during a parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim outside the Bialik Rogozin school in south Tel Aviv. At Bialik Rogozin, children of migrant workers and refugees from 48 states are educated alongside native Israelis. Purim is a celebration of the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
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- Two women stand under a fountain in the so-called “Sonnenbad” (Sun bath) swimming pool at temperatures just below 0 degrees Celsius during the opening of the pool for the new season Karlsruhe, southern Germany. The pool is the first to re-open after being closed for winter. (Uli Deck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Actress Raquael Torres arrives at the premiere of Relativity Media’s “21 And Over” at the Village Theatre on February 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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