March 22 Photo Brief: Obama in Israel, World Water Day, mystical Islam and tiger tongue kisses
U.S. President Barack Obama visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, the world observes World Water Day with the theme “Water Cooperation,” adepts of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam, self-pierce to earn salvation, a pet tiger plays with a keeper at an Indonesian school and more in today’s daily brief.
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- U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in the Hall of Remembrance during Obama’s visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
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- U.S. President Barack Obama pauses for a moment as he lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
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- A handout picture shows a scientist wearing an Aouda X Mars space suit simulator in the desert of Morocco in February 2013. Between February 1 and 28, 2013, the Austrian Space Forum – in partnership with the Ibn Battuta Center in Marrakesh – conducted an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud in Morocco in the framework of the PolAres research programme. (OeWF/Katja Zanella-Kux/Handout/Reuters)
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- An anti-Mursi protester stands with the national flag after protesters burn Muslim Brotherhood buses during clashes near the Muslim Brotherhoodís national headquarters in Cairoís Moqattam district. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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- Four-year-old bengal tiger “Mulan Jamila” plays with keeper Soleh at Al Khaffah Islamic school in Malang, Indonesia’s East Java province March 19, 2013. The tiger, a gift from a friend, is kept as a pet at the school under a government permit, according to the school. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters)
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- Four-year-old bengal tiger “Mulan Jamila” plays with keeper Soleh at Al Khaffah Islamic school in Malang, Indonesia’s East Java province March 19, 2013. The tiger, a gift from a friend, is kept as a pet at the school under a government permit, according to the school. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters)
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- Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge cooks bread twists during her visit to the Great Tower Scout Camp at Newby Bridge in Cumbria, northern England. (Andy Stenning/pool/Reuters)
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- Competitors prepare backstage during the Sao Paulo Beauty and Fitness men and women’s competition in Sao Paulo. Around 2,000 participants from all over Sao Paulo took part in the tournament and the winners will move on to compete in the national tournament in June. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
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- Competitors prepare backstage during the Sao Paulo Beauty and Fitness men and women’s competition in Sao Paulo. Around 2,000 participants from all over Sao Paulo took part in the tournament and the winners will move on to compete in the national tournament in June. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
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- Langur Monkeys take food handouts from an Indian pedestrian in Ahmedabad. In India, monkeys are regarded as Lord Hanuman and are fed well in many regions across the country. Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Tunisian scatters pigeons on March 21, 2013 in the courtyard of the Tunisian capital’s historic Zituna mosque in the heart of Tunis’ old quarter. Two years after the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia is trying to win back holidaymakers in a lifeblood sector for the North African country which is gripped by renewed political crisis. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A native Indian reacts as military police officers evict a native Indian community living at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro. The community was ordered to leave the museum in 72 hours by court officials since last week, local media reported. Most of the Indians later left the museum after making a deal with the authorities. (Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
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- A native Indian and a supporter react as they observe police officers from the roof of the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian military police took position early morning outside the abandoned Indian museum, where a native Indian community of around 30 individuals have been living since 2006. The group is fighting against the destruction of the museum, which is next to the Maracana Stadium. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
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- Cracked ground is seen on the banks of the Lempa River in the town of Colima 47 km north from San Salvador, El Salvador a day before World Water Day. A quarter of the world’s population has no access to clean water despite the fact 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by the vital provision. (Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian youth dance and cool off at the Jal Vihar water park on World Water Day in Hyderabad. World Water Day, calls for international attention on the preservation of the world’s drinking water resources. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian labourers work on one of the water gates at the Vasana Barrage on World Water Day at the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. 17 districts of Western India’s Gujarat state have been declared as drought-affected and the state government is trying to overcome the water crisis. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that by mid-century, one in five developing countries will face water shortages. (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Children look for plastic bottles at the polluted Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal on World Water Day. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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- Kosovo dervishes, adepts of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and a search for understanding, take part in a ceremony in the prayer room in the town of Gjakova on March 21, 2013. The Kosovo dervish community carries on centuries-old mystical practices, such as self-piercing with needles and knives as a way to earn salvation and find the path to God.(Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Kosovo dervishes, adepts of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and a search for understanding, take part in a ceremony in the prayer room in the town of Gjakova on March 21, 2013. (Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Students perform by riot police during a protest in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on March 21, 2013, demanding a better and free education and an alternative university reform. (Raul ArboledaA/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Buddhist statue stands under cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo. Japan’s weather agency said this marks the second earliest blossoming in the capital on record. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Xiao Dan, a 12-year-old girl, sits on a bed in new clothes bought by her 28-year-old “husband” in a village in Liuzhi, southwest China’s Guizhou province. The local government has investigated the issue and claimed the “marriage” was “illegal,” state media reported. The picture was taken on January 17, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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