Mar 30, 2013

Cats strut their stuff at the International Pet Expo in Latvia, an elephant tusk gets pilfered from a French museum, a contentious Kenyan election sparks riots and more in today’s daily brief.

: A boy poses for a photo holding eggs during Easter celebrations, in Abra, Lebanon on March 30, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Ali Hashisho/Reuters)

: A man pushes a cart filled with mannequins in Sidon, Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho/Reuters)

: Russian opposition supporters hold red flags during a rally to protest against the increase of tariffs of housing and communal services in St. Petersburg. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Persian cat is pictured during the international “Pet Expo” show in Riga, Latvia. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

: A Canadian Sphynx cat poses for a photographer during an international “Pet Expo” show in Riga,Latvia. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

: Russian opposition supporters are seen through a red flag during a rally to protest against the increase of tariffs of housing and communal services in St. Petersburg on March 30, 2013. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)

: Supporters of newly elected Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia hold a cardboard sign during a march in the streets of Bangui on March 30, 2013. The Central African Republic’s new strongman Michel Djotodia vowed Saturday not to contest 2016 polls and hand over power at the end of the three-year transition, he declared after his coup a week ago. (Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images)

: The Chinese Navy frigate Huangshan leaves Valletta’s Grand Harbour in Malta on March 30, 2013. A Chinese naval task force concluded a courtesy visit to Malta on Saturday, after concluding a four-month anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, providing security escort to civilian and commercial vessels, according to local media. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)

: A model presents a creation by Georgian designer Ria Keburia at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

: An elephant skeleton with one of its trunks chopped off by a thief is pictured at the Natural History museum in Paris on March 30, 2013. A young man was arrested by the police on the night of 29-30 March after attempting to steal the tusks of an elephant having belonged to Louis XIV by using a chainsaw to chop them off, according to the Higher Education and Research Ministry. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant skeleton with one of its trunks chopped off by a thief is pictured at the Natural History museum in Paris on March 30, 2013. A young man was arrested by the police on the night of 29-30 March after attempting to steal the tusks of an elephant having belonged to Louis XIV by using a chainsaw to chop them off, according to the Higher Education and Research Ministry. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

: A participant competes during the 8th annual comic tobogganing competition, dedicated to the upcoming All Fools’ Day and the end of a winter sports season, at the Vetluzhanka ski stadium on the suburbs of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 30, 2013. About 80 participants competed in tobogganing down from a snow slope on basins, baths, refrigerators and other items, according to organizers. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

: A man mourns the death of relatives while people search for casualties under the rubble at a site hit by what activists say was an air strike in Daiaat Al-Ansari neighborhood, Aleppo. (Ziad Rev/Reuters)

: A boy cries while searching for casualties under the rubble at a site hit by what activists say was an air strike in Daiaat Al-Ansari neighborhood, Aleppo March 30, 2013. (Ziad Rev/Reuters)

: A policeman attempts to disperse rioters on March 30, 2013 on a street of outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s stronghold lakeside city of Kisumu, where violence broke out after the ruling on of a petition hearing at the Kenya Supreme court in which Odinga challenged election contender Uhuru Kenyatta was delivered by a six-judge bench. Kenya’s Supreme court on March 30 upheld the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in the March 04, election Chief Justice, Willy Mutunga said. The court unanimously ruled that the election had been fair and credible and that Kenyatta and his running mate had been validly elected. (Tony Karumba/Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

: Riot police walk past a bonfire lit by supporters of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the defeated presidential candidate of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), after the Supreme Court ruling in the western town of Kisumu, March 30, 2013. Kenyan police fired teargas on Saturday at hundreds of stone-throwing youths in the western city of Kisumu, a stronghold of Odinga, after a court threw out his challenge to the victory of rival Uhuru Kenyatta. (Moses Eshiwani/Reuters)

: A supporter of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the defeated presidential candidate of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) reacts after the Supreme Court ruling in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, March 30, 2013. Kenyan police fired teargas on Saturday at hundreds of stone-throwing youths in the western city of Kisumu, a stronghold of Odinga, after a court threw out his challenge to the victory of rival Uhuru Kenyatta. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

: Antique watches are displayed on March 30, 2013 in Mer, near Blois central France during the 10th edition of the Mer Watch exchange. European countries will change to summertime overnight on 30 to 31 March putting clocks forward by one hour. (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)

: Rebel Seleka coalition soldiers wait in Bangui on March 30, 2013 for the arrival of new Central African Republic leader Michel Djotodia. The Central African Republic’s new strongman Michel Djotodia vowed Saturday not to contest 2016 polls and hand over power at the end of the three-year transition, he declared after his coup a week ago. (Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images)

: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, accompanied by his Mongolian counterpart Altankhuyag Norov, reviews honor guards during a welcoming ceremony in Ulan Bator on March 30, 2013. Abe arrived at Mongolia’s capital on a two-day official visit. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Contestants wait backstage for the start of the China Super Model Final during China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

: A Kosovo Albanian waves the US and Albanian flags while taking part in a protest on March 30, 2013 in the divided town of Mitrovica against the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Kosovo’s proclamation of independence is still not recognised by Serbia or by the 120,000-strong Serb minority in the breakaway territory. (Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images)

: A candle burns at an Easter service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Beijing. Experts say China has as many as 12 million Catholics, with about half belonging to the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) and the rest in “underground” churches, though many operate openly depending on the stance of local officials. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

: Chinese Catholic clergy arrive for an Easter service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Beijing on March 30, 2013. Experts say China has as many as 12 million Catholics, with about half belonging to the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) and the rest in “underground” churches, though many operate openly depending on the stance of local officials. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

: Locals pick tea leaves at a tea plantation in Xinchang, Zhejiang province on March 30, 2013. According to local media reports, China is the world’s largest tea producing country with an output of 1.9 million tonnes in 2012. (Aly Song/Reuters)

: Locals filter tea leaves at a tea plantation in Xinchang, Zhejiang province on March 30, 2013. According to local media reports, China is the world’s largest tea producing country with an output of 1.9 million tonnes in 2012. (Aly Song/Reuters)

: Josef Farek performs as Jesus Christ during a “the Passion of Christ” play to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during Easter festivities in the north Bohemian city of Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic. (Petr Josek/Reuters)

: An actor representing Jesus Christ performs during a re-enactment of the Passion of the Christ on the Easter Saturday on March 30, 2013, in Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic. (Michael Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani devotees dance at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, on March 30, 2013 in Lahore. The annual festival was held at Madhu Lal’s shrine on his 424th birth anniversary. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

: An owner shows her Canadian Sphynx cat during the international “Pet Expo” show in Riga, Latvia. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

: Ruta (L) and Ivo Obrumanis hold their Maine Coon cats during the international “Pet Expo” show in Riga, Latvia. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

: People dressed in traditional Afghan dress walk in the ring with their Afghan Hound dogs during the international “Pet Expo” show in Riga, Latvia. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)