April 11 Photo Brief: Lindsey Vonn cheers on Tiger at the Masters, Tom Cruise visits fans on Hollywood Boulevard and a vigil in DC against gun violence
Professional skier Lindsey Vonn watches her boyfriend Tiger Woods on the first day of the Masters Golf Tournament, Tom Cruise stops to talk with fans on Hollywood Boulevard during the opening of his new movie “Oblivion,” volunteers place crosses on the Capitol mall to symbolize victims of gun violence and more in today’s daily brief.
- A model poses backstage ahead of the Emma Mulholland show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
- Skier Lindsey Vonn attends the first round of the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Vonn was there to watch and support her boyfriend Tiger Wood. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
- Sophie de Ronchi competes during the French swimming championships in Rennes, western France. (Damien Meyer/Getty Images)
- A competitor runs on a dune during the 28th edition of the “Marathon des Sables”, some 300 kms south of Ouarzazate. The 223,8 kms Desert Marathon is considered as the hardest in the world. About 1024 participants, from 45 nationalities and aged 20 to 76, have to walk during seven days in the Moroccan Sahara and carry all their equipment and food on their backs. (Pierre Verdy/Getty Images)
- A student is arrested by a riot policeman during a protest in Bogota, Colombia. Students demand government to improve the public education quality. (Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)
- Debris and burned buildings from a fire in the Northern Spanish Basque village of Bermeo. Dozens of residents had to be evacuated after the blaze broke out in the early hours today at an unoccupied building. (Rafa Riva/Getty Images)
- Pelicans are to be released into their outdoor enclosure at the birds park in Marlow, eastern Germany. The park is expecting this year’s first stampede of visitors for the upcoming weekend. (Bernd Wuestneck/Getty Images)
- The Jefferson Memorial is seen with cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The blossoms are now at their peak. Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)
- Honorary starter Arnold Palmer, 83, pumps his fist after hitting the first tee shot to begin the first round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
- A breeder covers his face as he sits behind his chickens, which according to the breeder are not infected with the H7N9 virus, in Yuxin township, Zhejiang province. According to chicken breeders, their businesses are strongly affected as all six local poultry markets in Yuxin are closed for preventing the transmission of the H7N9 virus. Nine people have died out of 33 confirmed cases of the virus, all in eastern China. (William Hong/Reuters)
- A Kashmiri man walks through a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar. Mustard or rapeseed is the main oilseed crop of India, the world’s biggest importer of vegetable oils, during the winter season. (Danish Ismail/Reuters photo)
- Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on Thursday. (Jacky Chen/Reuters photo)
- Members of the Korea Freedom Federation chant slogans during a rally for North Korea to re-start operations at the joint Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), at a railway station in Seoul. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters photo)
- Palestinian school girls look through glass windows of a bus outside an amusement park built on a land of a former Israeli settlement in central Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters photo)
- Volunteers place crosses, symbolizing grave markers, on the National Mall in Washington. The PICO National Network’s Lifelines to Healing and Sojourners are holding a 24-hour vigil featuring a gathering of Newtown clergy and 3,300 grave markers to “remind Congress action is needed on gun violence prevention.” The number 3,300 represents the supposed number of people who have died as a result of gun violence since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)
- Actor Tom Cruise, left, poses with fans along Hollywood Boulevard at the premiere of his new film “Oblivion” in Hollywood. (Fred Prouser/Reuters photo)
- Supporters of Venezuela’s opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles attend a campaign rally in the state of Merida. Venezuelans will hold presidential elections on April 14. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters photo)