April 18 Photo Brief: A white lion cub hangs out, hairdressing art in the Ukraine and spring flooding in Illinois
A white lion cub makes his debut in France, an international hairdressing art show in Kiev, spring rains cause flooding in areas around Chicago and more in today’s daily brief.
- A Palestinian man sells toffee apples at a beach in Gaza City during sunset on April 17, 2013, as Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza Strip marked Prisoners’ Day with a series of low-key rallies, as inmates themselves staged a hunger strike. (Mohammed Abed//Getty Images)
- Black rhino Tororo gets an apple from her keeper on April 18, 2013 at the zoo in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Frank Rumpenhorst/Getty Images)
- A model takes a smoke break at the 7th international festival of hairdressing art, fashion and design called “Crystal Angel” in Kiev. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters photo)
- Visitors stand at a site crane at the booth of the German company Liebherr at the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment “BAUMA” in Munich, southern Germany, on April 18, 2013. More than 3.400 exhibitors from 57 countries shows their newest products during one of the great trade fair until April 21, 2013. (Christor Stache/Getty Images)
- Romania’s Diana Laura Bulimar competes on the balance beam in the women’s individual artistic gymnastics qualification during the 5th European Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships in Moscow on April 18, 2013. The 5th European Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships takes place in Moscow from April 17 to April 21. (Natalia Kolesnikova//Getty Images)
- Indian Hindu devotees bathes at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad. (Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images)
- US President Barack Obama greets Boston Athletic Association volunteers in Boston, Massachusetts. Obama is in Boston to mourn victims of the deadly marathon attacks, as investigators study images of a suspect who may have planted the bombs. No arrests have been made in connection with Monday’s twin bombings near the finish line of the race, which sent metal fragments and nails into a crowd of thousands of runners and spectators, killing three people and wounding 180. (Jewel Samad/Getty Images)
- Teachers members of the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers (CNTE) march along the highway between Mexico City and Acapulco in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico. The teachers protest against the educational reform proposed by the government. (Pedro Pardo//Getty Images)
- Winnetka public works employee Mike McRae checks on an abandoned car in a flooded viaduct under railroad tracks east of Green Bay Road on Winnetka Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
- Alexander Hysek trims Yorkshire Terrier “Puppi” on a social day in his dog grooming salon “The dog care company” in Vienna. Hysek offered this day to treat dogs for free in cooperation with Vienna’s “neunerhaus”, a charity organisation helping homeless people improving their situation. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters photo)
- A devotee takes a holy bath as he offers prayers to the rising sun during the “Astami Snan” festival in the Brahmaputra river at Langalbandh, 20km (12.5 miles) from the capital Dhaka. Hindus in Bangladesh are celebrating “Astami Snan”, a festival involving a holy bath ritual in the river, which they believe will wash away their sins. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters photo)
- A visitor looks at the installation titled “mitten” by Katharina Hinsberg from Edith Wahlandt gallery at the Art Cologne fair in Cologne. Some 200 international exhibitors take part in the 47th Cologne Art fair. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters photo)
- This picture taken on April 18, 2013 shows a white lion cub in his pen at the Pont-Scroff’s zoo in Pont-Scorff, western France. Three lion cubs, two males and a female, were born on February 23 and were shown for the first time to the public on April 17.(Fred Tanneau/Getty Images)
- Elderly women wearing tiaras sit in the audience during a beauty pageant for elderly women called the “Queen of the Elderly” in Guadalajara. Eight contestants, ranging in age from 65-75, answered questions about their lives and what it means to be a senior citizen in today’s society, as they competed in the annual event to win the top prize of a handbag and jewelery creations by local designers. (Alejandro Acosta/Reuters photo)
- Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves to Juan Monaco of Argentina during the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters photo)
- A model presents a hairstyle during the 7th international festival of hairdressing art, fashion and design called “Crystal Angel” in Kiev, . Gleb Garanich/Reuters photo)
- A rescue official stands with a motorist stuck in water during heavy rains and flooding in Round Lake Heights, Illinois, Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Pontiac Court and Tomahawk Trail. (Joe Shuman/Chicago Tribune/MCT)