May 20 Photo Brief: Redesigned $100 bill, Dirty Pig Festival, twisters in the Midwest
Redesigned $100 bill coming this fall, Dirty Pig Festival in Germany, twisters in the Midwest and more in today’s daily brief.
- Newly redesigned $100 notes lay in stacks at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The one hundred dollar bills will be released this fall and has new security features, such as a duplicating portrait of Benjamin Franklin and microprinting added to make the bill more difficult to counterfeit. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
- A protestor at the Daily Monitor newspaper poses in Kampala on May 20, 2013. Ugandan police raided The Red Pepper newspaper, the Daily Monitor newspaper and radio station KFM after reports on a falling out among army generals over whether President Museveni’s son is to succeed him. The raids come after newspapers printed a leaked confidential memo by a senior general, David Sejusa Tinyefuza, alleging that Museveni was grooming his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed him and plotting to assassinate those opposed to the plan. (Michele Sibiloni/AFP/Getty Images)
- A hot air balloon falls to the ground after colliding with another during a trip in Cappadocia near Neveshir on May 20, 2013. Two Brazilian tourists died Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in central Turkey, officials said. (Anadolu/AFP/Getty Images)
- Fishermen (L) paddle a traditional boat during sunset at Waiara beach in Maumere on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara on May 20, 2013. The Indonesian government has set the ambitious target of welcoming a total of nine million foreign tourists in 2013 increasing to 10 million by 2014. (Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images)
- A young Indian baby suffering from diarrhoea lies on a bed at a Government children’s hospital in Allahabad on May 20, 2013. There has been in increase of children suffering from diarrhoea and other illnesses as temperatures reach 118 Fahrenheit. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
- A priest (R) splashes water at a believer during a baptising ceremony for Mandaen followers at the Lek River near Houten May 20, 2013. May 20 is a holy day for the Mandaeans all over the world as followers cleanse themselves by being baptised in a river of choice. (Michael Kooren/Reuters)
- El Rocio’s Virgin is carried through the streets of Almonte, near Huelva during the annual El Rocio’s pilgrimage in the south of Spain on May 20, 2013. The pilgrimage to Almonte, home to the Virgin del Rocio, is the largest in Spain with hundreds of thousands of devotees in traditional outfits converging in a burst of color as they make their way on horseback and decorated carriages across the Andalusian countryside. (Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images)
- A participant jumps into a puddle of mud during the so-called ‘Dirty Pig Festival’ in Hergisdorf, Germany, on May 20, 2013. The people of Hergisdorf use the annual event to banish the winter season. (Jan Woitas/AFP/Getty Images)
- A visitor at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) visits the “Rain Room” on May 20, 2013. The exhibit by Random International is a major component of EXPO 1: New York. (Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
- People gather on the Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower on a rainy day, on May 20, 2013, in Paris. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)
- Children look at a dolphin in an aquarium at the Dolfinarium, in Harderwijk, The Netherlands, on May 20, 2013 during the second day of Pentecost. The sea animal park is been renovated recently and opened it doors for this season. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images)
- Britain’s Prince Harry (R) and his brother Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, walk behind a statue during a visit to Tedworth House, a recovery centre run by the Help for Heroes charity that offers care and support to injured service personnel, in Tidworth, Wiltshire, southern England, on May 20, 2013. (Mark richards/AFP/Getty Images)
- Members of the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard” perform a full military honors burial service for US Army Staff Sergeant Francis G. Phillips IV at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on May 20, 2013. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
- The funnel of a tornadic thunderstorm almost touches the ground near South Haven, in Kansas May 19, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
- A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back at Syrian Army’s position during what activists say was clashes between the Free Syrian Army and forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, in Deir al-Zor May 19, 2013. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)
- Afghan girls play in Kabul, May 20, 2013. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
- A Muslim Rohingya child wears traditional thanakha, a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark, at Bawdupah’s Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Sittwe on May 18, 2013. Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. (Soe Than WinAFP/Getty Images
- Young South Koreans in traditional clothing participate in a traditional Confucian coming-of-age ceremony on May 20, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. The ceremony was organized to celebrate the coming-of-age of young people who have turned 20 this year or are going to turn 20 this year and to increase their awareness about the responsibilities of adulthood. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
- A man walks near a parked car beside the sea on the outskirts of Havana May 19, 2013. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)
- A rescuer cuts a gas pipeline during an international workshop called Kazspas 2013 on a range, around 87 miles north of Almaty, May 20, 2013. Every year, rescuers from various countries will attend Kazspas to share experiences in rescue work. (Shamil Zhumatov /Reuters)
- A picture taken on May 3, 2013, shows Vladimir Kouklatchev performing with a cat during a show in the Moscow Cat Theatre, founded by his father, famous Russian clown Yuri Kouklatchev, shortly before the fall of the USSR. The theatre was recently re-opened after a top to bottom renovation. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)
- A notebook with all the proposed amendments to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s immigration reform legislation sits on a table during a markup session in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Judiciary Committee is hoping to wrap up work on the landmark immigration reform bill this week after wading through the 300 amendments that were filed to the bipartisan bill. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Boston College president William Leahy (L) during Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts May 20, 2013. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
- Two chicks look at their mother at a yard in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, May 20, 2013. (Jason Lee/Reuters)