May 24 Photo Brief: Saddam’s torture masks, self-immolating monks, baby animals and Buddah’s birthday celebration continues
Baby animals continue to be adorable, torture devices from Saddam Hussein’s regime go on exhibit at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Bowatte Indaratane self-immolates in protest of cattle slaughter, Buddhists continue the annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A week old shire horse foal runs around her mother Orla at Cornwall’s Crealy Adventure Park near Wadebridge, England. Once a common sight in the UK, shire horses are now classed as “at risk” by the Rare Breed Survival Trust. The yet-to-be-named filly foal, bred in a breeding programme by the adventure park as part of a endangered species prtotection project, will be one of less than 300 predicted to be born in the country this year. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Singer Mariah Carey (C) has her dress repaired as host Lara Spencer (R) helps to hold it up on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in New York. Carey’s dress split open in the back during an interview between performances on the live broadcast of the morning show in Central Park. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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- Visitors try on metal masks, used as torture devices by the regime of Iraq’s ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad. The monument, also known as the al-Shaheed Monument, was built during Saddam Hussein’s reign and is dedicated to Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
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- A view of torture devices, that were used by the regime of Iraq’s ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad. The monument, also known as the al-Shaheed Monument, was built during Saddam Hussein’s reign and is dedicated to Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
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- Four baby warthogs walk next to their mother in their enclosure in Berlin. The cubs were born on April 22, 2013 and were unveiled to the public today. The Warthog is a wild member of the pig family that lives in grassland, savanna, and woodland in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his house in his car in Toronto. Embattled Ford fired his chief of staff on Thursday, as Canada’s largest city waits for Ford to address allegations that he was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera. Picture taken through a tinted window. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
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- Soldiers in the Third U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place a small American flag one foot in front and centered before each grave marker for more than 220,000 graves during the annual Flags-In ceremony in advance of Memorial Day to honor the nation’s fallen members of the military May 23, 2013 in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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- An animal trainer holds lion cubs during a photo session at Circus Krone in Darmstadt, Germany. Circus Krone has introduced six baby lions, four white and two brown. They were born two weeks ago.(Fredrik von Erichsen/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A white lion cub looks at the camera during a photo session at Circus Krone in Darmstadt, Germany. Circus Krone has introduced six baby lions, four white and two brown. They were born two weeks ago. (Fredrik von Erichsen/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Bangladeshi family member of a missing garment worker places roses on the barbed wire fence as she pays tribute to the victims at the site of the April 2013 nine-storey building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Bowatte Indaratane is engulfed in flames after he set himself on fire in the central town of Kandy. Indaratane self-immolated in the central town of Kandy to protest against the slaughter of cattle in the country, reports said. (J.A.L Jayasinghe/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Bowatte Indaratane Thera is tended by medical personnel as he is carried into a hospital on a stretcher in Colombo May 24, 2013. According to local media, the monk had set himself on fire in a form of protest against the slaughter of cattle slaughter. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- A 100-day-old baby elephant walks with its French mother Angele to celebrate his first 100 days at Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden during a special birth-day ceremony. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Ukrainian students heckle as they traditionally bath in a fountain during a gathering of school graduates on Independence Square in Kiev as they mark “Last Ring” celebrating the day they leave school. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Indian man collects water as he bathes in an industrial waste-foam polluted section of the Yamuna River, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. The Yamuna river, holy to Hindus, traverses various urban centers like Delhi, Mathura, and Agra. These large urban centers draw fresh river water for various activities. In return, almost the entire waste water generated by these centers is disposed off into the river. This is the prime reason for deterioration of Yamuna River water quality, according to the Central Pollution Control Board of India.(Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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- Two more than one month young baby Indian lions play at the Indian House of the Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest. The animals were born from mother Kankay on April 14, 2013. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian farmers lie on the ground with sticks as they pray for rain during the Manda Festival at a temple on the outskirts of Ranchi, the capital of India’s Jharkhand state. The festival takes place during the hot summer months as farmers pray for rain, prosperity and good health. (STR DEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A young girl walks among beat-up and bruised dolls diplayed during an exhibition that aims at raising public awareness of child abuse on May 23, 2013 at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, Israel. (David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Protesters attend a rally and march demanding the Los Angeles Times not be sold to the Koch Brothers, whose portaits are seen here, May 23, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. Charles and Bill Koch have donated millions to various conservative causes. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A one-week young baby giraffe is pictured at the ‘Giraffe House’ in the Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest. The new born animal was born by its six-year old mother Sandra on May 17, 2013. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A girl sits on an idol of Lord Buddha during the Buddhist festival locally called “Saka Dawa” in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 15-day festival is celebrated following the birthday of Lord Buddha, in which Buddhist devotees circumambulate the stupa 13 times and light lamps. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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- Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Picture taken using long exposure. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
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- One of the two yellow breasted capuchins clings to its mother’s back in their enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first of the new capuchins was born on April 9 to Pele and the second (seen here) born to Samba on May 5. The two new arrivals are seen as a significant step in conservation of the species, which are native to the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- Flowers lay close to the scene where Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed in London, England. Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was murdered by suspected Islamists near London’s Woolwich Army Barracks. The UK’s security services are facing a Commons inquiry after confirmation that the two men arrested were known to MI5. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home on May 23, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The sun sets as debris from houses destroyed by a tornado litter the ground on May 23, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Relief workers and clean-up crews defied violent thunderstorms May 23rd while families and friends gathered for the funeral of one of the Oklahoma tornado’s youngest victims. (Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images)
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