May 3 Photo Brief: Wildfires in California, trickdogs in Germany and the newly shaved heads of child monks in South Korea
Wildfires prompt the evacuation of hundreds of homes in California, novice monks learn what it’s like to live as Buddhist priests in South Korea, trickdogs perform for the ‘dog and pet’ fair in Germany and more in today’s daily brief.
ATTENTION: Some images depict scenes of injury or death.
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- A resident looks at flames racing across hills as a raging brush fire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. The wind-driven wildfire raging along the California coast north of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes and a university campus on Thursday as flames engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles near threatened neighborhoods. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- Flames race across hills as a raging brush fire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- A novice monk reacts after getting his head shaved during an event to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. Ten children on Friday were given an opportunity to experience living as Buddhist priests by staying at the temple for two weeks as novice monks. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
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- Young South Korean Buddhists with freshly shaved heads line up as they take part in a ceremony called “children becoming Buddhist monks” at Chogye Temple ahead of Buddha’s birthday in central Seoul. Buddha’s official birthday in 2013 will be celebrated on the full moon on May 17 in South Korea. (Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A novice monk reacts after getting his head shaved during an event to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
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- A trailer is engulfed in flames as a raging wildfire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- A deer runs away from flames as a raging wildfire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- Finnish ice hockey fan Minna Westman puts on contact lenses with the finnish flag prior to the Ice Hockey game France vs Slovakia at the 2013 IIHF World Championships in Helsinki. (Lehtikuva/Martti Kainulainen/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Horses walk in the stable as the sun rises during morning workouts for the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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- Golfers continue to play as smoke (background) billows from a raging wildfire pushing towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- Photographers take pictures of The Springs Fire near Camarillo in Ventura County May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- The trickdog Tom Tom performs during a press conference for the fair ‘dog and pet’ in Dortmund, western Germany. (Marius Becker/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The trickdog Ben performs during a press conference for the fair ‘dog and pet’ in Dortmund, western Germany. (Marius Becker/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A resident pulls a hose line to attempt to stop flames from spreading down the hillside as The Springs Fire pushes towards the coast near Camarillo, California May 2, 2013. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- The Springs Fire rages along the Pacific Ocean north of the Ventura County Line May 2, 2013. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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- A Bangladeshi family member poses as she holds up the portrait of her missing relative, believed to be trapped in the rubble of an eight-storey building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The death toll from last week’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh has passed 500 as the country’s prime minister said Western retailers had to share some of the blame for the tragedy. With bulldozers now clawing away at the mountain of rubble at the site of last Wednesday’s disaster, the number of bodies being recovered from the country’s deadliest industrial disaster has been increasing sharply. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The feet of a worker, who died when a gold mine collapsed, are pictured in a hospital in Kalaw township in Shan state, Myanmar. Parts of the gold mine collapsed on May 2 because of heavy rainfall, killing at least 16 workers, according to a regional parliament member. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)
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- The sun is tinted red from smoke plumes of the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters)
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- A fire engine is parked on Pacific Coast Highway as the Springs Fire burns in the hills at Point Mugu State Park. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Grand gala dedicated to the opening of the new stage Mariinsky II theatre in St. Petersburg, on May 2, 2013. (Anatoly Maltsev/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Pigeons fly past a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (R) pasted on the Brancusi Atelier by activists from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to mark the 20th annual World Press Freedom day in Paris. The slogan reads, ‘Without freedom of information, no counter-power.’ (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
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- A baby monkey, a lion cub and tiger cubs play at the Guaipo Manchurian Tiger Park in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China on May 1, 2013. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- Seagulls fly in the sky over Rome on May 2, 2013 in this picture taken with a slow exposure. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Slipknot arrive at the 5th Annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show at Club Nokia on May 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. ( Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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