May 31 Photo Brief: World No Tobacco Day, La Patum festival, killer whales and sheep
World No Tobacco Day urges governments worldwide to ban all forms of tobacco marketing, revelers dance and light firecrackers during the first day of ‘La Patum’ Festival in Berga, Spain, a group of female farm workers take part in a charity sheep shearing marathon in Newton Stewart, Scotland and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II viewing the chargers and meeting members of The Kings Troop as she visits the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery at Woolwich Barracks in south east London. Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of her coronation on Sunday, June 2, 2013 (Pool/Paul Grover/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Demonstrators flee from a water cannon during clashes with riot police during a protest against the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park, in Taksim Square in Istanbul. Police reportedly used tear gas to disperse a group, who were standing guard in Gezi Parki to prevent the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from demolishing the last remaining green public space in the center of Istanbul as a part of a major Taksim renewal project. Around 10 demonstrators have been wounded. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian National Cadet Corps (NCC) students hold up placards as they march during World No Tobacco Day in Amritsar. Governments worldwide must ban all forms of tobacco marketing, not just billboards and TV ads, as companies find new ways to tap the market, the World Health Organization said May 29. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Revelers gather around the dancing ‘Nans Nous,’ new dwarves in Catalan, during the first day of ‘La Patum’ Festival on May 30, 2013 in Berga, Spain. The Patum festival’s roots are found in the theatrical performances of the Middle Ages and is held in the town of Berga each year during the week of Corpus Christi. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
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- Revelers surround the ‘Nans Vells,’ old dwarves in Catalan, during the first day of ‘La Patum’ Festival on May 30, 2013 in Berga, Spain. The Patum festival’s roots are found in the theatrical performances of the Middle Ages and is held in the town of Berga each year during the week of Corpus Christi. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
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- Firecrackers explode as revelers take part of the dance of the ‘Plens’, full in Catalan, during the first day of ‘La Patum’ Festival on May 30, 2013 in Berga, Spain. The event is belived to date from the second half of the 14th century, although the first written reference to the Corpus celebrations in Berga were made in 1454. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
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- Indonesian cigarette vendors and smokers participate in a counter-protest by pro-tobacco group “Komunitas Kretek” to denounce the World No Tobacco Day in Jakarta. The Indonesian tobacco industry remains very powerful in a country with one of the world’s highest smoking rates while anti-tobacco advocates push for a comprehensive ban on all tobacco advertising and promotion. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Iranian girl adjusts her head-scarf as she sits amongst worshipers during the weekly Muslim Friday prayers at Tehran University in the Iranian capital. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A group of female farm workers take part in a charity sheep shearing marathon, at Newton Stewart Market in Newton Stewart, Scotland. The ten women who work on farms are shearing more than 500 sheep to raise money for the town’s Royal Highland Education Trust and local hospital. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- A group of female farm workers take part in a charity sheep shearing marathon, at Newton Stewart Market in Newton Stewart, Scotland. The ten women who work on farms are shearing more than 500 sheep to raise money for the town’s Royal Highland Education Trust and local hospital. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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- London Mayor Boris Johnson raises his hard hat as he poses with tunnellers, the Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin (FRONT R) and Andrew Wolstenholme the CEO of Crossrail (FRONT L), at the official announcement that tunnelling machine Elizabeth has broken into the Crossrail station at Canary Wharf, in east London. The Crossrail project, which will connect London to the East and West is now one third complete. The project is due for completion in 2018. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)
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- A worker polishes a stone at the Zhenping Stone Factory on May 26, 2013, in Zhenping county of the central province of Henan, China. Zhenping is one of the 14 counties in Shifosi town, which is the biggest jade culture and creative industry centre in the world. More than one billion jade products made in Shifosi are sold all over the world every year. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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- A worker is seen at the Zhenping county factory on May 26, 2013, in Shifosi town of Henan province, China. Zhenping is one of the 14 counties in Shifosi town, which is the biggest jade culture and creative industry centre in the world. About 50,000 people in the town are engaged in jade industry. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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- A wolf plays with a one-month-old puppy in its enclosure of Berlin’s Zoo. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Racegoer Laura Hays poses in her hat on Ladies Day during the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southern England. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
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- A Brazilian artist performs capoeira at Plaza Mayor square in Palma de Mallorca. (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Brazilian artist performs capoeira at Plaza Mayor square in Palma de Mallorca. (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man smokes a cigarette at a smoking area on the street in Tokyo on World No Tobacco Day. The World Health Organization said on May 29 governments worldwide must ban all forms of tobacco marketing, not just billboards and TV ads, as companies find new ways to tap the market. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Palestinian man reacts after his son was injured by tear gas during clashes following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian students from Ahmedabad Dental College along with police write messages on a huge cigarette model while participating in a Quit Tobacco Movement at the Gandhi Ashram on ‘World No Tobacco Day’ in Ahmedabad. Observed around the world every year on May 31, World No Tobacco Day created by the World Health Organisation (WHO) this year has the theme “Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship.” (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Killer whales chase a school of dolphins in the ocean, off Nagasaki Prefecture May 30, 2013, in this handout photo released by the 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard. (7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)
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- Killer whales chase a school of dolphins in the ocean, off Nagasaki Prefecture May 30, 2013, in this handout photo released by the 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard. (7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)
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- Donnie Wahlberg of ‘New Kids on the Block’ gives a high five during a performance on NBC’s Today show in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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- Members of ‘New Kids on the Block’ (L-R) Danny Wood Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre and Jonathan Knight perform together during an appearance on NBC’s ‘Today’ show in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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- A Indian vegetable vendor shows a packet of chewing tobacco at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi. Observed around the world every year on May 31, World No Tobacco Day created by the World Health Organisation (WHO) this year has the theme “Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship.” (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images)
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