June 13 Photo Brief: Oldest man in the world dies, Murdoch files for divorce, stormy weather
Oldest man in the world dies in Japan, Rupert Murdoch files for divorce, stormy weather heads to the Mid-Atlantic and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Storm clouds pass over the top of the Empire State Building in New York, June 13, 2013. A severe storm system sweeping the U.S. East Coast on Thursday delayed flights and threatened to snarl work commutes a day after causing several tornadoes, damaging hail and high winds across the upper Midwest. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
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- The Christ the Redeemer statue is reflected on the sunglasses of Italy’s national soccer team player Stephan El Shaarawy during a visit, ahead of the Confederations Cup in Rio de Janeiro June 13, 2013. The two-week soccer tournament kicks off on Saturday. (Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
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- An Afghan child looks out from a door of a house in Kabul June 13, 2013. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
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- According to reports June 13, 2013, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi Deng. In this May 2010 photo, Murdoch and Deng attend the Costume Institute Gala Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
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- A herdsman riding a horse directs a large herd of cattle, sheep and goat as they migrate to the summer pasturing areas at a mountainous region in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region June 13, 2013. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- A man and woman embrace as waves crash over a sea wall as it rains during India’s monsoon season in Mumbai, June 13, 2013. India’s monsoon recorded higher than average levels for the second straight week, weather office data showed, aiding the rains to cover half of the country two days ahead of schedule. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)
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- A large fire burns at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana in this picture taken June 13, 2013. An explosion and fire tore through the chemical plant injuring 33 people and leading authorities to order people within two miles to remain indoors. The blast created a huge fireball and column of smoke. (Picture courtesy of Ryan Meador/Handout via Reuters)
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- A policeman stands behind a cordon line outside the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong June 13, 2013. China’s Foreign Ministry offered no details on Thursday on Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor who revealed the U.S. government’s top-secret monitoring of phone and Internet data and who is in hiding in Hong Kong. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
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- A supporter shows a campaign poster for Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaie on the streets of Tehran June 12, 2013. (Mehdi Ghassemi/Reuters)
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- Yarnbombers Purl 1(L) and Knit 1display some of the guerilla knitting and crocheting which they plan to use when they target next week’s G8 summit, in the Mourne Mountains, near Newcastle, County Down June 13, 2013. Yarnbombing uses knitting or crochet work to make a statement in public, rather than graffiti or street art. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)
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- People queue for subsidised bread in front of a bakery in Alexandria, Egypt June 2, 2013. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
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- A keeper holds the first Spiny turtle to be bred in the UK in the turtle breeding room at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England June 13, 2013. The turtle, who’s species is faced with extinction in the wild, was bred from two animals confiscated from an illegal haul by wildlife authorities in Hong Kong. (Phil Noble/Reuters)
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- Seven-months pregnant worker Aasia Begum, who was injured while escaping a fire at the Arba Textile Ltd. garment factory, lies inside her slum room in Savar, June 13, 2013. At least 10 workers were injured as they tried to escape when the fire swept through the garment factory in an industrial district of Savar, police and an industry association official said on Thursday. According to Aasia, she earns about 4000 Taka ($51) per month as a helper in the garment factory. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
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- Cumulus clouds are pictured in the sky near the River Ganges in Allahabad on June 13, 2013. The weather department has forecast India will receive normal rains this year, raising prospects of a stronger performance by Asia’s third-largest economy. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
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- This photo released by Adrenaline Expedition and taken on January 26, 2013, in Aubrac, shows French adventurer Sebastien Roubinet riding a sailboat which glides on ice during a training session. Roubinet and another French explorer, Vincent Berthet, will begin in July, a three-month sports and science expedition from Alaska to the Svalbard archipelago, crossing the North Pole. (Handout Photo/AFP/Getty Images)
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- South Korean soldiers perform martial arts before an anti-terror drill as part of preparations for the 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at a gymnasium in Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 13, 2013. Incheon is hosting the tournament for minority sports such as billiards, dance sports and kickboxing this summer as part of preparations for the 2014 Asian Games. (Jung Yeon-JeJung/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Yoko Ono launches The Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on June 12, 2013 in London, England. The gestival which runs from June 14-23 will open with Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band at the Southbank Centre. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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- Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford makes a save in overtime against the Boston Bruins during Game 1 of their NHL Stanley Cup Finals hockey series in Chicago, Illinois, June 12, 2013. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters0
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- This picture taken by the Kyotango City Government on December 26, 2012 shows the world’s oldest man Jiroemon Kimura (R) receiving a flower bouquet from a nurse at a hospital in Kyotango, Kyoto prefecture in western Japan. The world’s oldest person and the oldest man Kimura died of natural causes in a hospital in Kyotango on June 12, 2013 at the age of 116. (AFP/Getty Images)
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- Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a house in Deir al-Zor June 12, 2013. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)
World’s oldest person dies at 116 in Japan
Reuters
9:51 a.m. EDT, June 12, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – The world’s oldest person, 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura, died on Wednesday, Japanese media said.
Kimura, who lived in Kyotango near Kyoto in western Japan, had been hospitalized for pneumonia since last month.
He became the world’s oldest person on December 17, 2012, after the former title holder, a 115-year-old woman from Iowa died, according to Guinness World Records.
Kimura was born in 1897 the same year as aviator Amelia Earhart and the year Queen Victoria marked her Diamond Jubilee. He worked as a postal employee and as a farmer at his home.
On his 115th birthday, Kimura told reporters he was keeping his mind fit by learning English. He attributed his longevity to getting out in the sunlight.
“I am always looking up towards the sky. That is how I am,” Kimura said then.
Kimura is survived by seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren, Japanese media said.
Japan has more than 50,000 centenarians, 2011 government data showed, reinforcing its reputation for longevity.
(Reporting by Reuters television, Editing by Kevin Krolicki and Michael Perry)
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