July 11 photo brief: An unmanned carrier landing, B.A.S.E. Boogie, El Diablo at the Tour, Lemur pup
An unmanned carrier landing, B.A.S.E. Boogie, El Diablo at the Tour, Lemur pup and more in today’s daily brief.
- The pack of riders makes its way past Didi Senft, a cycling enthusiast better known as ‘El Diablo’ (The Devil), during the twelfth 218km stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Fougeres to Tours. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
- A woman crosses a bridge at GUM, one of the oldest department stores in central Moscow. (Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty Images)
- A lemur pup clings to the fur of mother “Vintana” in the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. The pup was born on July 2, 2013. (Sebastian Kahnert/Getty Images)
- A wild cow rips the pants of a reveler after the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. (Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters)
- A man reads a book in the sunshine on steps covered in artificial grass in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
- A Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, mourns over body casket of her relative, at memorial cemetery in village of Potocarion near Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 409 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims, of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy, earlier declared UN safe heaven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves, years after the war ended. (Elvis Barukcic/Getty Images)
- An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) makes the very first carrier landing aboard the USS George H.W. Bush while afloat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast from Norfolk, Virginia. (Jim Watson/Getty Images)
- An aerial view of Popocatepetl volcano as it spews a cloud of ash and steam 2 km (1.2 miles) high into the air, in the outskirts of Puebla is seen in this handout picture provided by Mexico’s Navy (SEMAR). Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the 5,450-metre (17,900 ft) Popocatepetl volcano on July 6, 2013 after an increased level of explosive activity belched ash over Mexico City and pushed international airlines to suspend flights. The alert level for the towering Popocatepetl volcano, located some 50 miles (80 km) to the southeast of the capital, was raised to yellow phase three from yellow phase two, Mexico’s National Center for Disaster Prevention said in a statement. (Reuters)
- A competitors jumps into the water to swim from Asia to Europe during the annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental swimming competition in Istanbul. Few stretches of water in the world can match the mix of physical challenge and sheer emotional exhilaration that the Bosphorus Strait offers to swimmers making the legendary crossing from Asia to Europe. Competitors in Istanbul’s annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental can ponder stunning Ottoman palaces, modern suspension bridges and 500-year-old military fortresses as they navigate currents first celebrated in ancient Greek myths. (Cevahir Bugu/Reuters)
- A woman walks past a picture showing a border fortification in the West Bank by German photographer Kai Wiedenhoefer at the former Berlin Wall in Berlin. Wiedenhoefer’s Wall on Wall project consists of panoramic pictures of eight border walls that separate people in different parts of the world. The pictures are currently displayed as 9×3 metre prints that Wiedenhoefer has pasted onto the longest remaining stretch of the former Berlin Wall border fortification. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
- Thai security personnel inspect the wreckage of a military truck after a bomb attack by suspected Muslim militants on a roadside near a railway in Yala province, south of Bangkok. Eight soldiers were injured in the explosion on their way to providing security for teachers traveling to a school, police said. (Surapan Boonthanom/Reuters)
- BASE jumper Alexei Shirokoruhov of Russia shows thumbs-up as he leaps before opening his parachute during Tallinn TV Tower B.A.S.E. Boogie 2013 event. More than 60 BASE jumpers from fourteen countries are taking part in this annual event. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)
- BASE jumper Vladimir Murzajev of Russia backflips as he leaps before opening his parachute during Tallinn TV Tower B.A.S.E. Boogie 2013 event. More than 60 BASE jumpers from fourteen countries are taking part in this annual event. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters)
- An excavator moves villagers away from a flooded area during heavy rainfall in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province. More than 300 hundred people were evacuated in Yingxiu after roads connecting the township to the outside were cut off by floods and landslides. (Reuters)
- Lines of cars are pictured during a rush hour traffic jam on Guomao Bridge in Beijing. Eight more cities in China, the world’s biggest auto market, are likely to announce policies restricting new vehicle purchases, an official at the automakers association said, as Beijing tries to control air pollution. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth looks at a Jaguar motor car at the Coronation Festival in the garden of Buckingham Palace, in central London July 11, 2013. Leading British companies will be showcased during the four-day Coronation Festival, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. On Wednesday evening the Coronation Festival Gala will celebrate 60 years of music and dance in the gardens of the palace. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
- Five days old south American sea lion cub Alida shouts to its mother Kelo at ‘Tiergarten Schoenbrunn’ Zoo in Vienna. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
- Members of various labour unions block a street, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during a protest to lower public transport rates, to increase public investments in health and education, to reduce working hours and land reform, among other claims. (Miguel Schincariol/Getty Images)
- People dance during a lesson in the Spiegelsaal (hall of mirrors) at Claerchens Ballhaus in Berlin. (Johannes Eisele/Getty Images)
- Spain’s Juan Antonio Flecha rides during the 218 km twelfth stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. (Pascal Guyot/Getty Images)
- New Zealand’s Gregory Henderson (L) lies on the ground after falling during the 218 km twelfth stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. (Pascal Guyot/Getty Images)
- An Israeli infantry soldier from the Kfir Brigade takes part in a drill in urban warfare simulating a combat mission with Lebanon’s Hezbollah at the Israeli army base of Elyakim in northern Israel. Israeli military built the training base at Elyakim to train soldiers on how to fight Hezbollah as Israel bolsters security along its border with Syria, where Hezbollah militants are reportedly fighting alongside government forces against rebels. (Jack Guez/Getty Images)
- A resident destroys a wall of his house in an effort to salvage belongings as a fire engulfs a shanty town in the financial district of Manila, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. (Ted Aljibe/Getty Images)
- A policeman (L) leads out a resident carrying salvaged belongings from his burning house as a fire engulfs a shanty town in the financial district of Manila, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. (Ted Aljibe/Getty Images)