July 24 Photo Brief: Earthquake in China kills at least 90, Obama discusses economy
Deceased garment workers’ family members and friends observe the three-month anniversary of the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh and people grieve after an earthquake in China kills at least 94, in today’s daily brief.
- Bangladeshi family members and supporters look at a photographic installation of portraits of garment workers on the three-month anniversary of the collapse of a nine-story building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on July 24, 2013. Hundreds of garment workers staged demonstrations at the site of Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster, demanding compensation for the survivors and a full account of the missing laborers of the April 24, 2013 factory building collapse that killed 1,129 people.(Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Syrian man stands amid the rubble of the Othman mosque, in Syria’s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on July 24, 2013. The Syrian regime and rebels fighting to topple it have accused each other of using chemical weapons in the drawn-out conflict which has seen more than 100,000 people killed. (Karam Jamal/AFP/Getty Images)
- U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy during a visit to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, July 24, 2013. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
- Ukraine’s Oleksiy Prygorov and Illya Kvasha compete in the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard diving final in the FINA World Championships at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuic in Barcelona. (Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images)
- Residents wade through water searching for salvageable materials after a fire razed a slum area in Manila on July 24, 2013. Almost 200 houses were destroyed, leaving 400 residents homeless, according to a local media report. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)
- Ultra-orthodox Jews cool themselves in a water fountain in Jerusalem next to the Old City walls as orthodox Yeshiva students enjoy Bein Hazmanim (between the times) summer vacation. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Afghan sweeper carries his broom as he walks past the main mosque during the month of Ramadan in Herat on July 24, 2013. (Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indonesian policeman carries an exhausted young boy following more rescue by a search and rescue team in Cidaun, West Java on July 24, 2013. Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia’s Java island on July 24 for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their Australia-bound boat sank, leaving at least three dead, with 157 saved, an official said. Local rescue officials estimated there could have been “up to 200” passengers on the boat which was bound for Australia, while a survivor said some 250 had boarded the vessel. (AFP/Getty Images)
- A conservator walks over a curtain on July 24, 2013 in the painting workshop of the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany. The curtain was reconstructed in 1984 after the original design by Ferdinand Keller and now needs to be cleaned after almost 30 years. The original from 1878 was burned in the bombing of Dresden on February 13,1945. (Hannibal Hanschke/AFP/Getty Images)
- 1138 roses are layed out in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building as part of loveandpride.com’s “The 1138 Roses Project” on Capitol Hill July 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sponsored by loveandpride.com, a commercial Web site catering to gay and lesbian people, the project highlights the 1138 rights denied to gay couples who are not allowed to legally marry in the Untied States. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- An Afghan youth eats a piece of spoiled melon at a fruit market in Kabul on July 24, 2013, during the holy month of Ramadan. Throughout the month, devout Muslims must abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian children run across a flooded street in Ahmedabad on July 24, 2013. Heavy rains lashed many regions of Gujarat state and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of very heavy rains in Gujarat and surrounding regions in next 36 hours. (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)
- Gunther von Hagens’ anatomical horse and rider “Rearing Horse with Rider” is seen on display at Times Square in New York July 24, 2013. The piece is part of the Body Worlds: Pulse anatomical art and science exhibition that displays preserved human bodies through a process called Plastination, which reveals inner anatomical structures. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
- U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Illinois. Obama is traveling to Illinois and Missouri to speak about the economy. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on July 23, 2013 shows an elderly woman resting on the ruins after she lost her home during the earthquake in Minxian county in Dingxi, northwest China’s Gansu province. The traumatised survivors of two shallow earthquakes that killed at least 94 people in China began burying their dead on July 23, as they struggled with the devastation left behind. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on July 23, 2013 shows villagers grieving as rescuers prepare to bury the deceased in Yongguang township, Minxian county in Dingxi, in northwest China’s Gansu province. The traumatized survivors of two shallow earthquakes that killed at least 94 people in China began burying their dead on July 23, as they struggled with the devastation left behind. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
- A boy cries as he receives treatment in a temporary shelter set up for quake victims in the town of Minxian in Dingxi, northwest China’s Gansu province on July 24, 2013. At least 94 people were killed, China’s official news agency reported citing local authorities on July 23, with 1,000 more injured and 51,800 homes collapsing. (Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images)