July 3 Photo Brief: Indonesian quake, Haute Couture, Tour de France crashes, newborn giraffe
Indonesian earthquake, Haute Couture in Paris, Tour de France crashes, newborn giraffe and more in today’s daily brief.
- Race leader yellow jersey holder Orica Greenedge team rider Simon Gerrans of Australia cycles past Sisters of the Consolation congregation during the 228.5 km fifth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille. (Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)
- A model walks with dogs as she presents a creation by Frank Sorbier during the Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013/2014 collection show in Paris. (Martin Bureau/Getty Images)
- An unnamed new born male giraffe is seen with his half-brother, Dave, at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, Illinois. The calf was born on June 21, and is the 59th giraffe born at the zoo. (Jim Young/Reuters)
- Riders fall during the 228.5 km fifth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille. (Jerome Prevost//Reuters)
- FDJ.FR team rider Nacer Bouhanni of France receives medical treatment after he fell in the last kilometer of the 228.5 km fifth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
- Indian athlete Bharatinder Singh takes part in the long jump section of the Decathlon competition on the first day of the five day Asian Athletics Championship 2013 at The Shiv Chhtrapati Stadium in Pun.(Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)
- Wearing World War II-era Red Army uniform Belarus soldiers take part in the Independence Day parade in Minsk. Belarus celebrated today Independence Day, an official holiday marking the day in 1944 when the Red Army liberated Minsk from Nazi troops during the World War II. (Viktor Drachev/Getty Images)
- A boy swims swims in the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province. (Reuters)
- A German tourist bathes in the Aegean sea in Arcadia prefecture on the east coast of Paloponnese south of Athens. Andreas Andreadis, head of Greece’s main tourism body SETE, said tourism revenues are seen rising by up to 10 percent this year to 11 billion euros on the back of an expected record 17 million visitors. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
- An aerial view shows protesters against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi waving national flags in Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
- US model Lindsey Wixson presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013/2014 collection show in Paris. (Miguel Medina/Getty Images)
- A model presents a creation by Yiqing Yin during the Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013/2014 collection show in Paris. (Francois Guillot/Getty Images)
- A woman and a little girl hold a Nelson Mandela picture in front of the Medi Clinic Heart hospital in Pretoria. Emotional crowds gathered outside the hospital where Nelson Mandela lay in critical condition Wednesday, as relatives and clan elders made preparations for the revered former South African leader’s final journey. Singing supporters amassed outside the Pretoria hospital where the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero was fighting for his life. (Filippo Monteforte/Getty Images)
- Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro celebrates on the floor after beating Spain’s David Ferrer returns against during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day nine of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Del Potro won 6-2, 6-4, 7-6. (Glyn Kirk/Getty Images)
- Jerzy Janowicz of Poland celebrates after defeating Lukasz Kubot of Poland in their men’s quarter-final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters)
- Britain’s Prince Charles holds a Sonic Screwdriver as he visits the set of the BBC One drama series Doctor Who, with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff. (Arthur Edwards/Reuters)
- Residents walk on a collapsed mosque in Blang Mancung village after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Aceh province. Twenty seven people were killed and more than 200 were injured after the earthquake struck Aceh province on Tuesday, local media reported. (Roni Bintang /Reuters)
- Indonesian villagers search for children trapped in a collapsed mosque in Blang Mancung following an earthquake on July 2. Rescuers battled through landslides and blocked roads on July 3, to reach survivors from an earthquake in Indonesia’s Aceh province that killed at least 24 people, including several children who died when a mosque collapsed. (Fikri Ramadhavi/Getty Images)
- Children stand next to a laborer working on the banks of river Ganges as they are silhouetted against the setting sun in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)
- An American flag is seen outside a home in the Hurricane Sandy devastated area of the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)