Aug 12, 2013

August 12 Photo Brief: Salsa acrobatics, Pakistan’s celebrates independence and a monkey keeping cool

Salsa acrobatics, Pakistan’s celebrates independence, a monkey keeping cool and more in today’s daily briefs.

: Colombian Salsa dancers Jhon Herrera (Down) and Liseth Ledesma participate in the Cabaret couples category during the VIII World Salsa Festival at the Cañaveralejo Bbullring in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2013. (Luis Robayo/AFP)

: Rohingya men carry a patient to a hospital outside Sittwe August 12, 2013. (Soe Zeya Tub/Reuters)

: Indian policemen stand guard at a street during a curfew following riots, in Jammu August 12, 2013. The Indian army patrolled an area close to Poonch on India’s side of the fence on Monday after three people died in riots between Hindus and Muslims over the weekend. Pakistan accused Indian troops of firing shells across the disputed border in Kashmir on Monday and tensions ran high in both countries after last week’s killing of Indian soldiers set off a wave of skirmishes between the two nuclear-armed rivals. New Delhi blamed the attack on the Pakistan army but Islamabad denied involvement. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

: Deepak Sharma Bajgain (R), 26, makes his attempt to break a Guinness World Records for keeping the most high fives in one minute in Kathmandu on August 12, 2013. Bajgain made 212 high fives in one minute in an attempt to break the record of Japanese national So Takei, who holds the record for 161 high fives in one minute, organisers said. (Prakash Mathema/AFP)

: Israeli policemen drag ultra-Orthodox protesters during clashes in the town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem August 12, 2013. An Israeli police spokesperson said some 21 ultra-Orthodox protesters were detained on Monday in the town during clashes with police after a group of them broke into a construction site to prevent work from taking place at the site they believe contains ancient graves. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

: Colombian dancers Leydi Rivas and Juan Preciado participate in an exhibition dance during the 8th World Salsa Festival in Cali August 11, 2013. The city of Cali is known as the world’s capital of Salsa, according to the city’s official tourism website. Picture taken August 11, 2013. (Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters)

: A baby baboon licks frozen slices of fruit during a hot day in its enclosure at the Skopje Zoo August 12, 2013. A heat wave swept across Macedonia with temperature reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius (Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

: Members of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) scuffle with Indian policemen during a protest against recent riots in Srinagar August 12, 2013.Three people died in riots between Hindus and Muslims over the weekend. Opposition parties linked the rioting to the renewed border tensions between India and Pakistan, because some of the protesters involved had brandished a Pakistani flag. †Pakistan accused Indian troops of firing shells across the disputed border in Kashmir on Monday and tensions ran high in both countries after last week’s killing of Indian soldiers set off a wave of skirmishes between the two nuclear-armed rivals. REUTERS/Danish (Danish Ismali/Resuters)

: Pakistanis buy national flags at a roadside stall ahead of the country’s Independence Day in Islamabad on August 12, 2013. Pakistan will be celebrating its 66th anniversary of the country’s independence from British rule on August 14. (Amir Qureshia/AFP)