Aug 15, 2013

August 15 Photo Brief: New species of mammal discovered, biking bride, baby panda, Embrunman triathalon

New species of mammal discovered, biking bride, baby panda, Embrunman triathalon and more in today’s daily brief.

: An “olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina),” described as the first carnivore species to be discovered in the American continents in 35 years, is pictured in a cloud forest in South America, in this photograph released on August 15, 2013. The Smithsonian Institution said on Thursday the new species had been mistaken for similar mammals in the Procyonidae family, which includes raccoons, for decades, and that a team of Smithsonian scientists identified it from overlooked museum specimens and trips to Ecuador. (Mark Gurney/Smithsonian Institution/ via Reuters)

: Boris Babkini (L) and his wife Yelena ride through Gorky Park on bicycles after having been married earlier in the day in Moscow, Russia. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters photo)

: This handout photograph released by the Taipei City Zoo on August 15, 2013 shows giant panda Yuan Yuan hugging her baby while sleeping at the Taipei Zoo. Taiwan’s first new-born panda stayed overnight for the first time with her doting mother, zoo-keepers said on August 15, 2013, following a heartwarming reunion that took place in the international limelight. (Taipei Zoo/via Getty Images)

: Women wash clothes in Lake Managua in Momotombo town. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters photo)

: A competitor of “Queen of the Elderly 2013” beauty contest performs along with others on stage in a theatre in Monterrey, Mexico. Eighteen finalists will be chosen to compete in the final event on August 23. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters photo)

: Smoke rises behind buildings from the site of an explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Rescue workers in the southern Beirut district hit by an explosion on Thursday have found nine bodies, a witness at the scene said. The powerful blast engulfed several cars in flames and also trapped people in a nearby building. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters photo)

: Jockey Luigi Bruschelli of the Nicchio (Shell) parish competes during the fourth of six trial horse races in Del Campo square in Siena. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters photo)

: Schoolchildren take part in the Independence Day celebrations in front of the historic Red Fort, where India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to address the nation, in Delhi. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters photo)

: A man sprays air freshener over the bodies of dead members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi at El Eyman mosque in Cairo. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called on followers to march in protest in Cairo on Thursday, after at least 525 people were killed in a security crackdown on the Islamist movement that has left the most populous Arab nation polarized and in turmoil. A Reuters witness counted 228 bodies, most of them wrapped in white shrouds, arranged in rows on the floor of the Imam mosque in northeast Cairo, close to the worst of Wednesday’s violence between police and demonstrators. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters photo)

: A man rides his bicycle past a partially demolished building in the middle of a street next to residential construction sites in Xi’an. A family of 7 still lived in the three-story building without electricity and water after a demolition project in the region took place in 2010. (Stringer/Reuters photo)

: Fire officers are sprayed down in a decontamination tent during a mock terrorism exercise at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England. The exercise, involving the emergency services, is the first of three taking place across Europe as part of an EU funded initiative to improve the preparedness and resilience of member states to a terrorist attack. (Darren Staples/Reuters photo)

: A boy watches a documentary, about the history of circus acts in Afghanistan, at the Mobile Mini Circus For Children in Kabul. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters photo)

: A view of the Crete Senesi landscapes taken on August 14, 2013 at the sunset in Siena countryside. (Fabio Muzzi/Getty images)

: US Allyson Felix competes during the women’s 200 metres event at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. (Franck Fife/Getty images)

: Competitors swim during the 30th edition of the Embrunman triathlon in Embrun, southeastern France. The Embrunman is considered as one of the hardest triathlon events with a swim of 3.8km followed by a 188km cycle ride and a 42km marathon. (Jean-Pierre Clatot/Getty images)

: Mexican pilgrims attend an Assumption Day mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the Castelgandolfo’s central square. (Vincenzo Pinto/Getty Images)

: Bahraini protestors wave their national flag as they stand behind barbed wire placed by riot police during demonstration against the ruling regime in the village of Shakhora, west of Manama. (Mohammed Al-Shaikh/Getty Images)

: A graduation parade for Junior Soldiers takes place in Harrogate, England. The Army Foundation College in Harrogate opened in 1998 and provides training for soldiers destined for all the Army’s career paths and provides training for 1344 junior soldiers.(Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)