Aug 9, 2013

More than 300 people participate in a kiss-in to protest Russia’s laws against “gay propaganda,” the temperature rises in Romania and a senior Italian mafia member goes on trial in London, all in today’s daily brief.

: A puppet depicting Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is paraded around the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on August 9, 2013 ahead of the 2013 IAAF World Championships being held from August 10 to 18. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)

: Tian Tian (“sweetie”) the female Giant Panda at Edinburgh Zoo relaxes in her compound on August 9, 2013 after zoo officials revealed that they suspect the animal may be pregnant after showing deviations in her hormone levels and exhibiting behavioral changes associated with pregnancy. The zoo says it is unable to carry out an ultrasound and will not know for certain whether Tian Tian is pregnant until shortly before she gives birth, which could be as early as next month. (Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)

: Former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew (left) waves a light stick during Singapore’s national day parade celebrations, August 9, 2013. The city state celebrates 48 years of independence on Friday. (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: Drivers wait in line on a hot summer day to enter to Spain at its border with the British territory of Gibraltar in front of the Rock (rear) in Gibraltar, south of Spain on August 9, 2013. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday threatened unilateral measures in a spat with Gibraltar over fisheries although he also said he hoped for talks soon with Britain about the disputed territory. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)

: A young Indian Muslim offers Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Idgah Maidan in Bangalore on August 9, 2013. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

: Members of the Meyboom brotherhood plant the Meyboom tree in central Brussels, August 9, 2013. The Meyboom was planted for the 705th time and celebrates the 1213 victory of Brussels over the neighboring city of Leuven in a battle over a beer tax. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

: A same-sex couple kisses as they participate in a “Kiss-In” action at the Russian consulate in Antwerp, Belgium, to protest against the treatment of LGBT people in Russia on August 9, 2013. Russia on Friday said it was unperturbed by threats of an Olympic boycott over a controversial law banning “homosexual propaganda,” despite wide-ranging criticism of the legislation from athletes to U.S. President Barack Obama. (Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images)

: A same-sex couple takes part in a “Kiss-In” action by more than 300 gay and lesbian supporters in front of the Russian consulate in Antwerp, Belgium to protest against the treatment of LGBT people in Russia on August 9, 2013. (Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ann (left) and Daniela Skinner, the wife and daughter of Domenico Rancadore, cover their faces as they leave Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London August 9, 2013. Rancadore, a senior member of an Italian mafia clan wanted by the Italian authorities for almost 20 years appeared at court on Friday after being detained under a European arrest warrant. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)

: A health worker fumigates a school in Tegucigalpa August 9, 2013. Honduran officials said on Wednesday that 17 people have been killed and thousands more infected in an outbreak of dengue fever after a state of emergency was declared in the Central American country last month. (Jorge Cabrera/Reuters)

: Children swim at Ancol beach during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jakarta, August 9, 2013. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

: Competitors from Incentive FM Group (left) and Jones Lang LaSalle play in a Beach Rugby tournament in Covent Garden in London August 9, 2013. The two-day tournament features competitors from the corporate sector and traditional rugby clubs and is raising funds for Restart, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

: A woman takes shelter from the heavy rain under a balcony at a working class neighborhood in Mexico City, August 8, 2013. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)

: People enjoy fishing on a lake near Bucharest as temperatures reached 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) in southern Romania, August 9, 2013. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)

: A wooden carving of “Virgen de los siete dolores y Madre de todos los que lloran” (Virgin of the Seven Sorrows and Mother of all those who cry) by Spanish artist Francisco Romero Zafra, is displayed in a church in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain on August 9, 2013. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)

: A statue of Pee Wee Reese (left) and Jackie Robinson stands after being cleaned of racist graffiti on August 9, 2013 in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Robinson broke the color barrier for Major League Baseball in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and Reese was a teammate and supporter. The statue, which was unveiled in 2005, was recently defaced with racist graffiti and the city recently finished restoring the statue using sandblasting and power-washing. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: Egyptian children hold a portrait of ousted president Mohamed Morsi as they sit in a trunk of a car, during a demonstration in support of Morsi in Cairo, on August 9, 2013. Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi planned new rallies as the interim premier suggested a crackdown on their protest camps was imminent. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

August 9 Photo Brief: ‘Kiss-in’ protests Russia’s anti-gay laws, Singapore’s National Day

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