Sept. 25 Photo Brief: Pakistani earthquake, last day of Sukkot, man grows nose on his forehead, soccer wardrobe malfunction
Pakistani earthquake, last day of Sukkot, man grows nose on his forehead, soccer wardrobe malfunction and more in today’s daily brief.
- A new nose, grown by surgeons on Xiaolian’s forehead, is pictured before being transplanted to replace the original nose, which is infected and deformed, at a hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province. Xiaolian, 22, neglected his nasal trauma following a traffic accident on August, 2012. After several months, the infection had corroded the cartilage of the nose, making it impossible for surgeons to fix it leaving no alternative but to grow a new nose for replacement. The new nose is grown by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian’s forehead, cutting it into the shape of a nose and planting a cartilage taken from his ribs. The surgeons said that the new nose is in good shape and the transplant surgery could be performed soon, local media reported. (Reuters)
- Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters release flares as they perform during the “Russia Arms Expo 2013” 9th international exhibition of arms, military equipment and ammunition, in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)
- A farmer sprays pesticide on a rice field on the outskirts of Hanoi. Vietnam’s economic growth picked up slightly in the first nine months of the year, official figures showed on September 25, but experts warned the communist country could still miss its annual target. (Hoag Dinh Nam/Getty Images)
- Meerkats inspect a pumpkin carved in Halloween design and filled with flour worms and straw at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany. Suited to the upcoming Halloween holiday, the animals’ enclosure is decorated with pumpkins and delights meerkats and visitors. (Waltraud Grubitzsch/Getty Images)
- Pakistani survivors clear the debris of destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran. Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast. (Banaras Khan/Getty Images)
- People walk on an island that rose from the sea following an earthquake, off Pakistan’s Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea. A major earthquake hit a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people and prompting the new island to rise from the sea just off the country’s southern coast. The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to rise and create a small, mountain-like island about 600 meters off Pakistan’s Gwadar coastline. Television channels showed images of a stretch of rocky terrain rising above the sea level, with a crowd of bewildered people gathering on the shore to witness the rare phenomenon. (Reuters)
- An injured Pakistani woman survivor is surrounded by her children at a makeshift hospital in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran. Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast. (Banaras Khan/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani child sleeps as earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran. The death toll from a major earthquake that hit southwestern Pakistan rose to 328 on September 25, officials said, with more fatalities feared as rescue teams reach the remote affected area. (Banaras Khan/Getty Images)
- Models present creations by Italian-Swedish Marco Zanini for Rochas during the 2014 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. (Patrick Kovarik/Getty Images)
- Chelsea Clinton speaks with Rosita the muppet from Sesame Street during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York City. Timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly, CGI brings together heads of state, CEOs, philanthropists and others to help find solutions to the world’s major problems. (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)
- Aston Villa’s Danish forward Nicklas Helenius loses his shorts during a challenge from Tottenham Hotspur’s Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen at the League Cup football match between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park in Birmingham, West Midlands. (Paul Ellis/Getty Images)
- Members of the public admire the exhibition ‘Today We Reboot the Planet’ by Adrian Villar Rojas in the redeveloped Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Hyde Park in London, England. The renovation of the 1805 gunpowder store, located on the north side of the Serpentine Bridge, was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The new gallery, restaurant and social space will officially open to the public on September 28, 2013. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
- With the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, Emirates Team New Zealand heads to the start of America’s Cup race 18 in San Francisco. Following seven consecutive wins, Oracle Team USA is now tied with New Zealand heading into Wednesday’s final race. (Noah Berger/Getty Images)
- Kenyan paramilitaries drive towards the Westgate mall in Nairobi. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced today that the four-day siege by Islamist gunmen of a Nairobi shopping mall was over, with the “immense” loss of 61 civilians and six members of the security forces. (Simon Maina/Getty Images)
- Indian indigenous protesters rest as they participate in a rally in Kolkata. Hundreds of indigenous groups from different parts of the state came to demand that their language Ol Chiki should be included in the state level education system, and made other demands for the education. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/Getty Images)
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty hold the four plant species: the Lulav (palm leave stalk), the Etrog (citrus), the Hadas (myrtle) and the Arava (willow-branches), as they pray during the last day of Sukkot, or the feast of the Tabernacles, at their synagogue in Jerusalem. Thousands of Jews make the week-long pilgrimage to Jerusalem during Sukkot, which commemorates the desert wanderings of the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt. (Menahem Kahana/Getty Images)
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty hold the four plant species: the Lulav (palm leave stalk), the Etrog (citrus), the Hadas (myrtle) and the Arava (willow-branches), as they pray during the last day of Sukkot, or the feast of the Tabernacles, at their synagogue in Jerusalem. Thousands of Jews make the week-long pilgrimage to Jerusalem during Sukkot, which commemorates the desert wanderings of the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt. (Menahem Kahana/Getty Images)
- A woman sits on a bed inside her flooded room after heavy rains in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. (Amit Dave/Reuters)
- A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone, as passengers face limited train service on the New Haven Line between Stamford Station and Grand Central Terminal due to a Con Edison power problem in New York. (Zoran Milich/Reuters)