Sept. 27 Photo Brief: Protests in Madrid, Pakistani earthquake survivors and organic farming in Germany
Spaniards protest after bringing charges of crimes against humanity against policemen they say tortured them in the 1970s, Pakistani earthquake survivors find their way in Labach, an organic farmer works on a soja field in southwestern Germany and more in today’s daily brief.
- Japanese figure skater Miki Ando performs during the ladies’ short program of the 45th Nebelhorn trophy figure skating competition in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. (CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani make-up artist prepares a model backstage on the first day of Expo Pakistan 2013 fashion show in Karachi. (ASIF HASSAN / AFP/Getty Images)
- Employees of the French chemical firm Kem One demonstrate in the streets of Lyon as Lyon’s commercial court examined their situation. The 1,300 employees of Kem One, placed into receivership since March 27, were due to be informed about potential buyers and their restructuring projects but the court delayed its final decision to December 12. (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP/Getty Images)
- Colombian Atletico Nacional’s Daniel Bocanegra vies for the ball with Brazilian Bahia’s William Silva during their Copa Sudamericana football match at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. (RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP/Getty Images)
- A Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks on the beach in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s youth population aged 10 to 19 make up some 15 percent of its 20 million people. (LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP/Getty Images)
- Sri Lankan schoolchildren play on a beach at sunset in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s youth population aged 10 to 19 make up some 15 percent of its 20 million people. (LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP/Getty Images)
- Austrian sport climber David Lama climbs a Kursaal palace wall after the presentation of his documentary film “Cerro Torre” during the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. (RAFA RIVAS / AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian children follow as a municipal corporation worker fumigates the area to prevent mosquitos from breeding in New Delhi. (PRAKASH SINGH / AFP/Getty Images)
- Firefighters and rescue workers bring out a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai. A five-story building collapsed in Mumbai at day-break in the latest accident in India’s financial capital, with dozens feared trapped inside. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP/Getty Images)
- Protesters hold a giant banner with portraits of victims of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, during a demonstration in front of the former National Security headquarters at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid. (GERARD JULIEN / AFP/Getty Images)
- A grape harvester walks through a steep field crossed by a monorail in the village of Manarola in the “Cinque Terre” area. Wine picking is atypical due to the steep land, close to 50 degrees in some areas. (OLIVIER MORIN / AFP/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani earthquake survivor walks past collapsed mud houses at Labach area, in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran. (BANARAS KHAN / AFP/Getty Images)
- Fleet and spectator boats follow Oracle Team USA as it celebrates its victory over Emirates Team New Zealand in the 34th America’s Cup. (Noah Berger / AFP/Getty Images)
- Philippine soldiers, wearing gas masks, look at bodies believed to be Muslim rebels next to destroyed houses at the site of heavy fighting during the stand-off between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels in Santa Catalina area of Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao. (FREDERICK ALVAREZ / AFP/Getty Images)
- Indian traders shift wet and spoilt parcels containing ‘kodiyas’ or traditional oil lamps on the highway, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (SAM PANTHAKY / AFP/Getty Images)
- A Sri Lankan amputee competes during an athletic event for disabled soldiers in Colombo. Nearly 30,000 government troops were injured and 6,200 killed during the last three years of Sri Lanka’s 37-year war with the separatist Tamil Tigers that ended May 2009. (Ishara S. KODIKAR / AFP/Getty Images)
- Organic farmer Armin Meitzler-Stoehr is working on his harvester in a soja field in Freimersheim near Alzey, southwestern Germany. (DANIEL ROLAND / AFP/Getty Images)
- Workers at the Shia Imami Ismailia cemetry arrange flowers on the grave of Kenyan journalist Ruhila Adatia-Sood during her funeral ceremony in Nairobi. Ruhila Adatia-Sood was killed by gunmen at the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi. (SIMON MAINA / AFP/Getty Images)
- Dressed as a polar bear Megan Gabriel, an activist with the Sierra Club, rests on a bench during a protest in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC. Environmental activists gathered to protest the practice of arctic drilling and pressure the Obama administration to do the same. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP/Getty Images)