Sep 30, 2013

Families and survivors gather to mourn Kenyan mall attack victims, Mexico’s most colorful race, a surfing dog, tall ships in the Mediterranean and more in today’s daily brief.

: Honor Flight World War II US Navy veterans from Kern County, CA visit Fort Mc Henry on the eve of a potential government shutdown. They are holding a replica of the Star Spangled Banner that is 30 ft. x 42 ft. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: German sailing ship “Alexander Von Humboldt II” (L) sails close to Russian sailing ship “Mir” (R) during a parade for the Mediterranean Tall Ships regatta in Toulon September 30, 2013. Some 37 tall ships have gathered for the competition which ended in a parade in the bay of Toulon. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

: Russian sailing ship ‘Mir’ participates in a parade for the Mediterranean Tall Ships regatta in Toulon. About 37 tall ships have gathered for the competition which ended with a parade in the bay of Toulon. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

: A dog rides a wave while competing during the 5th Annual Surf Dog competition at Huntington Beach, California, on September 29, 2013. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)

: A Free Syrian Army fighter tests a remote-controlled weapon in the old city of Aleppo. (Molhem Barakat/Reuters)

: A woman screams during a special prayer for the victims of the Westgate mall massacre at the Legio Maria African Mission church on September 29, 2013, in Nairobi. Pressure mounted on the Kenyan authorities a week after the Nairobi mall carnage amid questions over the fate of the missing and accusations on September 28 that top brass failed to heed security warnings. (Carl De Souza/AFP)

: Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)

: Kenyans lay flowers during a 24-hour prayer vigil for the victims of the Westgate Mall massacre near the mall in Nairobi on September 28, 2013. Kenyan and foreign forensics teams scoured the wreckage of a Nairobi shopping mall for bodies and clues after a four-day siege by Islamist gunmen left 67 dead and dozens more missing. (Carl De Souza/AFP)

: Runners dance and cheer during the festival of color after the Color Run on September 29, 2013 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Considered the world’s most joyful 5km race, in which every kilometre a powder of a different dye is thrown in the air at the runners’ passage, the event takes place in Mexico for the first time. (Hector Guerrero/AFP)

: Eight-year-old female dog Pulguinha sleeps with the Brazilian football team jersey on a bench in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 27, 2013. (Yasuyoshi Chibay/AFP)

: Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos vies with Atletico Madrid’s Brazilian forward Diego da Silva Costa during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 28, 2013. (Dani Pozo/AFP)

: Pakistani men carry an injured blast victim at the site of a bomb explosion in the busy Kissa Khwani market in Peshawar on September 29, 2013. A bomb explosion killed at least 31 people in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said — the third deadly strike to hit the city in the last week. (Hasham Ahmed/AFP)

: Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa (L) falls behind Yamaha Factory Racing’s Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo during the MotoGP race of the Aragon Grand Prix at the Motorland racetrack in Alcaniz on September 29, 2013. (Jose Jordan/AFP)

: Smoke rises from cooling towers of the steel factory HKM near the landmark “Tiger & Turtle” sculpture in the Angerpark in Duisburg-Wanheim on September 29, 2013 , western Germany. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP)

: Fishermen pull out their nets from water aboard the fishing boat “Kanedevenn” as they fish sardines on September 24, 2013 in Quiberon, western France. The sardines are for the canning factory “La Belle Iloise.” (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP)

: Visitors are waiting to see the creation of French artist Mathieu Briand titled ‘6:43 p.m.’ during the Glow 2013 on September 29, 2013 at the beach in Santa Monica ,California. Glow is an all-night cultural experience featuring original commissions by artists that re-imagine Santa Monica Beach as a playground for thoughtful and participatory temporary artworks. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

: Visitors explore the creation of artist Janet Echelman ‘The Space Between Us’ during Glow 2013 on September 29, 2013 at the beach in Santa Monica, California. Glow is an all-night cultural experience featuring original commissions by artists that re-imagine Santa Monica Beach as a playground for thoughtful and participatory temporary artworks. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

: Spanish matador Manuel Jesus ‘El Cid’ performs a pass on a bull during a bullfight at the Maestranza bullring in Sevilla on September 28, 2013. (Cristina Quicler/AFP)

: Indian artisan works on a clay idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga in preparation for the forthcoming Hindu festival Durga Puja, in Amritsar on September 30, 2013. The annual five-day Hindu festival worships the goddess Durga, who symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. (Narinder Nanu/AFP)

Sept. 30 Photo Brief: Mourning Kenyan mall attack victims, Mexico’s color run and a dog hangs ten

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