Nov 16, 2013

Nov. 16 Daily Brief: Cleanup continues after Typhoon Haiyan, sunset over Rio de Janeiro and high-speed train protests

Enviromental activists march demanding more climate saving actions, supporting refugees in Berlin and more in today’s daily brief.

Warning: Some images contain graphic content.

: The dead corpse of a victim of Typhoon Haiyan floats on a river in Tanauan, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 16, 2013. Spearheaded by a US aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Haiyan left thousands dead and millions homeless. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A survivor of Typhoon Haiyan (L) sits on a destroyed rooftop as a helicopter flies by in Tanauan, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 16, 2013. Spearheaded by a US aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Haiyan left thousands dead and millions homeless. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A typhoon victim walks past debris on a street in Tanauan, on the outskirts of Tacloban on November 16, 2013. Spearheaded by a US aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Haiyan left thousands dead and millions homeless. (Nicolas Asfourini/AFP/Getty Images)

: Residents watch as a US navy seahawk helicopter which dropped off relief goods hovers above the town of Giporlos, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on November 16, 2013. Spearheaded by a US aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Haiyan left thousands dead and millions homeless. (Ted Aljibeted/AFP/Getty Images)

: The sunset over Rio de Janeiro seen from Niteroi, Brazil on 15 November, 2013. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

: A crewman from a US Marines Osprey aircraft flies over a town devastated by Typhoon Haiyan near Balangiga City, Samar Province on November 16, 2013. Spearheaded by a US aircraft carrier group, foreign relief efforts have stepped up a gear in the storm-devastated Philippines eight days after Super Typhoon Haiyan left thousands dead and millions homeless. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

: A demonstrator kisses a riot police officer on November 16, 2013 during a protest in Susa against the high-speed train (TAV in Italian) line between Lyon and Turin. The link, expected to come into service in 2025, will see one million fewer trucks on the highways a year, and reduce train times between Paris and Milan from seven hours to just over four. (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)

: Candles form a star and read “Welcome” in a light installation to support refugees organized by the charity group Caritas in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 16, 2013 in Berlin. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

: Turkish police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators on November 16, 2013 in Istanbul. Protestors gathered in support of Berkin Elvan, a 14-year-old who was put into a coma when a gas canister or rubber bullet hit him during demonstrations in Gezi in June, and were met with a heavy police presence in the Istanbul neighborhood of Okmeydani. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

: Competitors take part on November 16, 2013 in the Natural Body Building International Union (UIBBN) world championships in Paris. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

: Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during their pairs free skating program at the ISU Bompard Trophy event at Bercy in Paris, November 16, 2013. (Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS)

: A volunteer from a French rescue team carries an injured girl to a military plane during an evacuation at Tacloban airport in the Typhoon Haiyan devastated city of Tacloban November 16, 2013. Survivors began rebuilding homes destroyed by Haiyan, one of the world’s most powerful typhoons, and emergency supplies flowed into ravaged Philippine islands, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of people made homeless to nearly two million. (Bobby Yip/REUTERS)

: A teddy bear is hung out to dry in a part of Tolosa devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, November 16, 2013. Long-delayed emergency supplies flowed into the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Saturday, reaching desperate families who had to fend for themselves for days, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of homeless to nearly two million. (John Javellana/REUTERS)

: Recruits from the presidential regiment march and take the oath at a military base in Kiev November 16, 2013. President Viktor Yanukovich has declared that Ukrainian Armed Forces will call the last conscript this autumn. One of the largest post-Soviet republics, Ukraine says goodbye to the conscription inherited from the Soviet Union by focusing on a high-tech professional army based on a western model. (Gleb Garanich/REUTERS)

: Natalia Malykh (L) of Russia spikes the ball against Brazil during their FIVB Women’s Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013 in Tokyo November 16, 2013. (Toru Hanai/REUTERS)