Nov 25, 2013

Nov. 25 Photo Brief: Lego art in Belgium, Indonesian volcano continues to spew and Central Americans protest violence against women

Lego art in Belgium, Indonesian volcano continues to spew and Central Americans protest violence against women in today’s daily brief.

: The art work titled “Yellow,” which is made out of Lego bricks, is seen as a visitor poses next to another Lego art work titled “Skulls” (L) during “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: Visitors walk behind the art work titled “Mask,” constructed out of 18,509 Lego bricks, during “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: An art work titled “Venus de Milo,” constructed out of 18,483 Lego bricks, is seen during “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: A visitor poses beside the art work titled “Blue Guy Sitting” made out of Lego bricks during the “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: A visitor looks at the art work titled “Skulls,” which is constructed out of 12,444 Lego bricks, during the “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: A visitor looks at the art work titled “Dinosaur Skeleton,” which is constructed out of 80,020 Lego bricks, during the “The Art of the Brick” exhibition at the Brussels Stock Exchange November 25, 2013. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will run till April 21, 2014. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

: A rebel fighter stands behind a window as he holds a position in a building in the northeastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on November 24, 2013. At least 160 rebel fighters and Syrian troops have been killed in two days of clashes in the Eastern Ghouta region just outside Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on November 24. (Ahmad Aboud/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on November 24, 2013 shows a worker cleaning up the oil slick on the river of Jiaozhou Bay after an oil pipeline exploded, ripping roads apart, turning cars over and sending thick black smoke billowing over the city of Qingdao, east China’s Shandong province on November 22. The death toll from an oil pipeline explosion in a Chinese coastal city rose to 52 on November 24, as rain and the close proximity of dangerous gases hampered the rescue operation, state media said. (AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on November 24, 2013 shows a general view of the damage after an oil pipeline exploded, ripping roads apart, turning cars over and sending thick black smoke billowing over the city of Qingdao, east China’s Shandong province on November 22. The death toll from an oil pipeline explosion in a Chinese coastal city rose to 52 on November 24, as rain and the close proximity of dangerous gases hampered the rescue operation, state media said. (AFP/Getty Images)

: Women launch a paper hot air balloon during the annual demonstration to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in downtown Guatemala City, November 24, 2013. Organizers said around 696 women were killed in Guatemala in 2013. (Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters)

: A street vendor sings a prayer during a wake for Silvia Dinora Rivera in the market stall where Rivera used to work with her mother, in La Libertad in San Salvador June 22, 2013. Rivera was 37 years old when her husband tied her to a chair, poured gasoline over her and set fire to the house. She later died in the hospital. Central America encompasses some of the countries with the world’s highest rates of femicide, defined as the murder of a woman for reasons connected with her gender. El Salvador has the highest incidence of femicide in the world, and Guatemala has the third highest rate, according to a study published by the NGO, The Academic Council on the United Nations System. According to UN Women, in Honduras femicide is thought to be the second most common cause of death among women of reproductive age. The organisation also states that an average of two women are murdered every day in Guatemala. November 25 marks the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Picture taken June 22, 2013. (Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters)

: Street children look on as Indian social activists take part in a rally on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Kolkata on November 25, 2013. The activists pledged to wage a struggle against all forms of violence against women. India has become hugely sensitive to gender issues since the fatal gangrape of a student in New Delhi last December stirred nationwide protests about violence to women and prompted calls for profound changes in social attitudes. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Afghan child wearing a green fleece sits with her burqa-clad mother asking for alms as women in blue burqas walk past in Kabul on November 25, 2013. (Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Yemeni woman walks past puddles of flooded water following two days of rainfall on the outskirts of the capital Sanaa on November 25, 2013. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian labourers carry cow dung cakes over their heads in Allahabad on November 25, 2013. Dried cow dung is used as a fuel for cooking in rural and agricultural areas of India.(Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)

: Mount Sinabung spew ash as seen from Tiga Pancur village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, early morning November 25, 2013. Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near the active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)

: A man holds his son while walking on dried corn with Mount Sinabung spewing ash in the background at Sibintun village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province November 25, 2013. Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near the active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level.(Beawiharta/Reuters)

: This picture taken on November 24, 3013 shows Sinabung volcano spewing volcanic ash in Karo. Several thousand people left their homes overnight, taking the total number of those who have fled since the volcano rumbled to life to around 12,300, said the national disaster agency. (Kharisma Tarigan/AFP/Getty Images)