Nov. 27 Daily Brief: Troubled turkey, baby bonobo, Taylor Swift, Jon Bon Jovi and Prince William sing, Kim Jong-Un impersonator
Troubled turkey, baby bonobo, Taylor Swift, Jon Bon Jovi and Prince William sing, Kim Jong-Un impersonator and more in today’s daily brief.
- A turkey looks around its enclosure at Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts the day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The farm will sell 1500 turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to its second generation owner Paul Pagliozzi, whose father started the farm in 1938. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
- National Turkey Federation Chairman John Burkel (L) of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, the 2013 National Thanksgiving Turkey still as U.S. President Barack Obama pardons “Popcorn” with his daughters Sasha Obama, 12, and Malia Obama, 15, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC. A 38-pound, full-grown Broad Breasted White domesticated turkey, “Popcorn” and its alternate “Caramel” will be sent to live at Mount Vernon, the estate and home of George Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- Bonobo baby Kasai climbs in the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany. The baby was born in January. (Hendrik Schmidt/Getty Images)
- Taylor Swift, Jon Bon Jovi and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge sing on stage at the Centrepoint Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace in London, England. (Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)
- The Palm House is bathed in green light at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, England. Kew is launching it’s first after dark Christmas festival featuring an enchanted landscape of light, sound and color, with an illuminated trail highlighting Kew’s trees and wintery landscape. A boutique Christmas village with traditional stalls, festive music and vintage rides will also open on November 28, 2013 and run until January 4, 2014. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
- Staff and visitors view a fire mandala display during a preview for the Christmas at Kew event at Kew Gardens in south west London. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
- An employee lights a torch in a fire mandala display during a preview for the Christmas at Kew event at Kew Gardens in south west London. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
- A combination picture shows Australian Chinese Howard, 34, who does not disclose his last name, posing before (L) and after having a haircut and make-up applied to turn into a North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lookalike at a hair salon in Hong Kong. A haircut and some make up was all it took for the musician to transform himself into a lookalike of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim, on Wednesday. When Kim came into power about a year ago, Howard’s friends teased him for his resemblance to the world’s youngest leader. Then on April Fool’s Day, the 34-year-old drummer-turned-music producer chopped his hair off and, realising he could make something out of it, set up a Facebook page. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
- Australian Chinese Howard, 34, who does not disclose his last name, talks on his mobile phone as he appears as a North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lookalike on a street at Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district. A haircut and some make up was all it took for the musician to transform himself into a lookalike of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, on Wednesday. When Kim came into power about a year ago, Howard’s friends teased him for his resemblance to the world’s youngest leader. Then on April Fool’s Day, the 34-year-old drummer-turned-music producer chopped his hair off and, realising he could make something out of it, set up a Facebook page. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
- A Hong Kong born Australian named Howard (L) poses with a tourist in Hong Kong. Howard is considered the world’s first professional Kim Jong-Un impersonator. (Philippe Lopez/Getty Images)
- A Hong Kong born Australian named Howard (R) poses with a tourist in Hong Kong. Howard is considered the world’s first professional Kim Jong-Un impersonator. (Philippe Lopez/Getty Images)
- Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi closes his eyes during a speech in downtown Rome November 27, 2013. The Italian Senate opened its debate on expelling Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday, ahead of an evening vote that is expected to see the veteran centre-right leader stripped of his seat in parliament over a tax fraud conviction. (Yara Nardi/Reuters)
- Students attend a rally in support of EU integration in Kiev. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich poured scorn on his jailed rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on Wednesday, saying the question of her imprisonment should not hinder Kiev’s integration with the European Union. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
- A woman holds a portrait of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko during a rally of opposition supporters in Kiev in front of the government headquarters in Kiev. EU officials had hoped to sign the so-called Association Agreement with Kiev at a two-day summit that starts on November 28 in Vilnius. But the Ukrainian government suddenly halted negotiations citing concerns that the deal in its current form would harm the country’s economy as well as trade and economic relations with its giant eastern neighbor. Ukraine said on November 27 it still wanted to reach a historic agreement with the European Union on closer relations despite breaking off talks on the pact in a shock move that set off mass protests. (Genya Savilov/Getty Images)
- Members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) stand at attention in Pristina during the celebration marking the fifth anniversary of its creation. (Armend Nimani/Getty Images)
- Joe Hart of Manchester City fails to stop a shot by Tomas Horava (blocked) of Plzen during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Manchester City and FC Viktoria Plzen at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. (Michael Regan/Getty Images)
- A boy holds his baby brother at a makeshift house at the bay of Tacloban, Leyte province. The swift US humanitarian response to the devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan highlights the need to expand America’s military presence in the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on November 25. (Noel Celis/Getty Images)
- A handout picture taken during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay shows Russian mountain-climber Vladimir Gunko rising an Olympic torch while standing atop of a rock at the Stolby (Pillars) national nature reserve in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region, some 3500 km (2174 miles) east of Moscow. Russian torchbearers has started in October the history’s longest Olympic torch relay ahead of Winter Games in Sochi, which will take the flame across the country through all 83 of its regions, including extreme locales such as Chukotka, the remote region in Russia’s Far East, the turbulent North Caucasus, and even Russia’s European exclave Kaliningrad. (Getty Images)
- Two-year-old giant panda twins play inside a zoo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. (Reuters)
- General view of the Christmas market after its official opening in Frankfurt. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- Women and girls mourn during the funerals of Palestinian Moussa Makhamra and Khalid al-Najjar in the West Bank village of Yatta, near Hebron. Israeli security officials said their forces killed three Palestinian militants, including Makhamra and al-Najjar, on Tuesday who were part of an al Qaeda-linked network in the West Bank. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
- A Palestinian demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards Israeli border guards in the West Bank city of Hebron during a demonstration. Israeli security forces killed three Palestinian militants after attempting to arrest them near the West Bank city of Hebron, the Shin Bet internal security service and army said. (Hazem Bader/Getty Images)
- Palestinian boys, hoping to cross into Egypt, look out a bus window as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities partially opened the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main window to the world, on Wednesday for two days, border officials said. Since July, the authorities have kept the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only window to the world, largely closed, only opening it on a few occasions for humanitarian purposes. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
- Workers stand near a crane that collapsed on the site of the Arena Sao Paulo stadium, known as “Itaquerao”, which will host the opening soccer match of the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo. A crane collapsed on Wednesday at the construction site of a future World Cup soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing at least three people and causing damage to the structure, local media said. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)
- The sun rises behind the billowing chimneys of a power station in Berlin. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
- A general view shows the skyline of a central business district in Beijing. Foreign investment into China rose 5.77 percent on year in the first 10 months of 2013, the government said on November 19. (Wang Zhao/Getty Images)
- People walk past a Louis Vuitton pavilion which is in the shape of a giant suitcase, as the St. Basil’s Cathedral (L) and the Spasskaya Tower are seen in the background, in central Moscow. The pavilion is going to house a travel-themed exhibition. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)