Nov 15, 2013

Nov. 15 Daily Brief: Ashura religious festival, typhoon survivors evacuated and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay

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Typhoon survivors waiting to leave the province of Leyte in the aftermath of the Super Typhoon Haiyan, World War One military ceremony, the ISU Bompard Trophy event at Bercy in Paris and more in today’s daily brief

: Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia perform during their ice dance short program at the ISU Bompard Trophy event at Bercy in Paris, November 15, 2013. (Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS)

: Typhoon survivors, waiting to leave the province of Leyte in the aftermath of the Super Typhoon Haiyan, are pictured in the hold of a C-130 military transport plane at Tacloban airport, in central Philippines, November 15, 2013. The death toll from the powerful typhoon that swept the central Philippines nearly doubled overnight, reaching 4,000, as helicopters from a U.S. aircraft carrier and other naval ships began flying food, water and medical teams to ravaged regions. (Erik De Castro/REUTERS)

: A Shi’ite Muslim boy with specks of blood on his face and body looks on during the Ashura religious festival in Yangon, November 15, 2013. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. (Minzayar/REUTERS)

: An aerial view of a giant portrait of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy made by Italian artist Dario Gambarin is seen at a field in Castagnaro near Verona, northern Italy, November 13, 2013. The 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death will be on November 22. Picture taken November 13, 2013. (Dario Gambarin/REUTERS)

: A dog sits over a drinking water basin along a road in the old quarters of Delhi November 15, 2013. (Anindito Mukherjee/REUTERS)

: A Nihang, or Sikh warrior, performs “Gatkha”, a traditional form of martial arts during a religious procession in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 15, 2013. The procession is held annually in the region ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh faith, which will be celebrated across the country on November 17. (Ajay Verma/REUTERS)

: A Shi’ite Muslim man puts a bandage on the forehead of another who flagellated himself in a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in the old quarters of Delhi November 15, 2013. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. (Ahmad Masood/REUTERS)

: French actress Marion Cotillard (C) and Greenpeace activists protest inside a mock prison cell, in support of fellows activists who were detained on the boat Arctic Sunrise, during a protest action at Palais Royal place in Paris November 15, 2013. The group, consisting of 28 activists and two journalists, were arrested after coastguards boarded the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise following the protest at an oil platform owned by state-controlled Gazprom off Russia’s northern coast on September 18. (Christian Hartmann/REUTERS)

: World War One Historical Association “14-18 en Somme” members Benoit (C) and Aurelien (R) wearing Canadian vintage army uniforms lead a pack of members after a ceremony at the military cemetery of Lamothe-Warfusee, Northern France, November 10, 2013. The historical association “14-18 en Somme” was created in August 2009 by French history teacher Sylvain Pinard with the aim of keeping alive the memory of the soldiers of World War One, and promoting understanding of the battles of the Great War. Armed with their motto “Never forget, always remember”, the 30 members live, eat and sleep in the same conditions as the soldiers of 1914-18. Throughout the year, they take part in official ceremonies and Remembrance Day celebrations, camps, exhibitions in villages and debates in schools and are sought-after as extras for war films. The association has received a lot of requests for the year 2014 which will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Picture taken November 10, 2013. (Charles Platiau/REUTERS)

: A typhoon victim checks on her husband as she keeps him alive by manually pumping air into his lungs following his leg amputation that led to an infection, at the Divine Word hospital which still operates without electrical power on the 7th day of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 15, 2013. The United Nations has confirmed at least 4,500 killed in the disaster, which brought five-meter (16-foot) waves to Tacloban, flattening nearly everything in their path as they swept hundreds of meters across the low-lying land. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: Bahraini Shiite Muslims hold flowers during a religious procession marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, on November 15, 2013 in the village of Daih, west of the capital Manama. (Mohammed Al-Shiakh/AFP/Getty Images)

: People assist a man who was injured after Libyan militiamen opened fire on a crowd wanting them to move out of their headquarters on November 15, 2013 in southern Tripoli. Gunmen started firing at a peaceful crowd demonstrating in the capital’s Meliana Square when people approached the building. (Muhmad Turkiamah/AFP/Getty Images)

: Typhoon victims walk along a street in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Palo, the outskirts of Tacloban on November 15, 2013. The Philippines raised its official death toll from a super typhoon to 3,621 on November 14, but it was still below a UN estimate that has caused friction between the world body and the government. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

: A handout picture taken during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay on November 14, 2013, and released by the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee shows musicians of Nivkh indigenous ethnic group wearing their traditional costumes and rising Kalni musical pipes during welcome ceremony for the Olympic flame in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport on the Russia’sPacific Island of Sakhalin 7309 km (4542 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)

: Spain’s Dani Sordo and co-driver Carlos Del Barrio drive their Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT DS3 during the Gwydyr night stage on day one of the FIA World Rally Championship Great Britain in Gwydyr on November 14, 2013. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

: Typhoon victims are treated in the lobby of the Divine Word hospital, lacking electrical power on the 7th day of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 15, 2013. The United Nations estimates 10,000 people may have died in Tacloban alone, where five-metre (16-foot) waves flattened nearly everything in their path as they swept hundreds of metres across the low-lying land. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A boat washed ashore stands in the middle of a crossroad on the 7th day of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 15, 2013. The United Nations estimates 10,000 people may have died in Tacloban alone, where five-metre (16-foot) waves flattened nearly everything in their path as they swept hundreds of metres across the low-lying land. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A soldier keeps vigil at a checkpoint where a curfew sign is displayed on the 7th day of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 15, 2013. The United Nations estimates 10,000 people may have died in Tacloban alone, where five-meter (16-foot) waves flattened nearly everything in their path as they swept hundreds of meters across the low-lying land. (Philippe LopezAFP/Getty Images)

Nov. 15 Daily Brief: Ashura religious festival, typhoon survivors evacuated and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay

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