Jan. 15 Daily Brief: A cat on the catwalk, cow on an escalator, Bull taming festival, Mount Sinabung erupts, car bombing in Baghdad

Jan 15, 2014

Jan. 15 Daily Brief: A cat on the catwalk, cow on an escalator, Bull taming festival, Mount Sinabung erupts, car bombing in Baghdad

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief, World China, Germany, Iraq, Nepal, Thailand

A cat on the catwalk, cow on an escalator, Bull taming festival, Mount Sinabung erupts, car bombing in Baghdad and more in today’s daily brief.

: Men carry a fake cow while riding an escalator during preparations for the Green Week international food, agriculture and horticulture fair in Berlin. Estonia is the partner country of this year’s trade fair. The writing reads: “Adventure Farm. Agriculture Today. ” (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

: Villagers are pinned down by a bull as others climb a fence to protect themselves during a bull-taming festival on the outskirts of Madurai town, about 500 km (310 miles) from the southern Indian city of Chennai. The annual festival is part of south India’s harvest festival of Pongal.(Babu/Reuters)

: A bull figure made of 210,000 pieces of LEGO bricks, stands in front of the German share price index DAX board at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt. (Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)

: Villagers gather around a field as bulls fight during the Maghesangranti festival at Talukachandani village in Nuwakot district near Kathmandu. The village organizes the bullfight during the Maghesangranti festival that commemorates the start of the holy month of Magh, ushering in the coming of warmer weather and longer days. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

: Spectators attend the Rebekka Ruetz show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014/15 at Brandenburg Gatein Berlin, Germany. ( Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for IMG)

: Black foxes covered with snow are seen after heavy snowfall in a zoo in Minsk. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

: Smoke rises from buildings after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the besieged area of Homs. (Thaer Al Khalidiya/Reuters)

: Children displaced by the fighting in Bor county, who have just arrived, are standing on the side of a boat in the port in Minkaman, in Awerial county, Lakes state, in South Sudan. (Andreea Campeanu/Reuters)

: A villager walks as Mount Sinabung erupts at Beras Tepu village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. More than 25,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for the volcano to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Monday. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

: A child holds her mother next to piles of paddy seeds as ash and smoke fill the air during an eruption in Mount Sinabung (background R), at Tiga Pancur village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. More than 25,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for the volcano to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Monday. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

: Indian Air force officials put the red carpet in place before South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s arrival at the airport airport in New Delhi. Geun-Hye is on a four-day state visit to India. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

: People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. Bomb attacks hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and a village near the northern town of Baquba on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people, police and hospital sources said. (Ahmed Saad/Reuters)

: Villagers wait to collect their year-end bonus at Jianshe village, Liangshan, Sichuan province. About 13,115,000 yuan ($2,169,221) were placed in the middle of a square before being distributed as bonus to around 340 villagers in return for their investment in the planting and breeding co-operative in the village in 2013. (Reuters)

: Carolina Kostner of Italy performs during the Ladies Short Program of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)

: A visitor looks at “Divide” by Australian sculptor Sam Jinks, made of resin, silicon and horse hair, during a preview of the Art Stage Singapore at Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore. The fourth edition of the international art fair, with 130 galleries from 28 countries participating, will be open to the public from January 16 to 19. (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne addresses a conference on European Union reform, in central London. Osborne said on Wednesday the legal treaties that dictate how the European Union is run were not fit for purpose and should be changed, saying he was determined his country would reshape its EU ties. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

: Afghan laborers work at a chalk factory during sunset in Mazar-i-shari. Afghanistan remains an extremely poor country where one in three people live in poverty. (Farshad Usyan/Getty Images)

: Afghan laborers use sprayguns to paint shoes made out of recycled plastic at a plastic factory in Kabul. Many Afghans collect discarded material such as iron, plastic and other material from rubbish dumps and reuse it to make shoes or home items for sale which can give them an income of some 100 USD per month. (Shah Marai/Getty Images)

: Thai anti-government protesters wave national flags at Victory monument during ongoing rallies in Bangkok. Thailand’s prime minister urged anti-government protesters on January 15 to vent their anger against her at the ballot box, insisting that elections were the best way to solve the country’s deepening political crisis. (Nicolas Asfouri/Getty Images)

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