Jan. 17 Daily Brief: Chile rallies against their government, Berlin Fashion Week, Mexican vigilantes, full moon over Statue of Freedom

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of an explosion in Kabul January 17, 2014. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a popular Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday and bursts of intense gunfire ensued. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

A NATO soldier arrives at the site of an explosion in Kabul January 17, 2014. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a popular Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday and bursts of intense gunfire ensued. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

A crater is seen in Sanica, near Sanski Most January 17, 2014. The area was once a cottage with a small lake, a fish pond and some trees. In recent months, however, it has become a crater wider than 50 meters and deeper than 30 meters. The crater is growing and is threatening more households, with some residents saying they have been forced to leave their homes because walls have began to crack. This the second of such a phenomenon in the area and experts say the craters could be caused from a sudden sinking of soil due to the existence of air pockets in the soil. Local media said authorities will carry out an extensive research on the area next month. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

A cyclist is reflected in a puddle as he passes Westminster Abbey in London January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Andy Ponce kneels in front of the weapon, equipment and uniform of his wife, Staff Sgt Afton Ponce, who died in a helicopter accident, after a memorial service at RAF Lakenheath in eastern England January 17, 2014. Andy Ponce is holding their son. A U.S. military helicopter crashed on the coast of eastern England, killing all four crew on board on January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Members of the public and professional services take part in the search for missing 3-year-old Mikaeel Kular in the Silver Knowes area of Edinburgh, Scotland, January 17, 2014. The boy was last seen on Wednesday night when he was put to bed in his home in Edinburgh. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

A Chilean dock worker waves a Chilean flag at a rally against the government at the entrance of the port during a strike in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, January 16, 2014. Several Chilean ports are on strike, curbing metal and other shipments from the world’s top copper producer. The northern port of Angamos kicked off a strike in late December 2013 to protest for stronger union organizing rights. The stoppage then spiraled as other ports joined in solidarity and in protest for what they say is police brutality against striking workers. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez

Alena Leonova of Russia wipes off tears after the Ladies Free Skating at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Joshi Helgesson of Sweden performs the Ladies Free Skating at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Mari Vartmann and Aaron Van Cleave of Germany perform the Pairs Short Program at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A model presents a creation by Irene Luft at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014 in Berlin January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Models listen to final instructions to present creations by Marina Hoermanseder at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014 in Berlin January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

An Israeli soldier stands atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the border with northern Gaza January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Vigilante “El Love” channel-surfs on a plasma TV while sitting in the living room of the house of a top leader of the Caballeros Templarios, or Knights Templar, in Nueva Italia January 16, 2014. The drug lord and his family left the house as they fled an uprising led by farmers exasperated with organized crime. The Knights Templar have openly defied the government, putting out videos in the media and accusing the vigilantes of being infiltrated by other criminal gangs moving into Michoacan. Vigilantes who claim to number in the thousands have taken the fight to organized crime and put the Caballeros on the run. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

Fire and smoke spew out from multiple spots at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s Nagoya steel plant in Tokai, central Japan, in this aerial view photo taken by Kyodo January 17, 2014. A fire erupted at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s steel plant in central Japan, local fire authorities said on Friday, adding no injuries have been reported. REUTERS/Kyodo

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against the Jewish settlement of Ofra, in the West Bank village of Silwad, near Ramallah January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Palestinian protesters run after Israeli army fired tear gas canisters during clashes near the border between Israel and east Gaza Strip January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

A baby rests on a hammock inside an indoor basketball gym, which has been turned into an evacuation centre for flooding victims, in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte in southern Philippine island of Mindanao January 17, 2014. The death toll from the floods and landslides in Mindanao caused by a lingering low-pressure area climbed to 34 on Friday, while more than 300,000 people are displaced due to flooding and landslides, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported. Storm Signal No. 1 has been raised in seven provinces in Mindanao on Friday after a low pressure area in the area developed into a tropical depression now named “Agaton”, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical And Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

A Saudi man riding a horse makes his way to a rally in celebration of schoolchildren completing their first semester of school, near Tabuk city January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Alhwaity

A man dressed as a pig stands in the rain among demonstrators during an anti-corruption protest in Ljubljana January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

South Sudanese make a fishing net outside a shelter in al-Ghanaa village in the Jableen locality in Sudan’s White Nile State, as refugees arrive from the South Sudanese war zones of Malakal and al-Rank via the Joda border, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

South Sudanese refugees queue for food at the Tzaipi refugee camp in Adjumani, 471 km (293 miles) north of Uganda’s capital Kampala, January 17, 2014. South Sudan’s rebels have demanded that Uganda stop supporting government forces as a condition for signing a ceasefire to end fighting that has riven Africa’s youngest nation, a spokesman said on Thursday. The president of neighbouring Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, admitted for the first time on Wednesday that he was helping South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to fight the rebel forces. REUTERS/Edward Echwalu

A South Sudanese refugee girl washes utensils at the Tzaipi refugee camp in Adjumani, 471 km (293 miles) north of Uganda’s capital Kampala, January 17, 2014. South Sudan’s rebels have demanded that Uganda stop supporting government forces as a condition for signing a ceasefire to end fighting that has riven Africa’s youngest nation, a spokesman said on Thursday. The president of neighbouring Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, admitted for the first time on Wednesday that he was helping South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to fight the rebel forces. REUTERS/Edward Echwalu

South Sudanese refugees wait at a border gate in Joda, in the Jableen locality in Sudan’s White Nile State, after arriving from the South Sudanese war zones of Malakal and al-Rank, January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

A South Sudanese girl looks on near a shelter in al-Ghanaa village in the Jableen locality in Sudan’s White Nile State, as refugees arrive from the South Sudanese war zones of Malakal and al-Rank via the Joda border, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

People pose for a photo with their dogs next to a statue of San Anton (rear), Spain’s patron saint of animals, after a priest blessed their pets inside San Anton church in Churriana, near Malaga, southern Spain, January 17, 2014. Pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A priest blesses a mouse inside a cage outside Madrid’s San Anton Church January 17, 2014. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain’s patron saint of animals. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) and European Commission’s President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso walk together at Moncloa Palace in Madrid January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Susana Vera

A man smokes in an alley behind his place of work in London January 17, 2014. Fifty years after the first U.S. surgeon general’s report declared smoking a hazard to human health, the tally of smoking-related effects keeps rising, with liver and colorectal cancers, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and even erectile dysfunction joining the list, according to a report released on Friday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

A full moon rises over the Statue of Freedom atop the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Homes are engulfed in flames, as media reports on the so-called the “Colby Fire”, in the hills of Glendora January 16, 2014. The wildfire, started accidentally by three campers, roared out of control in foothills above Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying at least two homes and forcing more than 1,000 residents to flee, fire and law enforcement officials said. The wind-whipped blaze erupted before dawn in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Firefighters stand as water falls from a firefighting aircraft on the Colby Fire in Azusa, California January 16, 2014. The blaze broke out about an hour before sunrise in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora and quickly spread to 1700 acres. Glendora is located about 40 miles (64 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, near the southern edge of the Angeles National Forest. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

The founder of the protest group Code Pink Medea Benjamin wears large sunglasses as she protests against U.S. President Barack Obama and the NSA before his arrival at the Department of Justice in Washington, January 17, 2014.Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies on Friday and began reining in the vast collection of Americans’ phone data in a series of reforms triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the National Security Agency from the Justice Department in Washington January 17, 2014. Obama announced a major overhaul of a controversial National Security Agency (NSA) program that collects vast amounts of basic telephone call data on foreigners and Americans. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Jan. 17 Daily Brief: Chile rallies against their government, Berlin Fashion Week, Mexican vigilantes, full moon over Statue of Freedom

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