Jan. 31 Daily Brief: Hottest January on record in Brazil, using slings to throw stones, avalanche in Keystone Canyon
Pigeons fly near the National Palace in San Salvado, lighting incense for good luck, a French Bulldog poses for a portrait and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A gondola ascends on a foggy day near the Rosa Khutor alpine resort near Sochi January 31, 2014. Preparations continue for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games that will be held in Sochi. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth)
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- Thousands of motorcyclists drive during a protest against possible regulation and schedule bans as a measure to combat insecurity in Caracas January 31, 2014. Nearly 2,000 motorcyclists protested in Caracas on Friday, hooting their horns and waving Venezuelan flags outside a government office as they condemned a night ban that authorities imposed in a bid to curb crime. Officials in Caracas and other areas made it illegal to ride a motorcycle after 9pm. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
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- The Richardson Highway is pictured in this January 25, 2014 handout photo as it runs through the Keystone Canyon in the aftermath of a January 24 avalanche that closed the highway near Valdez, Alaska. Road traffic to Valdez was cut off from the rest of the state after a series of avalanches over the weekend blocked the only road into the coastal community. As of January 31, 6 miles (10 km) of the highway remained closed, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Utilities (Alaska DOT&PF). REUTERS/Alaska DOT&PF/Handout via Reuters)
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- A French Bulldog puppy poses for a portrait at the American Kennel Club (AKC) in New York January 31, 2014. The AKC announced its most popular breeds of dogs Friday, with the Labrador Retriever taking the top spot and the French Bulldog seeing a significant rise in ownership. (REUTERS/Eric Thayer)
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- Riot police stand in formation facing anti-government protesters in Kiev, January 31, 2014. Ukraine’s embattled President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday signed into law an amnesty for demonstrators detained during mass unrest and repealed anti-protest legislation, in a fresh bid to take the heat out of the political crisis. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
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- Anti-government protesters with “No Vote” stickers and banners march through Bangkok January 31, 2014. Thai authorities might close polling booths if violence erupts during Sunday’s disputed election which could further undermine the credibility of a vote that is deemed incapable of restoring stability in the polarised country. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)
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- Smoke rises at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by government forces in the Al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah)
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- Models present creations by Mari Carmen Cruz during the International Flamenco Fashion Show SIMOF in the Andalusian capital of Seville January 31, 2014. The show will run until February 2. (REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo)
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- South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar sits in the bush as he talks on a phone to a Reuters journalist in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State January 31, 2014. A regional African group mediating to end the conflict in South Sudan aims to deploy the first monitors of a shaky ceasefire at the weekend, senior officials said on Friday. The government of President Salva Kiir and rebels loyal to his sacked deputy Riek Machar agreed a ceasefire deal on January 23, but both sides have accused each other of violations. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
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- A Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Jalazoun refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah January 31, 2014. Clashes broke on Friday between stone-throwing protesters and Israeli soldiers, two days after Muhammad Mubarak, 21, a resident of the refugee camp was killed by Israeli soldiers who said he had opened fire on their position near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank. (REUTERS/Darren Whiteside)
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- A labourer works on the scaffoldings of a flyover under construction in Lahore January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza)
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- A man walks in Barra da Tijuca beach during the sunrise in Rio de Janeiro January 31, 2014. This has been the hottest January on record in parts of Brazil, and the heat plus a severe drought has fanned fears of water shortages, crop damage, and higher electricity bills that could drag down the economy during an election year for President Dilma Rousseff. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)
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- The town of Rosa Khutor is viewed from an ascending gondola as preparations continue for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
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- Workers push a cart carrying coal out of a shaft at a coal mine at Nalaikh, southeast of Ulan Bator January 24, 2014. According to local media, over the past decade many miners were killed in accidents in Nalaikh due to the backward working conditions. Picture taken January 24, 2014. (REUTERS/B.Rentsendor)
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- A man prays for good fortune while holding incense on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Petak Sembilan Temple in Jakarta January 31, 2014. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the year of the horse, falls on January 31. (REUTERS/Beawiharta)
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- Tiger Woods of the U.S. watches his shot on the 13th fairway during the second round of the 2014 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Caren Firouz)
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- Pigeons fly near the National Palace in San Salvador January 31, 2014. El Salvador will hold its presidential elections on February 2. (REUTERS/Henry Romero)
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- French cyclist Robert Marchand, aged 102, walks onto the track at the indoor Velodrome National in Montigny-les-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris January 31, 2014. Marchand set a new record, cycling 26.98 kms in one hour, in the Masters + 100 category established by the International Cycling Union (UCI). (REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen )
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- A rainbow appears as a pedestrian crosses the Hungerford Bridge in London January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)
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- A pedestrian carries an umbrella as he walks over the Hungerford Bridge in London January 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)
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- A resident puts on her wader boots as she prepares to walk through flood water in the village of Thorney on the Somerset Levels, near Langport in south west England January 31, 2014. British military are on standby to be drafted into the Somerset area to help. Large areas of the county has been underwater for nearly a month. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)
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- A worker of SABESP, a Brazilian enterprise of Sao Paulo state, that provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial areas looks at the cracked ground of Jaguary dam in Braganca Paulista, 100 km from Sao Paulo January 31, 2014. This has been the hottest January on record in parts of Brazil, and the heat plus a severe drought has fanned fears of water shortages, crop damage, and higher electricity bills that could drag down the economy during an election year for President Dilma Rousseff. (REUTERS/Nacho Doce)
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