Jan. 7 Daily Brief: White whales perform in China, glow-in-the-dark dancers take Las Vegas stage and Christmas celebrations still in full swing for some around the world
White whales perform in China, glow-in-the-dark dancers take Las Vegas stage, Christmas celebrations still in full swing for some around the world and more in today’s daily brief.
- Dancers perform during a keynote address by Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, at the 2014 International CES at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
- Dancers perform during a keynote address by Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, at the 2014 International CES at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
- Dancers perform during a keynote address by Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, at the 2014 International CES at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on January 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
- White whales and their trainers present a show for visitors at Harbin Pole Aquarium on January 7, 2014 in Harbin, China. The Aquarium is one of the tourist highlights of Harbin, attracting domestic and foreign tourists each year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- White whales and their trainers present a show for visitors at Harbin Pole Aquarium on January 7, 2014 in Harbin, China. The Aquarium is one of the tourist highlights of Harbin, attracting domestic and foreign tourists each year. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- White whales and their trainers present a show for visitors at Harbin Pole Aquarium on January 7, 2014 in Harbin, China. The Aquarium is one of the tourist highlights of Harbin, attracting domestic and foreign tourists each year. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- White whales and their trainers present a show for visitors at Harbin Pole Aquarium on January 7, 2014 in Harbin, China. The Aquarium is one of the tourist highlights of Harbin, attracting domestic and foreign tourists each year. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Visitors use mobile phones to take a picture of a penguin swimming in the tank at Harbin Pole Aquarium on January 7, 2014 in Harbin, China. The Aquarium is one of the tourist highlights of Harbin, attracting domestic and foreign tourists each year. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- A Moroccan resident runs as a huge wave crashes along the Atlantic costal road in Rabat during high tide on January 7, 2014. The wave was some 8 meters high and threw rocks and debris along the road and sidewalk. (Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman walks through a subway under railways tracks in Mumbai January 7, 2014. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
- A man measures a child’s arm circumference in a makeshift field clinic of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) organisation during a vaccination program against measles for children living near an internally displacement camp close to the airport in Bangui on January 7, 2014. (Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)
- Displaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the United Nations, near South Sudan’s capital Juba January 7, 2014. (James Akena/Reuters)
- Thousands of Catholic devotees of the Black Nazarene converge in the streets of Manila on January 7, 2014 in Quiapo district, Manila, Philippines. The Feast of the Black Nazarene culminates in a day long procession on January 9 as barefoot devotees march to see and touch the image of the Black Nazarene. The Black Nazarene is a dark wood sculpture of Jesus brought to the Philippines in 1606 from Spain and considered miraculous by Filipino devotees. As many as 6 million devotees are expected to attend during the culmination in this predominantly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)
- Palestinian Greek Orthodox Christians attend Christmas mass at the Orthodox Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City on January 7, 2014. Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas according to the Julian Calendar on January 7 because the Church never switched to the Gregorian Calendar, adopted elsewhere in Christendom from 1582. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)
- Belorussians celebrate the Christmas carol rite (Koliady) in the village of Napalki, some 60 km north from Minsk, on January 7, 2014. Koliady is an ancient pagan holiday initially celebrated on winter solstice but since appropriated to celebrate Christmas, New Year according to the Julian calendar, and other winter holidays. (Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)
- Participants march on the street during “Alilo”, a religious procession, to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi, January 7, 2014. Most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7, two weeks after most western Christian churches that abide by the Gregorian calendar. (Vano Shlamov/AFP/Getty Images)
- Sinabung mount spews ash to the air during an eruption near from Karo, North Sumatra on January 7, 2014. An Indonesian volcano that has erupted relentlessly for months shot volcanic ash into the air 30 times on January 4, forcing further evacuations with more than 20,000 people now displaced, an official said. (Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images)
- Dust covers clothes at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus January 7, 2014. (Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)
- People inspect a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus January 7, 2014. (Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)