Feb 1, 2014

Piccadilly Circus, electric bicycles in a haze, Mount Sinabung erupts and more in today’s daily brief.

: A doorman dressed in a Union flag jacket greets customers at a shop in Piccadilly Circus, London February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

: Residents ride their electric bicycles past Chinese New Year decorations near a street on a hazy day in Binzhou, Shandong province February 1, 2014. China’s meteorological authority issued a yellow alert for foggy weather on Friday as heavy fog will continue to shroud central and eastern China, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Stringer

: A street performer gestures in front of a car on a street in San Salvador January 10, 2014. Former guerrilla commander Vice President Salvador Sanchez Ceren hopes to keep his left-wing party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in power in El Salvador’s presidential election on February 2, but he faces a strong challenge from right-wing rival Norman Quijano of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) party, who wants to use the army to battle powerful street gangs. Picture taken January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez

: A man photographs waves breaking on the Brittany coast at Penmarch in Finistere during high winds and an unusually high tide coefficient, February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon

: Villagers run as Mount Sinabung erupts at Sigarang-Garang village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province February 1, 2014. Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung volcano erupted and killed at least 11 people on the western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the first time it is known to have claimed any lives, a senior government official said. REUTERS/S Aditya

: Villagers walk on ash as they carry a victim of hot lava from Mount Sinabung at Suka Meriah village in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province February 1, 2014. Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung volcano erupted and killed at least 11 people on the western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the first time it is known to have claimed any lives, a senior government official said. REUTERS/S Aditya

: A general view of the accommodation at the athletes village in Rosa Khutor as preparations continue for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

: Security guards walk in front of the Olympic flame at the Olympic Park as preparations continue for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

: A helicopter makes its way up the mountain in Rosa Khutor as preparations continue for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

: A newly married couple stand on a snow covered rock over the Yenisei River at about minus 25 degrees Celsius (minus 13 Fahrenheit) in a suburb of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

: Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the rehearsal of the opening ceremony at the Adler district of Sochi, February 1, 2014. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to February 23. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

: South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar gestures as he speaks to rebel General Peter Gatdet Yaka (not seen) in a rebel controlled territory in Jonglei State February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

: Anti-government protesters take cover behind a truck during a gunfight between supporters and opponents of Thailand’s government near Laksi district office in Bangkok February 1, 2014. Dozens of gunshots and at least two explosions raised tension amid anti-government protests in Thailand’s capital on Saturday, a day ahead of a general election seen as incapable of restoring stability in the deeply polarised country. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Feb. 1 Daily Brief: Piccadilly Circus, electric bicycles in a haze, Mount Sinabung erupts