Mar 26, 2014

German zoo birds, Fashion week in China, reading to cats, unrest in Egypt and more in today’s daily brief.

: An eagle owl fluffs out its feathers as it sits on one foot on a branch in its enclosure at the Grugapark in Essen. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

: A model parades creations of “SEC Qi Gang Collection” designed by Qi Gang during the bi-annual China Fashion Week in Beijing. The biannual China Fashion Week is being held in Beijing from March 25 to 31. (Getty Images)

: A great grey owl sits in its enclosure at the Grugapark in Essen. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

: A model presents a creation from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (BIFT) and Shih Chien University Emerging Design Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Jason Lee/Reuters)

: A model showcases designs on the catwalk during the CRZ Collection show of Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014/2015 at the 751D-PARK Central Hall in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

: Pelicans sit in an enclosure at the Grugapark in Essen. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

: Russia’s Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov compete during the pairs short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Yuya Shino/Reuters)

: An Indian supporter waves the mask of prime ministerial candidate of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi at an election rally in New Delh. Stepping up his election campaign, Modi will address 185 rallies in 295 parliamentary constituencies across the country from March 26. (Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images)

: People fish on a pier at the port of Mariupol, located on the north of the Sea of Azov in eastern Ukraine. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

: A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion returns to RAAF Base Pearce after continuing the search for debris or wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia. The search for flight MH370 resumes today after rough winds and high swells prevented air and sea crews from searching for debris yesterday. Six countries have joined the search, now considered to be a recovery effort, after authorities announced that the airliner crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean with no expected survivors. (Rob Griffith – Pool/Getty Images)

: An Indian laborer transports pumpkins on a boat at Fafamau village near Allahabad. (Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images)

: Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Sa’ad in southern Israel. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)

: A special forces police officer fires rubber bullets as a protester raises his hand during a demonstration at the front of Cairo University. One person was killed near Egypt’s Cairo University on Wednesday when protesters supporting ousted President Mohamed Mursi clashed with security forces, a health ministry official told Reuters. The protesters were demonstrating against a court ruling earlier this week condemning more than 500 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

: An Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood student and supporter of ousted president Mohamed Morsi runs through smoke during clashes with riot police following a demonstration outside Cairo University. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leader went on trial on March 25, along with hundreds of other Islamists before the same judge who triggered a global outcry when he sentenced 529 convicted rioters to death. (Khaled Desouki/Getty Images)

: A child reads out to a cat in the animal shelter of Amersfoort, The Netherlands. (Marco De Swart/Getty Images)

: Kosovo Albanians pay homage over the coffins containing mortal remains during a funeral ceremony in the town Suva Reka for the 27 Kosovo Albanians killed by Serbian security forces during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war. (Armend Nimani/Getty Images)

: Kosovo Albanians walk in graveyard during a funeral ceremony in the village of Mala Krusa for the 19 Kosovo Albanians killed by Serbian security forces during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war. (Armend Nimani/Getty Images)

: A search and rescue worker looks for survivors in the aftermath of a mudslide in Oso, Washington. A massive mudslide on March 22 has killed at least fourteen and left many missing. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

: A personnel of Indonesia’s election commission prepares ballot boxes and polling materials in Bangkalan, Madura island in East Java province in preparation for the legislative elections on April 9, 2014. Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation with 250 million people, will hold legislative polls in April and elect a new president in July, with some 180 million voters eligible to take part. (Juni Kriswanto/Getty Images)

: Afghan school children carry plastic chairs on their heads as they walk to school in the morning in Mazar-i-Sharif. The literacy rate in Afghanistan is about 30 percent and about 42 percent of the country’s population is under the age of 14. According to UNICEF more boys than girls attend classes in primary school in Afghanistan. (Farshad Usyan/Getty Images)

: Honor guards prepare to leave after the arrival of China’s President Xi Jinping at the Lyon Saint-Exupery Airport. Xi arrived in France for a three-day state visit. (Jeff Pachoud/Getty Images)

: Dutch policemen play field hockey with girls in a street in The Hague. (John Thys/Getty Images)

: A surfer is tossed from his board near Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Autumn has arrived in Rio bringing with it much needed rains and increased surf in some areas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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