Apr 23, 2014

Militarized police abroad crack down on real and imagined dissidents alike, a boxer in Europe feels left out, a leader is remembered in Myanmar and more in today’s daily brief.

: Pope Francis smiles to a faithful holding a Mexican flag as he leads the general audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 23.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: TONY GENTILE – REUTERS

: People attend a candlelight vigil in Ansan, to commemorate the victims of capsized passenger ship Sewol and to wish for the safe return of missing passengers, April 23. South Korean divers swam though dark, cold waters into the sunken ferry on Wednesday, feeling for children’s bodies with their hands in a maze of cabins, corridors and upturned decks as they searched for hundreds of missing. The Sewol sank last Wednesday on a routine trip from the port of Incheon, near Seoul, to the southern island of Jeju.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: KIM HONG-JI – REUTERS

: A London taxi is driven towards central London in early morning sunrise April 23, 2014. London’s black cabs are manufactured in Coventry by Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc, which is owned by Chinese company Geely Holding Group Co.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: RUSSELL BOYCE – REUTERS

: Rio de Janeiro’s state military policemen aim their guns during a violent protest in a favela next to Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro on April 22. Violent protests broke out in Rio’s landmark beachfront district, Copacabana, following the death of a resident last weekend during clashes with the Army in a nearby favela.
|| CREDIT: CHRISTOPHE SIMON – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: An Afghan youth pushes a wheelbarrow during sunset in Mazar-i-Sharif on April 22. Afghanistan remains at war, with civilians among the hardest hit as the Taliban wage an increasingly bloody insurgency against the U.S.-backed government.
|| CREDIT: FARSHAD USYAN – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: Dinh Jason is escorted by policemen while leaving a court after his trial in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city April 22. Dinh Jason, an American man of Vietnamese origin, was found guilty and sentenced to death for an attempt to smuggle more than 1 kg (2.2 lb) of heroin from Vietnam to Australia, state-run newspapers reported on Wednesday. Dinh Jason, born in 1973, was detained before boarding a flight to Australia at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on June 12, 2013, with the drugs found hidden in his underwear, the Hanoi police-run Capital Security newspaper said.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: TRAN XUAN TINH/VIETNAMPLUS – REUTERS

: An aerial view shows a man walking among tombstones as he visits the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville sur Mer, situated above Omaha Beach, in the Normandy region, March 29, 2014. France prepares to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War II D-Day beach landings to be celebrated June 6, 2014. Picture taken March 29, 2014.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: CHRISTIAN HARTMANN – REUTERS

: Anti-nuclear activists scuffle with police officers during a protest in front of Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei on April 23. Activists demanded that the government stop the controversial construction of the fourth nuclear power plant in New Taipei City.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: PICHI CHUANG – REUTERS

: Protesters are sprayed with a water cannon in front of the US embassy in Manila on April 23. The activists were protesting against what they feel is a plan by the US to bring back military bases into the country and warned that they will protest during US President Barack Obama’s visit from April 28 to 29.
|| CREDIT: NOEL CELIS – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: Mock protesters scuffle with riot policemen during police exercises to manage civil unrest in Manila on April 23 ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama. The US leader plans to visit the Philippines on April 28-29.
|| CREDIT: NOEL CELIS – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: U.S. President Barack Obama steps out from Air Force One as he arrives at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo April 23. Obama arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday at the start of a four-nation trip that comes at a time of rising tension in the region, and as the United States urges Japan’s unpredictable neighbour North Korea not to conduct another nuclear test.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: TORU HANAI – REUTERS

: South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun attends a fan meeting during a promotional event in Hong Kong April 23.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: TYRONE SIU – REUTERS

: Former boxer Shannon Briggs of the U.S. stares at Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko during a news conference held with Axel Leapai of Australia (not seen) in Duesseldorf April 22. Briggs crashed into the news conference to demand for a title fight against Klitschko. Klitschko will be facing Leapai in a title match on April 26 in Oberhausen.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: INA FASSBENDER – REUTERS

: A faithful holds an image of Sao Jorge, also known as Saint George, as he prays in front of candles during the celebrations of Sao Jorge’s day in Rio de Janeiro April 23. Sao Jorge, called Ogum in the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda, is one of the most popular saints in Brazil, with the belief that the saint provides protection against any evil for the faithful.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: RICARDO MORAES – REUTERS

: Three South African young men stand by a wall on April 22 in the township of Olievenhoutbosch, on the outskirts of Centurion, South Africa. South Africans will mark 20 years of Democracy since the first post-Apartheid election April 27, 1994.
|| CREDIT: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: Atletico de Madrid football fans display a printed sheet depicting Atletico Madrid’s Argentinian coach Diego Simeone prior to the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22.
|| CREDIT: DANI POZO – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: French climber Alain Robert (L), also known as ‘Spider-Man’, scales the Galaxy Macau hotel during a promotional event for the new Spider-Man 2 movie in Macau on April 23, 2014. Robert has climbed more than 100 of the world’s tallest buildings including the 828 metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Sears Tower in Chicago and the 88 storey Jin Mao Building in Shanghai.
|| CREDIT: DALE DE LA REY – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects during the funeral of Win Tin in Yangon April 23. Win Tin, a veteran Myanmar journalist and ally of Suu Kyi, who spent 19 years in prison because of his fight against military rule, died on April 21 at the age of 84, colleagues said.
|| PHOTO CREDIT: SOE ZEYA TUN – REUTERS

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