Masters golf tournament, grazing standoff and austerity protests | April 12
The third round of the Masters, grazing cattle standoff in Nevada, Italian austerity protests and more.
- Escape Velocity art installation by Poetic Kinetics is seen during the first day of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
- Escape Velocity art installation by Poetic Kinetics is seen during the first day of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
- Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez waits to putt on the seventh green during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the 4th hole during the third round of the 78th Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
- Bubba Watson watches his tee shot on the third hole during the third round of the 2014 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (Harry How/Getty Images)
- Germany’s Bernhard Langer hits his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
- Gary Woodland of the United States reacts after missing a putt for par on the 11th hole during the third round of the 2014 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (David Cannon/Getty Images)
- Protester Ben Stobel of Kalispell, Mont., at his camp in Bunkerville, Nev. Rangers are rounding up cattle on federal land in Nevada in a rare showdown with Cliven Bundy, a rancher who has illegally grazed his herd on public lands for decades, as conflict over land use simmers in western states. The standoff with the Bureau of Land Management stems in part from Bundy’s belief that their right to graze the land predates the federal government’s management of it, and that the county and state should ultimately have authority over lands in their boundaries. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- Protesters on horseback ride on the hills above a rally site in Bunkerville, Nev. Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was ceasing its cattle roundup operation on federal lands. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- Bureau of Land Management vehicles near a corral with cattle outside Bunkerville, Nev., before announcing the cessation of the operation. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- Protesters Brayden Johnson, Mike Eames and his wife Kristi Eames (L-R) wave to passing motorists in Bunkerville, Nev., as they protest efforts by the Bureau of Land Management to stop cattle from grazing on federal land. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- Rancher Cliven Bundy talks from a stage stage as Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie stands beside him in Bunkerville, Nev. Gillespie announced the Bureau of Land Management was ceasing its cattle roundup operation. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- Rancher Cliven Bundy greets Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie in Bunkerville, Nev. Gillespie announced the Bureau of Land Management was ceasing its cattle roundup operation. Bundy, a rancher who has illegally grazed his herd on public lands for decades, and his supporters were in a standoff stemming from Bundy’s belief thathis right to graze the land predates the federal government’s management of it. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- A protester reacts in Bunkerville, Nev after Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie announced the Bureau of Land Management was ceasing its cattle roundup operation. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- A flight crew member aboard a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion maritime search aircraft as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for debris from missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Search and rescue officials in Australia are confident they know the approximate position of the black box recorders from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday. At the same time, however, the head of the agency coordinating the search said that the latest “ping” signal, which was captured by a listening device buoy on Thursday, was not related to the plane. Richard Polden/Reuters)
- Indian Congress party candidate Milind Deora acknowledges the greetings of a bus passenger during an election roadshow in Mumbai. India’s 814-million-strong electorate is voting in the world’s biggest election, which is set to sweep the Hindu nationalist opposition to power at a time of low growth, anger over corruption and warnings about religious unrest.(Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman with her child casts her vote at a Dhalai district polling station in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura. The Indian elections are a mammoth exercise which concludes May 12 and results due May 16. (Jayanta Dey/Reuters)
- Demonstrations in Rome against austerity measures included a protest march against high housing costs and joblessness as a result of Italy’s long economic slowdown. The procession made its way peacefully through central Rome until a more violent element wearing helmets started throwing objects at police (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
- A protestor throws a flare at police on the sidelines of an anti-austerity demonstration in Rome. The protest, made up of workers and students against austerity, started peacefully, but turned violent when the group reached the Department for Industry building in the heart of the city. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
- Demonstrators against austerity measures march in Rome. The procession made its way peacefully through central Rome until a more violent element wearing helmets started throwing objects at police near the Labor Ministry. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
- Police and demonstrators clash during austerity protests in Rome. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
- Police clash with protesters as an anti-austerity demonstration in Rome turns violent. The protest, made up of workers, students, and anti-austerity campaigners, started peacefully but turned violent when they reached the Department for Industry in the heart of the city. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
- A dala-dalabus on flooded Old Bagamoyo Road pass a pedestrian in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Meteorological Agency has issued a weather warning, predicting several more days of heavy rain for the coastal and southern parts of the country.(Daniel Hayduk/AFP/Getty Images)
- French swimmer Claire Polit competes in the women’s 200m breaststroke semi final during the French swimming championships in Chartres. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)
- Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei smashes against India’s K. Srikanth during their men’s singles semi-finals match at the Singapore Open badminton tournament. (Edgar Su/Reuters)
- Monaco’s Anthony Martial challenges a falling Stade Rennes’ Cheikh M’Bengue during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at the Route de Lorient stadium in Rennes, France. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)
- Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) collides with Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jamie McBain (4) during the first period of their game at TD Garden. (Winslow Townson/USA Today Sports
- Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons (25) lies on the floor in the third quarter of the Rockets game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Timberwolves won 112-110. (Brad Rempel/USA Today Sports)
- Minnesota Timberwolves forward Corey Brewer (13) bites after a second quarter play against the Houston Rockets at Target Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves won 112-110. (Brad Rempel/USA Today Sports)
- Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts (2) hits a broken-bat single against the New York Yankees during the second inning of their game at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner/USA Today Sports)
- Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Reggis Davis (81) scores a touchdown past defensive back Aaron Davis (35) during the first half of the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. (Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports)
- Penn State Nittany Lions players sign autographs before the Blue-White spring game at Beaver Stadium in State College. (Matthew O’Haren/USA Today Sports)
- A spring evening in Berlin’s Mauerpark. (Axel Schmidt/reuters)
- Comedian and actor Jerry Lewis photographs the working press during a ceremony outside the TCL Theater in Hollywood. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television and stage. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front row right) poses with a group of entertainers, including members of the girls’ pop group HKT48during a cherry blossom viewing party at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Gyoen park. Thousands of people including entertainers, athletes and politicians were invited to the annual party hosted by Abe. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
- Protesters from the ‘”6th of April” group and other opposition activists chant slogans after taking part in a “Freedom marathon.” The group was calling for the release of detained activists in Cairo. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
- A detained man is held in a truck during a joint patrol of Central African Republic gendarmes, French gendarmes and French soldiers in Bangui. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
- Sculptor Val Suarez and his brother Oca apply varnish to a religious sculpture depicting Jesus Christ carved into a hillside south of Manila. The Suarez brothers started sculpting different religious images on the hillside last month to commemorate the season of Lent, attracting numerous visitors from around the Philippines. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
- A priest attends a pilgrimage ahead of Orthodox Palm Sunday in Bucharest. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. Romania’s Christian Orthodox majority will celebrate Easter April 20 together with Catholic believers.(Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
- Priests in ceremonial outfits attend a pilgrimage ahead of Orthodox Palm Sunday in Bucharest. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. Romania’s Christian Orthodox majority will celebrate Easter April 20 together with Catholic believers.(Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
- Free Army fighters in Syria walk across a field of flowers during a reconnaissance mission on the Heesh front, for what they said was an operation to take over a checkpoint belonging to the regime’s forces, at the countryside in Idlib April 10, 2014. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)
- Protestors stand on the side of a road outside of the inaugural Freedom Summit meeting for conservative speakers in Manchester, N.H. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
- Juana Gutierrez carries flag-draped remains of her grandfather, a victim of Spain’s Civil War, in the cemetery of Valdenoceda, near Burgos, northern Spain. The remains of 23 victims executed by Francisco Franco’s regime during the Spanish Civil War were exhumed from mass graves from the Spanish Civil War. (Eloy Alonso/Reuters)
- An armed man gestures in front of the police headquarters in Slaviansk, Ukraine. At least 20 armed militants, wearing mismatched camouflage outfits, took over the police and security services headquarters in the eastern city of Slaviansk seizing hundreds of handguns. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
- A pro-Russian protester at a barricade in front of the seized office of the SBU state security service in Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s prime minister offered Friday to boost local powers in the regions in an effort to undercut pro-Russia separatists who have occupied official buildings in Russian-speaking cities in eastern Ukraine. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
- Members of the French association “Memories Hairy.” dressed in World War One French military outfits, play cards in a shelter during a historical re-enactment of trench warfare in Althen des Paluds near Avignon, Southern France. The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
- Players and fans observe a minute’s silence to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa at Selhurst Park in London, England. (Christopher Lee/Getty Images)
- A makeshift shrine at El Monte High School in California for student Adrian Castro. Castro was one of 10 students killed in a northern California accident when a delivery truck plowed into a bus carrying a group of southern California high school students on a tour to Humboldt State University. At least 30 were also injured (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)