Fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, the start of the world’s largest election, protests in Jerusalem | April 10
Obama commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, around 815 million people have registered to vote in India – the world’s biggest election, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths protest the jailing of a Jewish seminary student, and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A still image from video footage courtesy WPXI-TV shows stabbing suspect Alex Hribal dressed in a hospital gown after his arraignment with Sheriff’s deputies in Export, Pennsylvania April 9, 2014. Hribal, 16, was charged as an adult with multiple counts of attempted homicide and assault in the stabbing rampage that left 22 people wounded at his high school on Wednesday, a police official said. (WPXI-TV/Reuters)
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- U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas April 10, 2014. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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- Jyoti Amge, 20, a first time voter, shows her voting card and ink-marked finger after casting her vote in the central Indian city of Nagpur April 10, 2014. Amge has been certified by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman in the world. Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world’s biggest election – a number exceeding the population of Europe and a world record – and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- A woman holding her child votes for the general election inside a polling station on the outskirts of Jammu April 10, 2014. Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world’s biggest election – a number exceeding the population of Europe and a world record – and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)
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- A man shows his ink marked finger after casting his vote for the general election outside a polling station in Parla village in Muzaffarnagar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 10, 2014. The election is spread out over five weeks, with voting ending on May 12. It was the turn of voters in Delhi, the capital, on Thursday and many parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Muzaffarnagar, where Narendra Modi’s popularity is running high and Muslims are worried about their future. For many of the 815 million registered to vote, Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) represent a promise of better governance, industrial growth and job creation. (Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)
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- Sweden’s Jonas Blixt walks along the 15th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia April 10, 2014. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
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- Brazilian attorney, Nelson Paviotti, stands outside his home decorated with the colors of the national flag – green, yellow, white and blue, at his home in Campinas, Sao Paulo state, April 9, 2014. Paviotti claims he has worn clothes of only those colors as he promised to do if Brazil won the 1994 World Cup, which it did. He has recently decorated his home specially for the 2014 World Cup that Brazil is hosting. Picture taken April 9, 2014. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)
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- Brazilian attorney, Nelson Paviotti (R), looks at a photo that a boy took of them together, as they stand next to Paviotti’s Volkswagen Beetle painted with the colors of the national flag – green, yellow, white and blue, in Campinas, Sao Paulo state, April 9, 2014. Paviotti claims he has worn clothes of only those colors as he promised to do if Brazil won the 1994 World Cup, which it did. He has recently decorated his home especially for the 2014 World Cup that Brazil is hosting. Picture taken April 9, 2014. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)
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- People take a tour in an “upside down home” in St. Petersburg April 10, 2014. The exhibition charges less than $10 for a walk through its three rooms and two bathrooms through the apartment. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)
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- Forensic experts search for evidence on a street where a car bomb went off in Athens April 10, 2014. The car bomb went off outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens early on Thursday, smashing windows in nearby shops but causing no injuries, police and Reuters witnesses said. The blast struck hours before Greece planned its first foray into the international bond markets since it plunged into a debt crisis four years ago, and a day before a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)
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- A man bathes under a broken water pipeline at a slum in Mumbai April 10, 2014. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
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- A visitor photographs cherry blossom on trees in Greenwich Park in south London, April 10, 2014. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
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- An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man pushes over a garbage bin set on fire during a protest in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighbourhood April 10, 2014. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protested on Thursday against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with a recruitment order. Last month Israel’s parliament approved a contentious law that abolishes blanket military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students, ending a tradition upheld since the state’s foundation. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
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- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths stand next to a fire during a protest in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighbourhood April 10, 2014. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protested on Thursday against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with a recruitment order. Last month Israel’s parliament approved a contentious law that abolishes blanket military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students, ending a tradition upheld since the state’s foundation. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
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- She Ping, a 34-year-old beekeeper, is seen during an attempt to cover his body with bees, in Chongqing municipality, April 9, 2014. He used queen bees to successfully attract more than 460,000 bees, weighing over 45 kg (99 lbs), within 40 minutes, local media reported. Picture taken April 9, 2014. (China Daily/Reuters)
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- She Ping, a 34-year-old beekeeper, shakes off bees after an attempt to cover his body with bees in Chongqing municipality, April 9, 2014. He used queen bees to successfully attract more than 460,000 bees, weighing over 45 kg (99 lbs), within 40 minutes, local media reported. Picture taken April 9, 2014. (China Daily/Reuters)
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