Buddhists celebrate holy Vesak, Arlington marks 150th anniversary, former Israeli PM sentenced to six years | May 13
Buddhists across the world celebrate holy Vesak to honor Buddha, Arlington marks 150 years since its first military burial, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail for taking bribes, and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A child drops coins into golden Buddha statues as a symbol of blessings on Vesak Day at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur May 13, 2014. Buddhists across the world on Tuesday celebrate holy Vesak to honour the birth, enlightenment and passing of Lord Buddha 2,550 years ago. (Samsul Said/Reuters)
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- An anti-government protester with her nails painted in Thai national colours, a symbol of the protesters, prays with Buddhist monks during a mass alms offering ceremony at a protesters main encampment near Government House in Bangkok on Vesak Day May 13, 2014. Thailand’s interim prime minister expressed hope on Monday that February’s annulled general election could be re-run soon, and said anti-government protesters would not succeed in getting the Senate to impose an alternative premier. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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- Thai monks at Wat Pan Tao lead a procession three times around the temple in a ceremony celebrating Visak Day on May 13, 2014 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Visak Day is a Theravada Buddhist religious holiday commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha. (Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)
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- A man holds a line of Buddhist flags while decorating a pandal at a temple ahead of Vesak Day celebrations in Colombo May 13, 2014. Vesak Day, which is celebrated on May 14 and 15 in Sri Lanka, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
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- Sara Errani of Italy hits a return to Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa during their women’s singles match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 13, 2014. (Max Rossi/Reuters)
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- A US Military Honor Guard participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Army Pvt. William Christman, as part of Arlington at 150 Celebration on May 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. Pvt. Christman was the first military burial at Arlington 150 years ago today on May 13, 1864. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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- A Turkmenistan man performs on a horse during the opening ceremony of 2014 International Akhal-Teke Horses Association Special Conference and China Horse Culture Festival at Forbidden City, in Beijing, May 12, 2014. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
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- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) leaves Tel Aviv District Court May 13, 2014. Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail on Tuesday for taking bribes in a massive real estate deal, a crime the judge said was akin to treason. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
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- Rays of light burst through holes in the roof of Maskuf covered market as Syrians walk in the alleys on May 12, 2014 in the Old City of Homs, some 162 kilometres north of the capital Damascus. Syrians have been streaming back into the ruins of the Old City of Homs since May 10, 2014, picking through the remains of their homes and trying to come to terms with the destruction. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Caterham F1 team’s Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi takes part in the Formula one test days at Catalunya’s racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, on May 13, 2014. (Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram. The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen on YouTube. About 100 girls wearing full veils and praying are shown in an undisclosed location in the 17-minute video in which Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau speaks. (Boko Haram handout via Reuters TV/Reuters)
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- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray during a protest against Pope Francis’ upcoming visit on May 12, 2014, in the Old City of Jerusalem, near King David’s tomb. Hundreds of Orthodox Jewish protesters gathered outside the Old City walls on Mount Zion to protest against Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land from May 24-26. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Miners on strike chant slogans as they march in Nkaneng township outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg May 13, 2014. South Africa sent more police to the strike-hit platinum belt on Tuesday to protect miners returning to work this week as producers pushed ahead with plans to end the sector’s longest and most costly bout of industrial action. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)
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- A pupil takes part in a classroom activity at a Palestinian Bedouin of Jahaline tribe school in the area of E1, not far from the settlement of Maale Adumim, on May 13, 2014 in Wadi Abu Hindi, West Bank. The school, the largest for Beduins in the area of E1 teaches, 190 children from tribes around the area. Some of the A pupil are unable to walk to school because of the long distances involved and no road infrastructure, and are forced to use donkeys. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
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- A man looks out of his window surrounded by a recently created graffiti depicting the Kremlin, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and the Russian flag, on the wall of a residential building in the Crimean port of Sevastopol May 13, 2014. (Stringer/Reuters)
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