Toilet paper wedding dresses, World Cup begins | June 12
The day in photos around the world.
- Designer and model Susan Brennan of Orchard Lake, Michigan presents her dress named “Romance on a Roll” after taking first prize at the 10th annual toilet paper wedding dress contest in Midtown, New York June 12, 2014. The materials to make the dress include 20 rolls of Charmin Ultra Soft, white and clear tape, Elmer’s glue and thread. There was something old, something new, something borrowed and something double-ply for 10 designers who battled it out on Thursday for $10,000 and the top prize in the 10th annual toilet paper wedding dress contest held in New York City. (Adrees Latif /Reuters)
- A man looks at armed pro-Russian separatists at a town center in Snizhnye in eastern Ukraine June 12, 2014. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
- Young Palestinians climb across a bar over fire during a military-style exercise at a summer camp organized by the Hamas movement in Gaza City June 12, 2014. Hamas stages dozens of military-style summer camps for young Palestinians in the Gaza strip to prepare them to confront any possible Israeli attack, organisers said. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
- A young Palestinian takes part in a military-style exercise at a summer camp organized by Hamas movement in Gaza City June 12, 2014. Hamas stages dozens of military-style summer camps for young Palestinians in Gaza strip to prepare them to confront any possible Israeli attack, organisers said. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
- Kids juggle with a ball on a street painted with a Brazilian flag in Mangaratiba June 12, 2014. (Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)
- A hot air balloon in the shape of Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue flies over the Sydney skyline June 12, 2014. The balloon, measuring over 45 metres tall and built in Britain, flew over the Sydney skyline on Thursday to publicise an online sports betting agency, asking fans of Australia’s national soccer team “Socceroos” to ‘keep the faith’ as they compete in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (David Callow/Handout via Reuters)
- A supporter of Brazil’s national soccer team arrives for the opening match of the soccer World Cup between Brazil and Croatia at the Arena de Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- An anti-government demonstrator dressed as Batman yells slogans accompanied by passengers on a bus, during a protest against the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro June 12, 2014. Placard reads “We want to be the champions in healthcare, education and not just in football.” (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
- A Virgin Airlines commercial aircraft is illuminated by the setting sun in front of a full moon after taking off from Sydney Airport, June 12, 2014. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
- Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers prepare to leave their base for a patrol at polling stations in the outskirts of Kabul June 12, 2014. The second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election will be held on June 14. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)
- A man removes a poster of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai a day after election campaigns officially ends in Kabul June 12, 2014. The second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election will take place on June 14. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
- Riot policemen move by a fire set up by demonstrators during an anti-World Cup protest on the morning the Brazilian mega-city hosts the tournament’s opening match, in Sao Paulo on June 12, 2014. Police fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to break up dozens of protesters gathering near a Sao Paulo subway station with a red banner reading “If we have no rights, there won’t be a Cup,” saying they planned to march as close as possible to Corinthians Arena, the city’s World Cup stadium. (Miguel Schincariol/AFP/Getty Images)
- A beetle volkswagen, locally known as “fusca”, painted in the green-yellow Brazilian national colours, is parked at the Praca 14 de Janeiro neighborhood in Manaus, one of the host cities of Fifa World Cup 2014, Amazonas state, Brazil, on June 11, 2014. (Raphael Alves/AFP/Getty Images)
- Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (C) controls the ball on his head while coach Alejandro Sabella (R) talks to his players during a training session at the Independencia Arena, in Belo Horizonte ahead of a 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group F football match against Bosnia and Hercegovina to be held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on June 15. AFP PHOTO / (Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)
- A girl reading the files of victims killed during the Nanjing massacre in Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu province. Japan lashed out at China for politicizing a UN agency with a bid to register papers on its wartime sexual slavery and the Nanjing massacre in a global document trove. (AFP/Getty Images)