Swimwear in Miami, Spanish flamingo wrangling, international diving competition and more | July 19
Swimwear is on the runway in Miami, while flamingos get wrangled and tagged in Spain, the faces of divers competing in China and more in the Daily Brief for July 19.
- A model walks the runway at the L*Space By Monica Wise show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at The Raleigh in Miami Beach, Florida. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
- A model walks the runway at the L*Space By Monica Wise fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at Cabana Grande at The Raleigh in Miami, Florida. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for L*Space)
- A model walks the runway at the L*Space By Monica Wise show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at The Raleigh in Miami Beach, Florida. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
- A model walks the runway at the L*Space By Monica Wise fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at Cabana Grande at The Raleigh in Miami, Florida. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for L*Space)
- A model walks the runway at the L*Space By Monica Wise show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at The Raleigh in Miami Beach, Florida. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
- A model walks off stage in the backstage area during Frankie’s Bikinis show at Mercedes Benz Swim Fashion Week in Miami. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- Kruella Lamour attends the Christopher Street Day (CSD) gay pride parade while riding on a truck in Munich, Germany. (Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images)
- A security guard restrains a fan after he ran onto the field as the Calgary Stampeders played the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the second half of their CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta. (Todd Korol/Reuters)
- Tinkoff-Saxo team rider Ral Majka of Poland is chased by a supporter as he cycles to win the 177-km fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Risoul. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)
- The pack of riders is reflected in a rear mirror during the 177-km fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Risoul. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
- The pack of riders cycles on its way in the Alps mountains during the 177-km fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Risoul. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
- Race leader Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali (R) of Italy climbs to Risoul during the 177-km fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Risoul. (Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)
- Sergio Garcia of Spain watches his tee shot on the 13th hole during the third round of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
- Spectators peer between grandstands as Sergio Garcia of Spain chips onto the 15th green during the third round of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
- South Africa’s George Coetzee reacts on the 8th tee during his third round 74, on day three of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England. (Andrew Yates/AFP-Getty Images)
- Phil Mickelson, Unites States, stands on the 17th green during his third round, on day three of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England. (andrew Yates/AFP-Getty Images)
- Dustin Johnson, Unites States, reacts to a missed putt on the 8th green during his third round 71, on day three of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England. (Peter Muhly/AFP-Getty Images)
- Tom Watson of the United States tees off on the 10th hole during the third round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
- Rickie Fowler, of the United States, chips onto the 13th green during the third round of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates a birdie putt on the 14th green during the third round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
- Tony Kanaan of Brazil, drives the #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Chevrolet during qualifying for the Verizon IndyCar Series Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Toronto,Canada. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
- Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany sits in his car while steam from dry ice used to cool him down comes out of his cockpit during the third free practice session ahead of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit,. The German Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, July 20. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- Red Bull Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo from Australia takes off his face mask during the third free practice session ahead of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit. The German Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, July 20. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain waits for the start of the third free practice session ahead of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit. The German Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, July 20. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso from Spain speeds during the qualifying ahead of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit. Rosberg won the qualifying ahead of Williams Valtteri Bottas from Finland and Bottas’ team mate Felipe Massa from Brazil. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)
- Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain crashes his car during the qualifying of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit. The German Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, July 20. (Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)
- A crashed bus is loaded on a platform at the site of the accident on German A2 highway near the eastern city of Dresden. A bus from Poland crashed at around 02:00 am into another bus from Ukraine, killing at least nine and injuring some 43 people, local media and German police said. (Axel Schmidt/Reuters)
- Volunteers wade across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. Around 600 flamingos were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- A volunteer holds a flamingo as it is fitted with an identity ring at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. Around 600 flamingos were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- Volunteers watch flamingo chicks being released at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, after a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP-Getty Images)
- A flamingo and flamingo chicks are seen in a corral before being tagged at dawn at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. Around 600 flamingos were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- Volunteers wade across a lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. Around 600 flamingos were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- Volunteers take a blood sample from a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kms from Malaga, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP-Getty Images)
- A volunteer looks at a flamingo inside a corral at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain. Around 600 flamingos were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- A volunteer carries a flamingo chick to release it after it was tagged in Fuente de Piedra lake in Fuente de Piedra, Spain. Fuente de Piedra lagoon is a natural reserves with more than 170 different species recorded and one of the main breeding grounds for Flamingos in Iberian Peninsula. Hundreds of flamingo chicks are tagged and checked to record the evolution of the species. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
- Flamingos in flight in Fuente de Piedra, Spain. Fuente de Piedra lagoon is a natural reserves with more than 170 different species recorded and one of the main breeding grounds for Flamingos in Iberian Peninsula. Hundreds of flamingo chicks are tagged and checked to record the evolution of the species. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
- College students gather around candles forming the shape of an airplane, during a candlelight vigil for victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a university in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. (China Stringer Network/Reuters)
- A nun and member of the Australian Ukrainian community wipes her nose during a prayer vigil for those killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, at the St Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic church in Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott blamed Russia on Friday for the shooting down of MH17 over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, including 28 Australians. Abbott appeared to go further than other Western leaders in apportioning blame over the crash, demanding that Moscow answer questions about the “Russian-backed rebels” that he said were behind the disaster. (David Gray/Reuters)
- An Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitor photographs the village sign at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region. International monitors said Saturday they had been allowed to visit more of the site where the Malaysian airliner crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, though gunmen still stopped them approaching some of the wreckage. The words on the sign read, “Save and Protect” (top) and “Grabovo” (bottom). (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- Members of the Ukrainian Emergency Ministry carry a body at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region. Russia called on Ukraine’s authorities and rebels on Saturday to give international experts access to the crash site of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane, the foreign ministry said. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- Bosnian Muslims carry coffins with bodies from a mass grave, before a mass funeral in Kozarac, near Prijedor. The collective burial of 284 Bosnian Muslims and Croats, whose remains were found and identified in a northwestern mass grave and believed to be the largest from Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, will take place on Sunday. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
- Bosnian Muslims cry near the coffins of relatives before a mass funeral for bodies found in a mass grave, in Kozarac, near Prijedor,. The collective burial of 284 Bosnian Muslims and Croats, whose remains were found and identified in a northwestern mass grave and believed to be the largest from Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, will take place on Sunday. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
- Bosnian Muslims place their hands on the coffins of relatives before a mass funeral for bodies found in a mass grave, in Kozarac, near Prijedor. The collective burial of 284 Bosnian Muslims and Croats, whose remains were found and identified in a northwestern mass grave and believed to be the largest from Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, will take place on Sunday. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
- A man pushes his electric bicycle against strong wind and heavy rainfalls along a flooded seaside street as Typhoon Rammasun hits Haikou, Hainan province. A super typhoon slammed into China on Friday killing one person, as the government ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from a storm that has already killed at least 64 people in the Philippines. Rammasun made landfall at Wenchang city on south China’s island province of Hainan on Friday afternoon. (China Stringer Network/Reuters)
- Residents travel on a street blocked by fallen electricity poles after Typhoon Rammasun hit Leizhou, Guangdong province. A super typhoon has killed at least fourteen people in China since making landfall on Friday afternoon, state media said on Saturday, after hitting parts of the Philippines and leaving 77 dead. (China Stringer Network/Reuters)
- People bend low while trying to walk past fallen tree branches against strong winds and heavy rainfall as Typhoon Rammasun hit Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The super typhoon has killed eight people in China since making landfall on Friday afternoon, state media said on Saturday, after hitting parts of the Philippines and leaving 77 dead. (China Stringer Network/Reuters)
- Heavy rains fall as an Indian man pushes a trolley in Allahabad. The southwest monsoon covered the entire country on July 17, two days behind the normal schedule. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP-Getty Images)
- A woman jumps over a puddle as she crosses a street after a torrential downpour in the South Beach part of Miami. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
- A traditional kite named Janggan is flown during the Bali Kite Festival in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The event is a seasonal religious festival, which is intended to send a message to Hindu gods to create abundant harvests and crops. Approximately 1322 traditional kites are flown during the three day festival. (Agung Parameswara/Getty Images)
- Sri Lanka’s Dilruwan Perera jumps away from the ball as South Africa’s Alviro Petersen (L) completes his run during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Galle. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- Jianfei Ma (L) of China competes against Alexey Cheremisinov of Russia during their men’s foil final at the World Fencing Championships in Kazan. (Grigory Dukor/Reuters)
- Parents watch from a boardwalk as children play and swim around a floating dock off the island of Lindoya in the Oslo fjord. The Norwegian capital has seen good summer weather with temperatures reaching 27 degrees celsius and the sea water up to 20 celsius the last few days. (Odd Andersen/AFP-Getty Images)
- Spectators watch on as a competitor dives during the training session of the Cliff Diving European Championship in Ponte Brolla near Locarno, Switzerland. (Philipp Schmidli/Bongarts/Getty Images)
- David Boudia of the United States compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- David Boudia of the United States compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Cao Yuan of China compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Yahel Castillo Huerta of Mexico compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Illya Kvasha of Ukraine compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Illya Kvasha of Ukraine compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Cao Yuan of China compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- David Boudia of the United States compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- He Chong of China compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center on in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Yahel Castillo Huerta of Mexico compete in the Men’s 3m Springboard Final during day five of the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
- Sunbathers on the rocks at Giglio Island near the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. Italian salvage workers said today they would begin towing away the Costa Concordia on a final voyage to the scrapyard a day later than scheduled. The ship crashed off the island of Giglio in a nighttime disaster which left 32 people dead. The plan is to raise and tow away the 114,500-tonne vessel in an unprecedented and delicate operation for its final journey to the shipyard where it was built in the port of Genoa. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP-Getty Images)
- A pro-Palestinian protester confronts riot police during during a demonstration against violence in the Gaza strip which had been banned by police in Paris. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
- A Palestinian shepherd holds a white cloth as she flees with her herd following an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces on Saturday pressed ahead with a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants kept firing rockets deep into Israel’s heartland, pushing the death toll past 300 in almost two weeks of conflict. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
- Palestinian boys, who fled their family’s house following an Israeli ground offensive, look out a classroom window as they stay at a United Nations-run school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces on Saturday pressed ahead with a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants kept firing rockets deep into Israel’s heartland, pushing the death toll past 300 in almost two weeks of conflict. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
- Relatives of Palestinians, who medics said were killed overnight by Israeli shelling, mourn at a funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers in tanks and bulldozers dug in across a mile-wide strip of eastern Gaza on Saturday as Palestinian officials said military strikes had pushed the mostly civilian death toll past 300. The military said its engineers were concentrating on an effective buffer-zone 2.5 km (1.5 mile) wide and were looking to destroy tunnels dug in secret by Hamas after the last major fighting there in 2012. Israel launched its ground offensive and intensive barrages from air and sea on Thursday after 10 days of fighting. Fighters from Gaza launched 18 rockets into Israel overnight and four were shot down by its Iron Dome interceptor while the rest fell harmlessly wide, the Israeli military said. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
- A soldier motions that he does not want his photo taken while on an operation near the Israeli-Gaza border near Sderot, Israel. As operation “Protective Edge” enters it’s 12th day, over 300 Gazans have been killed along with three Israeli soldiers. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Israeli soldiers rest on Merkava tanks at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border. Israeli strikes killed 20 people in Gaza on July 19, 2014, taking the death toll from a 12-day bombardment to 318, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to join truce efforts. (MenahemKahana/AFP-Getty Images)
- An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires towards the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces on Saturday pressed ahead with a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants kept firing rockets deep into Israel’s heartland, pushing the death toll past 300 in almost two weeks of conflict. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
- An Israeli reservist troop prays near the Israeli-Gaza border on the morning near Sderot, Israel. Late last night Israeli forces escalated their operation with a ground offensive, sending troops into Gaza. More than 250 Palestinians have lost their lives since Israel began operation ‘Protective Edge’. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- A Pakistani Muslim devotee reads the Koran as he attends Itikaf worship during the holy month of Ramadan at the Grand Faisal mosque in Islamabad. Itikaf is a spiritual retreat in a mosque, usually held during the last 10 days of Ramadan, and during which Muslims will spend the evening and night in the mosque devoting their time to solitary prayers and reading the Koran. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP-Getty Images)
- Pakistani Muslim devotees arrive to attend Itikaf worship during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Karachi. Itikaf is a spiritual retreat in a mosque, usually held during the last 10 days of Ramadan, and during which Muslims spend the evening and night in the mosque devoting their time to solitary prayers and reading the Koran. (Asif Hassan/AFP-Getty Images)
- Pakistani Muslim devotees offer prayers before Itikaf worship during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Karachi. Itikaf is a spiritual retreat in a mosque, usually held during the last 10 days of Ramadan, and during which Muslims spend the evening and night in the mosque devoting their time to solitary prayers and reading the Koran. (Asif Hassan/AFP-Getty Images)