Napoleon’s army fights again, the bloody Hungarian wrestling championships and the Pope in Turkey | Nov. 29
Big waves, Napoleon’s battle of Austerlitz is reenacted and the hardcore, bloody wrestling championships in Hungary and more in the daily brief.
- Jordan Spieth of the United States plays his approach shot on the 18th hole during day three of the Australian Open at The Australian Golf Course in Sydney, Australia. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
- Eva-Marie Brem of Austria skis to first place in the the ladies giant slalom during the 2014 Audi FIS Ski World Cup at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational at Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
- Chinese women wear masks as she passes a billboard showing Beijing, China on a clear day as heavy smog covers the city. United States President Barack Obama and China’s president Xi Jinping agreed on a plan to limit carbon emissions by their countries, which are the world’s two biggest polluters, at a summit in Beijing earlier this month. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
- Security and emergency agency staff investigate the Kano Central Mosque bombing scene in Kano. Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. (Stringer/Reuters)
- Security and emergency agency staff investigate the Kano Central Mosque bombing scene in Kano. Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. (Stringer/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. (David W. Cerny/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian city of Slavkov near Brno, Czech Republic. The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, took place in the year 1805 between a French army commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, and a Russo-Austrian army. It was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. (Michal Cizek/AFP-Getty Images)
- History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. Reuters/David W Cerny. (David W. Cerny/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. Reuters/David W Cerny. (David W. Cerny/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian city of Slavkov, Czech Republic. The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, took place in the year 1805 between a French army commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, and a Russo-Austrian army. It was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. (Michal Cizek/AFP-Getty Images)
- History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian city of Slavkov near Brno, Czech Republic. The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, took place in the year 1805 between a French army commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, and a Russo-Austrian army. It was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. (Michal Cizek/AFP-Getty Images)
- History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fire a fake cannon during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. (David W Cerny/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts, dressed as soldiers, fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. (David W Cerny/Reuters)
- History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers fight during the re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Hundreds of history enthusiasts took part in the re-enactment of the battle to mark its 209th anniversary. (David W Cerny/Reuters)
- Wrestler Icarus arrives to the ring during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- Hungarian wrestlers fight during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- Wrestler Dover reacts in the ring during his fight against wrestler Renegade at the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapes. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- Hungarian wrestlers fight during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- A Hungarian wrestler fights during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- Hungarian wrestlers fight during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- Wrestler Icarus poses after his fight during the Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
- An Afghan day labourer looks on as he works at a coal yard on the outskirts of Kabul. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP-Getty Images)
- An Afghan day labourer look on as he works at a coal yard on the outskirts of Kabul. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance. Despite significant improvement in the last decade the country is still extremely poor and remains highly dependent on foreign aid. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP-Getty Images)
- Pope Francis frees a dove at the Istanbul’s Holy Spirit Cathedral in Istanbul. Pope Francis arrived in Turkey the day before for his first visit to the overwhelmingly Muslim but officially secular state, in a challenging trip aimed at building bridges with Islam and supporting the embattled Christian minorities of the Middle East. (ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople kisses the head of Pope Francis during a ceremony at the St George church, the principal Greek Orthodox cathedral in Istanbul as part of a three day visit in Turkey. The centerpiece of his morning tour was a closely-scrutinised visit to the great Sultan Ahmet mosque — known abroad as the Blue Mosque and one of the great masterpieces of Ottoman architecture. The pope paused for two minutes and clasped his hands in reflection alongside a senior Islamic cleric, a gesture remarkably similar to that of his predecessor Benedict XVI who visited the mosque on the last papal visit to Turkey in 2006. (Andrew Medichini/PoolAFP-Getty Images)