A big red shoe, the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard, Earthquake in Thailand, Israeli Independence Day | May 6
A big red shoe, the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard, Earthquake in Thailand, Israeli Independence Day and more in today’s daily brief.
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Israeli Memorial Day, laughing senior citizens, cheese rolling competition | May 5
Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, a group of Indians attempt to break a world record of the largest gathering of laughing senior citizens, teams of four in England race by rolling wooden “cheese,” and more in today’s daily brief.
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Indian elections, Merkel in Greece, protests over annexation | April 10
India’s elections are underway, Angela Merkel is conducting a visit to a paired-down Greece, and sovereignty questions are disrupting lifestyles at borders from Rafah to Rubizhne. Those are some of the stories in Friday’s daily photo brief.
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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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Fort Hood memorial, Netherlands’ flower fields from above, ice bathers in Russia, Prince George | April 9
Fort Hood memorial, Netherlands’ flower fields from above, ice bathers in Russia, Prince George and more.
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Demolition in Glasgow, Brussels pouts, a look back | April 4
Protests in Belgium, an imploding Scottish apartment building and a remembrance of Rwandan genocide are among the contents of Friday’s daily photo brief.
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A french polar bear, trash people, protests in Venezuela, Chilean earthquake and tsunami, pilots strike | April 2
A french polar bear, trash people, protests in Venezuela, Chilean earthquake and tsunami, pilots strike, and more in today’s daily brief.
German zoo birds, Fashion week in China, reading to cats, unrest in Egypt | March 26
German zoo birds, Fashion week in China, reading to cats, unrest in Egypt and more in today’s daily brief.
Twin polar bear cubs, million dollar dogs, activists take over Taiwan’s parliament, an Easter apple tree | March 19
Twin polar bear cubs, million dollar dogs, activists take over Taiwan’s parliament, an Easter apple tree and more in today’s daily brief.
Holi, India’s festival of colors
Break out the colored powder: Holi, the annual festival of colors celebrated in India and Nepal, took place Monday to mark the start of spring. In India, crowds splashed powder known as gulal, and water on each other to celebrate the holiday.