Pictures of the day: 29 March 2013
An Asiatic elephant calf is seen under his mother Sammy at Zoomadrid in Madrid, Spain
Picture: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images |
A wildfire that started earlier in the week is still raging on the Taim Ecological Station in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil
Picture: LAURO ALVES/AFP/Getty Images |
A child stands in front of a mural of Hugo Chavez at the Mountain Barracks (Cuartel de la Montana) where the remains of the late Venezuelan President have been laid to rest
Picture: JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images |
A rocket booster carrying the 'Soyuz TMA-08M' spacecraft lifts off from the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan
Picture: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY |
US NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (L), Russian Commander Pavel Vinogradov (C) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin wave during a ceremony before boarding their Soyuz TMA-08M rocket just a few hours before their launch to the International Space Station ISS in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Picture: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY |
A solar prominence begins to bow out and break apart in the latest image issued by Nasa. The sequence was captured in extreme ultraviolet light. A large cloud of the particles appeared to hover further out above the surface before it faded away.
Picture: REUTERS/Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA |
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered strategic rocket forces to be on standby to strike US and South Korean targets at any time
Picture: EPA |
North Korean army officers punch the air as they chant slogans during a rally at Kim Il-sung Square in downtown Pyongyang
Picture: AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin |
South Korean army tanks drive on a road near a military training field in the border city of Paju
Picture: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images |
The exterior of the Church By The Sea, in Madeira Beach, near Tampa Bay, Florida, resembles the face of a chick. The quirky looking place of worship - built in 1944 - has suddenly become an internet sensation and is likely to be packed with Easter worshippers.
Picture: Jason Winslow/Splash News |
A penintent is nailed to a cross during the reenactment of crucifixion on Good Friday in the village of San Juan, San Fernando City, north of Manila
Picture: NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images |
The Roman Catholic church frowns on the gory spectacle held in the Philippine village of Cutud every Good Friday but that does nothing to deter the faithful from emulating the suffering of Christ and taking a painful route to penitence. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.
Picture: REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco |
Ruben Enaje, who is playing the part of Jesus Christ for the 27th time, screams in pain as a man dressed as a Roman soldier hammers a nail into his palm during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Pedro Cutud town, Pampanga province, north of Manila
Picture: REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco |
A Palestinian boy stands on a bed of nails during a class at the Red Dragon martial arts club in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip
Picture: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem |
Hot air balloons from the 5th Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta float over the skies of Malaysia's capital of Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur
Picture: REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad |
Bangladesh cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim is run out during the third and final one-day international match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele
Picture: AFP/Getty Images |
Models present creations by Korean brand Vantvaart from the Korean Designers' Collection show on the sixth day of the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013/2014 at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China
Picture: Feng Li/Getty Images |
A reveller lies in a pool of coloured water during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura
Picture: REUTERS/Vivek Prakash |
Indian pedestrians during a heavy hailstorm in the northern hill town of Shimla
Picture: AFP/Getty Images |
Shirwane, an Indian lion, with her six-week-old cubs in their enclosure in Budapest Zoo
Picture: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo |
Two people representing Judas are dragged through the streets during a procession called "The Chained" on Good Thursday in the Holy week celebrations in Masatepe, Nicaragua
Picture: REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas |
A boy poses for a picture with people wearing costumes during the Canaan fair which is part of the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru
Picture: AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd
source: telegraph.co.uk |