Visitors from a group of end time role gamers enjoy the Wacken Open Air heavy metal music fest on August 2, 2013 in Wacken, Germany. Approximately 75,000 heavy metal fans from all over the world descend every year on the north German village of 1,800 residents for the annual three-day fest. By Patrick Lux/Getty Images.
A family enjoy the spray from a fountain on the boating lake in Victoria Park in London, England on August 1, 2013. A heatwave has returned to much of the country with temperatures expected to reach highs of 90 degrees in London. By Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.
A great gray owl rests in the Rambouillet forest, on July 31, 2013, some 50 kms outside of Paris. By Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images.
A “free Bradley Manning” sign is seen during a demonstration outside the main gate of Ft. Meade, Maryland on July 30, 2013. Military Judge Col. Denise Lind, who is presiding in the case of United States vs. Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, has reached a verdict and she is scheduled to read the verdict at 1 pm today. Manning could face a life sentence for charges of espionage, aiding the enemy and computer fraud, for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks. By Alex Wong/Getty Images. The verdict is in:
Manning had already pleaded guilty to 10 of the less serious of the 22 charges in a deal that got him an expected 20 years in prison. Today a military judge announced the court’s finding on the rest of the charges, a majority of them guilty verdicts. However, Manning managed to avoid the charge of aiding the enemy, which could have carried with it a life sentence. The sentencing phase of Manning’s trial begins Wednesday.
The Guardian is live-blogging. Reax to come.
Indian Hindu devotees representing Potharaju, brother of the goddess Mahankali, dance in the streets during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on July 29, 2013. The Goddess Kali is honoured mostly by women during Bonalu festival by offerings of food and dancing. By Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images.
The above image by Guy Boily is from Mosaïcultures Internationales, a competition and exhibition dedicated to the horticultural medium of “mosaiculture.” This year’s exhibition is in Montréal, and is open to the public through September 29.
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For his series Portraitlandia, photographer Kirk Crippens took to the streets of Portland, Oregon to snap pictures of residents. Says the artist of naming the series:
At the end of my Newspace [Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon] residency, I had the pleasure of presenting the images during an artist talk. I posed a question to the audience before showing the work: “What’s the worst title you can think of for a portrait project made in Portland?” My answer was Portraitlandia. Ironically, after my slideshow a group of Portlanders began insisting I name the project Portraitlandia; I resisted (hadn’t I just proclaimed this to be the worst title?) But they were quite insistent! They told me it was what I had created. I had created Portraitlandia.
A gallery is here.
(Photo by Kirk Crippens)
A relative of passengers involved in a train crash talks on her mobile phone as she waits for news at the Cersia Building on July 25, 2013 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The crash occurred as the train approached the north-western Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela at 8.40pm on July 24. At least 77 people have died and a further 131 reported injured. The crash occured on the eve of the Santiago de Compostela Festivities. By David Ramos/Getty Images.
A masked participant of the first gay pride parade in Montenegro is protected by riot police on July 24, 2013 in the coastal town Budva. More than 100 anti-gay protestors, mostly young hardline football fans, chanted ‘Kill the gays!’ while throwing stones and bottles towards several dozen gay activists secured by a police cordon. By Savo Prelevic/AFP/Getty Images. More on today’s violence here. Earlier Dish on Eastern Europe’s increased intolerance here.
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