Arabian Business takes a look at the stories which made the world’s headlines during the past 24 hours.
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IN PICS: News of the world Sept 3
Demonstrators protest the annual Japanese dolphin hunt during Japan Dolphin Day 2008 near the Japanese consulate in Los Angeles, California. Forty-six groups in more than 20 cities around the world participated in the protest against the practice in which Japanese fishermen, operating with a permit from their government, kill about 20,000 cetaceans (which include dolphins, porpoises and whales), according to animal rights activists, the largest harvest on Earth. (Getty Images)
A giant mechanical spider sits on the side of the derelict Concourse tower in Liverpool city centre in Liverpool, England. The 50ft tall spider was commissioned for the city’s European Capital of Culture year and will begin moving to explore the city operated by artists from French theatre company La Machine. (Getty Images)
‘The World Stands on its Head’ House on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom stands nearly completed in Trassenheide, Germany. The upside down house, complete with upside down interior furnishings, is the brainchild of Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk, and will become a local tourist attraction that will open its doors to the public. (Getty Images)
A competitor performs on a specially designed course at the World Free Run Championships in London, England. Judged on athletic skill, creativity, complexity and flow of their performance, more than twenty of the world’s top free runners participated in the the first ever World Free Run Championships at the Roundhouse. (Getty Images)
Members of the police elite Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR), walk in the snow during the search for the lost jet of Venezuelan Conviasa, next to the Cotopaxi vulcano climbing refuge, at 4500m above sea level, in Illilinzas, some 200km south of Quito. The Venezuelan cargo jet with three crew went missing late August 30. (Getty Images)
A fireman tries to put down a forest fire in the Dojran Lake area, just outside the southeast Macedonia’s town of Nov Dojran. The hot, dry weather, coupled with warm winds, created the conditions for forest fires, which attacked the country. This year is still a far cry from the disastrous 2007, when the country was faced with several major fires at a time. (Getty Images)
