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Sept. 21 Photo Brief: Brazilian crack is whack, activists as meat and a communist academy trains 40,000 leaders

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Members of the municipal Social Assistence department round up crack addicts for treatment, members of PETA and Greenpeace get dressed up for their causes, the Central Committee of the Communist Party’s China Executive Leadership Academy pays a visit to Mao Zedong’s old house and more in today’s daily brief.

Customers take photos while waiting on line to purchase the Apple iPhone 5 outside the Apple Fifth Avenue flagship store on the first morning it went on sale in New York City. Customers lined up for days to purchase the hotly anticipated device which went on sale nationwide today. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Spain's paralympic swimmer Teresa Perales poses with her 22 medals won during the four Paralympic Games she competed in, at her home in Zaragoza, September 20, 2012. A mother and a former local politician, as well as one of a handful of Paralympians with more than 20 medals, the 36-year-old Spaniard added a gold, three silvers and two bronzes in London to her combined haul of 16 at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Games, putting her level with the athlete many consider the greatest Olympian, American swimmer Michael Phelps. (Sergio Perez/Reuters) The Mustang Complex wildfires in Idaho are seen from the International Space Station at an altitude of approximately 260 miles above earth in this NASA handout photo taken by a crew member from Expedition 33, September 19, 2012. The Mustang Complex fire has devoured at least 280,000 acres of pine forests since it grew from several separate lightning-sparked blazes in late July in remote stretches of the Salmon-Challis National Forest. (NASA/handout/Reuters) Members of the municipal Social Assistence department of Rio de Janeiro try to convince a crack addict to be moved to a hospital during an operation at the railroad area of Madureira, 25 Km from Rio's downtown. Supported by the Police, Social Assistance agents try to help crack addicts in treatment centers. (Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images) A crack addict is caught by a member of the municipal Social Assistence department of Rio de Janeiro, during an operation at the Madureira area, 25 Km from Rio's downtown. (Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images) Crack addicts jump a wall to escape from members of the municipal Social Assistence department of Rio de Janeiro, during an operation at the railroad area of Madureira, 25 Km from Rio's downtown. (Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images) A Muslim (C) protester holds a baby amid others holding signs as they demonstrate against a French magazine that published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed outside the French embassy in London. Around 100 protesters shouted slogans outside the French embassy in London over the cartoons at the same time as violent demonstrations continue in parts of the Muslim world over a US-made film that mocked the Prophet Mohammed. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images) Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers in front of an idol of the Hindu god Lord Ganesha in Amritsar. Hindu devotees bring home idols of Lord Ganesha during the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' in order to invoke his blessings for wisdom and prosperity, during the eleven day long festival which culminates with the immersion of the idols in the Arabian Sea. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images) An activist of People for the Ethical treatment of Animals (PeTA) attired to look like a piece of meat within a meal on a huge plate during a demonstration in Bangalore. The activists staged the demonstration to urge public to go vegan and stop violence against animals to mark the International Day of Peace. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images) Greenpeace activists dressed in tiger costumes visit the palm oil plantation of PT. Graha Inti Jaya Manusup in Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan on September 20, 2012. Greenpeace is urging the government to take immediate action to protect the habitat by expanding moratorium areas, evaluate existing permits and implement full peatland forest protection. (Greenpeace/HO/AFP/Getty Images) Greenpeace activists dressed in tiger costumes visit the palm oil plantation of PT. Graha Inti Jaya Manusup in Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan on September 20, 2012. (Greenpeace/HO/AFP/Getty Images) Protesters tie black ribbons with attached messages on barbed wires near the Malacanang palace in Manila commemorating the 40th anniversary of the declaration of martial law on September 21, 1972. Former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation 1081, placing the entire Philippines under martial law on 21 September, 1972, which lasted until 1981. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) This photo taken on September 20, 2012 shows a production re-enacting the rise of the communist party in China in Jinggangshan in central China, the birthplace of the Chinese revolution which saw Mao Zedong rise to power. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held in October 2012 where it is widely speculated that Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang will succeed Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as top Politburo Standing Committee members and take over the Presidency and Premiership in March 2013 at the National People's Congress. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) A mid-level government official dressed in a red army uniform walks next to portraits of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and German philosopher Karl Marx, as he visits an old house where former Chinese leader Mao Zedong used to live, during a five-day training course at the communist party school called China Executive Leadership Academy of Jinggangshan, in Jiangxi province. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Langur monkeys follow their handler at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Langur monkeys are used in parts of New Delhi to scare away other monkeys which create a menace around government buildings. (B Mathur/Reuters) Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing exits his garage to drive during practice for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore, Singapore. (Paul Gilham/Getty Images) Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during the first practice session of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, as the Singapore Flyer is seen in the background. (Tim Chong/Reuters) A boy looks at an elephant from a touring circus bathing in the harbour of the Russian far-eastern city of Vladivostok. (Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)

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