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June 22 Photo Brief: Swimming breast cancer survivor, devastated slum dwellers, WikiLeaks asylum supporters

June 22, 2012, 11:13 am

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Double mastectomy survivor Jodi Jaecks wins the right to swim topless at Seattle’s public pools, 100 dwellings gutted in a fire at a New Delhi slum, “Free Assange” supporters demonstrate outside Ecuador’s embassy in London and more in today’s daily brief.

A woman takes a picture of an image of Guanabara Bay made of recycled trash, part of an installation by Brazilian plastic artist Vik Muniz, during the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development summit in Rio de Janeiro. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

Demonstrators wearing masks depicting French President Francois Hollande (L-R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (R) simulate playing a soccer match to protest against the euro zone debt crisis, in front of the Chigi palace in Rome (Remo Casilli/Reuters)

A member of the Afghan security force holds a Kalashnikov rifle which belonged to a dead Taliban insurgent, after an operation on the outskirts of Kabul. Thirteen people were killed before a long siege was ended at Spozhmai hotel outside the Afghan capital, during which Taliban gunmen took scores of hostages, another bold attack that showed a potent insurgency remains after more than a decade of war. (Mohammad Ishaq/Reuters)

William Buick rides Fallen For You (C) on his way to winning The Coronation Stakes during Royal Ascot at Ascot racecourse in Ascot, England. (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Foreign activists and Palestinians dressed as clowns gesture in front of Israeli policemen during a protest in the southern West Bank village of Susia where Israel has recently served orders to evacuate and demolish 50 structures comprising the hamlet. Permits for Palestinians to build in the West Bank are extremely rare and the Israeli authorities routinely issue demolition orders for houses and other structures built without their approval. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)

Jodi Jaecks is pictured at a pool in Seattle, Washington, in this undated handout. Jaecks, a woman who survived a double mastectomy and says wearing a bathing suit covering her chest causes searing pain, has won a battle to swim topless at Seattle's public pools. The 47-year-old fitness buff who had surgery to remove both breasts last year to treat cancer was initially denied permission this year to swim topless by staff at Seattle's Medgar Evers pool. (thestranger.com/Kelly O./Reuters)

A resident breaks down after her shanty was gutted during a fire in New Delhi. Around 100 dwellings were gutted in a fire at a slum cluster and in an adjoining scrapyard in the Indian capital. No casualties have been reported thus far, according to local media reports. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

A slum resident rescues his goat from a fire in New Delhi. Around 100 dwellings were gutted in a fire at a slum cluster and in an adjoining scrapyard in the Indian capital. No casualties have been reported thus far, according to local media reports. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images)

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officers carry away elephant tusks that had been displayed to the press alongside arms and ammunition seized from poachers within the last six months in and around Kenya's wildlife protection areas at the KWS headquarters in Nairobi. Some 1,179 suspected poachers have been arrested since the beginning of the year and 40 rifles, 770 rounds of ammunition along with 90 pieces of Elephant tusks weighing 665 kilogrammes confiscated. Since January, 4, 133 elephants and 11 rhinos have been poached and 18 human deaths reported in an ongoing struggle with conservation in the East African nation that now faces alarmingly escalating incidences of poaching and human-wildlife conflict. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

Curator John Keyworth poses with a newly minted Diamond Jubilee gold coin at the Bank of England Museum in London. The coin, one of 60 struck to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, weighs one kilo and is valued at 60,000 GBP. The exhibition "Gold and the Bank of England" runs until November 10, 2012. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

A child runs past tanks painted with flowers exposed near the "Mother of the Fatherland," a monumental statue, on June 21, 2012, in Kiev. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

A US Navy Corpsman assigned in US Marines Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment puts his sailor duck doll into his flack jacket prior to a patrol in Garmser in southern Helmand Province. The US-led war in Afghanistan has cost the lives of around 3,000 US and allied troops, seen thousands of Afghans killed and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images)

A man sells oak leave wreaths and wild strawberries at a traditional Grass market in Riga. The market is held every year in Latvian cities to prepare for Jani festival celebrations. The festival is held on June 23 and to mark the June 21 summer solstice, northern Europe's longest day of the year, when Latvia enjoys almost 18 hours of daylight. (Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images)

Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) tries to score despite Czech defender David Limbersky during the Euro 2012 football championships quarter-final match between the Czech Republic and Portugal on June 21, 2012 at the National Stadium in Warsaw. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

Preparatory and elementary students eat packaged meals during a feeding program at a slum area in Manila. The local government distributed food to the children during the 441th anniversary of the capital city Manila. (Moel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

Airlie Dodds (C) wearing a First World War nurses uniform walks through a display of 110 canvas army tents in central Sydney. The installation is to promote the exhibition "Nurses : From Zululand to Afghanistan" currently on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition tells the personal stories of service nurses, from those in the Zulu War of 1879 to the men and women serving in recent conflicts and peacekeeping operations. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)

A protester wearing an American national flag over her face next to a placard displaying an image of Julian Assange shows her support for Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England. Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website, has sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy to prevent him from being extradited to Sweden on allegations of rape and assault. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Anthony Austin from Blantyre Day Centre takes part in the UK's first ever surfing competition exclusively for people with learning disabilities at Fistral Beach in Newquay, England. The event organized by the Cornwall based community project The Wave Project, alongside with Surfing GB and The UK Pro-Surf Tour is part of the 2012 Learning Disabilities Week. The Wave Project was started by a group of surfers in Newquay, Cornwall who wanted to use the freedom and fun of surfing as a way of helping disadvantaged young people to feel happier. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Mascots of the WASP campaign pose with a Pawprint WASP, on June 21, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images for WSPA)

Assange ready for arrest if denied asylum: colleague
Alessandra Prentice
Reuters
1:41 p.m. EDT, June 22, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up inside Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid extradition, would leave the embassy and face arrest if the Latin American country turned down his asylum request, his colleague said on Thursday.

In a dramatic twist in the long-running saga, the former computer hacker fled into the embassy on Tuesday and now risks being arrested the moment he leaves the premises after breaching bail to avoid extradition to Sweden.

Alternatively, Ecuador may allow Assange to stay at the embassy indefinitely.