Wednesday: The day in photos
A firefighter beats back flames with a shovel as brush burns around him at a fire fanned by Santa Ana winds in Fontana, San Bernardino County. At least 100 acres have burned. Los Angeles was under a red-flag warning today. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
Elsa King, a British volunteer, assists teachers at the Red Hill primary school in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally donated by shipping companies, the school is entirely constructed from shipping containers. It has 28 students ages 2 through 6. The lack of education resources and infrastructure is a main criticism aimed at the ruling party, African National Congress, as elections approach next year. (Nic Botha / EPA)
A Buddhist monk takes pictures with a cellphone, during a rally organized by pro-government supporters at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, the scene of recent anti-government protests. (Rolex Dela Pena / EPA)
Lebanese men try to salvage some of their belongings from their flooded home after heavy rain hit the capital, Beirut. (Ahmad Omar / Associated Press)
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Artillerymen await coordinates before firing a 155mm Howlitzer on a Taliban position from Camp Blessing in the Kunar province of eastern Afghanistan. Their unit, Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion of the 321 Field Artillery, has fired more than 5,900 shells since it deployed to Afghanistan less than a year ago, making it the busiest artillery unit in the U.S. Army, according to to military officers. They most often fire in support of Army infantry fighting Taliban insurgents in the nearby Korengal Valley, the site of some of the heaviest fighting in Afghanistan. (John Moore / Getty Images)
New Orleans Saints players leave a training session at The Grove Hotel in Chandler’s Cross, England. The Saints play the San Diego Chargers on Sunday at Wembley Stadium. (Julian Finney / Getty Images)
Employees of Franco-Spanish Tobacco company Altadis protest in front of the Altadis headquarters in Paris, to protest job cuts by new British owner Imperial Tobacco. The London-listed group said in June that it would slash 2,440 jobs as part of a major restructuring of its European facilities. About 1,060 workers based in France will lose their jobs, as well another 830 in Spain. (Frank Fife / AFP / Getty Images)
Sorin and Reinhardt work on a dinosaur model to be presented during the Hamburg’s Dom fair in Hamburg, Germany. The event begins Nov. 7. (Maurizio Gambarini / EPA)
