Wednesday: The day in photos
Aua Seide, 8, sells peanuts in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Raimundo Pereira, the head of parliament, was sworn in as interim president Tuesday after the nation’s longtime president, Joao Bernardo Vieira, and his rival, armed forces chief Gen. Batiste Tagme na Waie, were assassinated this week. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)
Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro provides a nice diversion for anglers and a diver on Tuesday afternoon. (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP/Getty Images)
Japan’s Ai Goto reaches for a shot during her women’s singles first-round match against Lu Lan of China at the All-England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham, England. Goto lost, 21-19, 21-9. (Simon Dawson / Associated Press)
A worker inspects the hull of the former Royal Navy assault landing ship Intrepid as it sits in a dry dock near Liverpool. The Intrepid, which was deployed during the Falklands War, is being dismantled and recycled. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
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A security worker checks the area around camels preparing for a race during the annual Janadriyah Festival for Heritage and Culture, held on the outskirts of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The festival is a major event in the kingdom. (AFP / Getty Images)
A Palestinian woman makes her way pass a section of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Kalandiyeh. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in the West Bank, said Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem was “unhelpful” to Mideast peace efforts. (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)
A model shows off a creation by the Dutch fashion house Peachoo + Krejberg for its fall and winter 2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Thibault Camus / Associated Press)
A Tibetan woman, right, looks on as Buddhist monks pray for world peace at Sawayambhu temple, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Some 300 Buddhist monks from India, Nepal and Tibet will be praying for world peace for four days. (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
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The shadow of a cemetery worker is cast on reclaimed gravestones in London City Cemetery in London. The cemetery is piloting a plan whereby graves that are more than 75 years old become eligible for reclamation. New interments will be placed into the existing graves, the headstones will be turned around and re-used, carving the names of the newly deceased. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
Fog hovers over Havana bay in Cuba. (Javier Galeano / Associated Press)
An elephant is pulled down into water by a mahout, a traditional elephant trainer, to beat the summer heat at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)
People are seen through a bullet hole as they visit the spot of Tuesday’s attack on Sri Lankan cricket players in Lahore, Pakistan. The assault left eight people dead, six of them policemen, and half a dozen Sri Lankan players, a coach and an umpire injured. (K.M.Chaudary / Associated Press)
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A Palestinian worker fills bags with food at a
A member of the Darfurian community holds roses as he demonstrates outside the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in the Hague, Netherlands. The ICC is scheduled to announce today whether it will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of masterminding genocide in Darfur. (Peter Dejong / Associated Press)
An Indonesian worker arranges ballot boxes at a warehouse in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Indonesia will hold its parliamentary election in April and second direct presidential elections in July. (Fully Handoko / EPA)
Abdul Amir Haidar, seen from the back, is greeted by members of his family in Baghdad after spending two and a half years in U.S. military custody. Haidar was among 20 prisoners released today. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
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Women pose for pictures at Tiananmen Square after the opening ceremony of the second session of the 11th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee in Beijing. China has started its annual parliamentary sessions, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and its advisory auxiliary CPPCC. (China Photos / Getty Images)
