Wednesday: The day in photos
A full moon sets over the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown
Female workers at Triumph International, an undergarment manufacturer in the Philippines, toss bras and panties in the air during an “underwear protest” at the company’s sales warehouse at Manila’s financial district of Makati. Hundreds of protesters walked out of the factory following a deadlock in negotiations for better wages and other benefits. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
Nik Wallenda, a circus high-wire daredevil and the seventh generation of the Flying Wallendas circus family, pedals a bicycle on a wire 12 stories above the street in Newark, N.J. Wallenda was trying for a Guinness world record for the longest distance at the greatest height ever traveled by a bike on the wire. (Mike Derer / Associated Press)
Children wash their hands at a roadside tap during an awareness rally observing Global Hand Washing Day in Calcutta, India. (Bikas Das / Associated Press)
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Baby orangutans Mariam, Ayu and Jarot cling to their keeper Ayub Damianto at an orangutan rehabilitation center in Sibolangit, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. Orangutans in the wild are on the brink of extinction due to poaching, the pet trade and habitat loss. (Binsar Bakkara / Associated Press)
An Iraqi man climbs a palm tree to harvest dates on the outskirts of the Shiite holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. Near the city, a mass grave has been uncovered that is believed to contain the bodies of more than 20 shepherds who were abducted by gunmen, wearing police uniforms, in April 2007. (Mohammed Sawaf / AFP / Getty Images)
Brazilian faithful wave yellow scarves as
