A truck exploded outside the Baghdad home of an Iraqi police general, killing at least 15 people and injuring 50 others. A second blast elsewhere in the Iraqi capital killed seven, making Wednesday the deadliest day in Baghdad in months. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
Teachers and students are dispersed by water cannons as they demonstrate against a new proposed education law in Santiago, Chile. The demonstrators maintain the new law is too weak to improve the country’s education system. (Claudio Santana / AFP/Getty Images)
Jennifer Allen reacts after looking through debris in her home that was damaged by a tornado in Edinburgh, Ind.(Darron Cummings / Associated Press)
About 200 fishermen clashed with Belgian riot police in a protest over high fuel prices near the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert / Associated Press)
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Activists protest against an increase in the price of fuel in New Delhi, India. (Raveendran / AFP/Getty Images)
An Indian gas agency employee unloads a LPG cylinder on the outskirts of New Delhi. India’s government hiked fuel prices to stem huge losses at state oil firms caused by surging crude costs. (Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images)
A man holds a candle as tens of thousands people stage a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to mark the 19th anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Tiananmen Square. (Vincent Yu/ Associated Press)
Thousands protest in a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Turnout was about half of that of previous years due to the wave of nationalism and patriotic fervor sweeping across China in the wake of the international Tibet protests during the Olympic Torch Relay, and the devastating earthquake in the Sichuan province. (Alex Hofford / EPA)
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A boy holds a candle during the city’s annual candlelight vigil to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Hong Kong, which operates in different economic and legal system from the mainland, is the only place on Chinese soil where the massacre is marked. (Andrew Ross / AFP/Getty Images)
A young earthquake survivor stands amidst the rubble of what used to be his home in Shifang, China. (Andrew Wong / Getty Images)
Georg Schirnach, left, and Josef Reiser pull white canvas over the glacier at Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, to prevent the glacier from melting during the summer. (Phillip Guelland / AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians unload bags of flour donated by USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, at a depot in the West Bank village of Anin. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rely on food aid from different organizations including the United Nations and USAID. (Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press)
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Workers are seen on scaffolding during construction works of a new mosque in Najaf, Iraq. (Alaa al-Marjani/ Associated Press)
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon kisses his wife, Maria Victoria Garcia, during their visit to Moscow. Calderon is on a visit to Russia for several days. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images)
Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Alexy II, is photographed during his meeting with Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images)
Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown is walked around his stable by exercise rider Michelle Nevin, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Big Brown races in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. (Justin Lane / EPA)
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The latest addition to Dublin Zoo, a female Southern White Rhinoceros, runs in an enclosure as she was unveiled to the public. (Niall Carson / Associated Press)
Filipino couples kiss during a mass wedding ceremony in Makati City, east of Manila, Philippines. Some 45 couples who could not afford a formal ceremony were treated to a free civil wedding as part of the city government’s public service program. (Rolex dela Pena / EPA)
People watch a model wearing a dress designed by a Turkish designer during a street fashion show in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey’s top court will meet Thursday and could issue a decision on whether to cancel a law allowing Islamic head scarves in universities. (Ibrahim Usta / Associated Press)