Wednesday: The day in photos
Demonstrators gather outside Downing Street in London, calling for the protection of civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. A U.N. report this week said government soldiers and rebels in the Central African nation had committed serious human rights abuses, including mass killings, arbitrary executions, rape and torture. (Andy Rain / EPA)
Two Congolese men come to blows during the distribution of food near a camp near Kibati in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.N. World Food Program, which has distributed supplies to nearly 145,000 people displaced by recent fighting in eastern Congo, said that “the security situation remains extremely unstable.” The continuation of food aid, the group said, would depend on getting escorts from U.N. peacekeepers to certain regions. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP/Getty Images)
South Korean children are dressed for the season as they await a ceremony to prepare charity pots for a year-end fundraising campaign for the underprivileged at the Salvation Army office in Seoul. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)
A competitor takes the lift to the ski jump in Ruka, Finland, during an unofficial training session ahead of this weekend’s FIS World Cup Nordic combined and ski jumping event. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
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Customs officer Hartmut Andree observes the destruction of pirated sports articles at the port of Hamburg in northern Germany. About two dozen containers with pirated sports shoes and other fake products were destroyed. (Roland Magunia / AFP/Getty Images)
Very Idham Heryansyah, who is accused of murdering and burying at least 10 people, is escorted by court officers as he arrives for trial in West Java, Indonesia. Very could be sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, and could face the death sentence, if he is convicted, the prosecutor said. (Mast Irham / EPA)
A soldier with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force pours fuel on a pile of drugs during a drug-burning ceremony in Ghazni province in Afghanistan. (Rahmatullah Naikzad / Associated Press)
Travelers seek information from airport officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands were stranded there after their flights were canceled because of a siege of the facility by thousands of anti-government protesters. By seizing the airport, which handles about 40 million passengers a year, the demonstrators have put a virtual stranglehold on the country’s crucial tourism industry. (Rungroj Yongrit / EPA)
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An Iraqi child is among about 150 people, mainly displaced from other parts of Iraq, who live at a dump near Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, and make their living selling recyclable materials. (Alaa al-Marjani / Associated Press)
