Thursday: The day in photos
Competitors leap into the water Thursday in the Malinowski Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase during the Zatopek Classic National Series meet at Olympic Park in Melbourne, Australia. (Mark Dadswell / Getty Images)
As snow falls in Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Thursday, Teresa Batts takes a picture. It was the Tampa., Fla., resident’s first snowfall. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
A woman is locked up in a transparent suitcase that reads “Stop Human Trafficking! 60 Years of Human Rights” on a luggage belt at the airport in Munich, Germany. The Human Rights organization Amnesty International staged the action to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. (Oliver Lang / AFP / Getty Images)
Students hold a coffin that reads “public university” as they occupy the Office of the Dean of Complutense University, one of Spain’s biggest universities, in Madrid. The students occupied the building peacefully on Thursday and vowed to stay indefinitely. They’re protesting the Bologna Process, an ongoing European education reform process that they believe is harming higher education in Spain. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)
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An Iraqi girl is rushed to the hospital in the northern city of Kirkuk. She was among the scores of people injured in a suicide bombing at a restaurant that left 50 people dead. (Marwan Ibrahim / AFP/Getty Images)
People make their way across waterlogged Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square) in Venice. Italy was hit by strong winds and rain that caused widespread disruptions, and the city recently suffered its worst flooding in two decades. (Andrea Pattaro / AFP/Getty Images)
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church provides a backdrop for shoppers at the Kurfuerstendamm Christmas market in Berlin. Retailers in Germany are hoping for strong Christmas sales despite the worldwide economic slowdown. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
