Wednesday: The day in photos

Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor participate in a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)

Entertainers from the She Huo cultural troupe rehearse for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 60th tattoo, or pageant, takes place at Edinburgh Castle from Friday to Aug. 29. More than 1,000 performers from around the globe will participate.  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

A man jumps from a diving tower into a swimming pool in Weimar, Germany. Warm summer weather is forecast for the country in the coming days.  (Jens Meyer / Associated Press)

The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. On Thursday, Hiroshima will mark the 64th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city.  (Junko Kimura / Getty Images)

German policeman Martin Decker, right, speaks to tourists in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Decker is one of eight “exchange policemen” from Germany, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands who help out their French colleagues in Paris during the holiday season to convey a feeling of security among tourists.  (Boris Horvat / AFP/Getty Images)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he leaves a podium in Tehran after taking the oath of office for his second term. Hundreds and possibly thousands of demonstrators tried to push their way into the surrounding Baharestan Square, with thousands of security forces and plainclothes Basiji militiamen on motorcycles chasing and arresting them, according to witnesses and accounts in the reformist online media.  (Behrouz Mehri / AFP/Getty Images)