Wednesday: The Day in Photos
Brownsville Independent School District officer Raymond Hernandez, right, helps evacuees to a shelter at Porter High School in Brownsville, Texas, as Hurricane Dolly begins to hammer the area. Hundreds of area residents made their way to public shelters as the eye of the storm closed in on the coast. (Dave Einsel / Getty Images)
Bosnian Muslims search for the names of relatives during a mass funeral for 70 Bosnian Muslims killed at the beginning of the Bosnian war in the village of Kozarac. The victims were killed in July 1992 during an offensive by Bosnian Serbs that left more than 4,000 people buried around the town of Prijedor. (Amel Emric / Associated Press)
A damaged police vehicle is loaded onto a truck after it was hit by a roadside bomb east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Militants also killed a district police chief in the eastern Nangarhar province after striking his convoy with a roadside bomb. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)
A firefighting aircraft battles a wildfire on the national road outside of the village of Evinochori, Greece. (Dimitris Dimitriou / EPA)
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Hundreds of people facing difficulties paying their mortgages wait in line in front of a hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., to receive free financial counseling from the Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images)
Sudanese supporters of President Omar Beshir cheer during his speech in El Fasher, North Darfur. Beshir dismissed accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region. (Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images)
An officer gives instructions to Chinese paramilitary police before a ceremony. China is trying to ensure there are no safety issues during the
A traditional medicine man looks on as union workers sing slogans during a protest march through downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. About 25,000 workers participated in the one-day strike to protest rising food, fuel and utitlity prices. (John Hrusa / EPA)
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South Korean high school students crawl through mud during training at a Korean Marine Corps summer camp in Gimpo City, South Korea. (Yonhap, Kim Ju-sung / Associated Press)
A man makes a purchase at a marketplace in Baghdad. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
A man prepares to launch a hot air balloon near Compostela beach in Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain. (Miguel Riopa / AFP/Getty Images)
A Grevy’s Zebra foal stands alongside its mother at Woburn Safari Park, in Bedforshire, England. The Grevy’s Zebra, the largest of all the wild horses, has narrower stripes than other zebras and has large, round ears. The stripes are said to confuse chasing predators, as the stripes appear to merge when zebras are in herds and it is hard to single out an individual. (Chris Radburn / Associated Press)
