Wednesday: The Day in Photos
South Ossetian people celebrate Russia’s recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia during a rally in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Russian President
Georgian Eka Nozadze mourns the loss of her husband, who was was killed during the recent Georgian-Russian conflict, in a refugee camp for displaced people in Gori,
An man walks his cows past destroyed buildings in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. (Viktor Drachev AFP / Getty Images)
Members of the Dominican Republic Civilian Defense carry the coffin of one of the eight people who died after a landslide in the shanty-town of Guachupita, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The landslide was caused by heavy rains from tropical storm Gustav. (Orlando Barria / EPA)
Bulgarian farmers stage an anti-government protest in Sofia, demanding higher milk subsidies. The protesters threatened to block at the borders milk and meat products from EU countries with higher subsidies for farmers. (Vassil Donev / EPA)
Missionaries of Charity and other members of the Christian community hold a candlelight vigil in Kolkata, India, to protest an attack on Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Security forces were ordered to shoot on sight protesters defying a curfew meant to end clashes between Christians and Hindus that have left 11 people dead over the last three days. Violence has rocked Orissa state since Monday, when Hindu hard-liners set ablaze a Christian orphanage, killing a Christian woman and seriously injuring a priest, and has spread to include mob attacks on churches, shops and homes. (Sucheta Das / Associated Press)
Former South African President
Participants throw tomatoes from a truck during La Tomatina, the traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other in Bunol, Spain. (Pablo Argente AFP / Getty Images)
Revelers throw tomatoes during the annual food fight, La Tomatina, in the small Spanish town of Bunol, Spain. Each year tens of thousands of people hurl truckloads of tomatoes at each other, sending knee-deep rivers through the small Spanish town. Local lore says it began in the mid-1940s with a food battle that broke out between youngsters near a vegetable stand on the town square. (Fernando Bustamante / Associated Press)
An employee takes a look at an oversized washing barrel at the Miele stand at the IFA international consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. The 48th edition of the show will run until Sept. 3, with organizers expecting more than 200,000 visitors. (Rainer Jensen / EPA)
A runner jumps over a vaquilla, or young bull, during the fourth bull run of the San Sebastian de Los Reyes fiesta in Madrid. Eight runners were injured during the run. (Juan Carlos Hidalgo / EPA)
Zookeeper Frauke Rauls feeds a 3-week-old female Rothschild giraffe with leaves during the griaffe’s first public appearance at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. (Holger Hollemann / EPA)
