Thursday: The day in photos

Palestinian Hamas militants wear masks to conceal their identities as they watch President Obama’s speech on the Middle East given at Cairo University. The militants posed with their weapons in front of journalists at a training base in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.  (Eyad Baba / Associated Press)

In Khost province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, an Afghan man takes a cellphone picture of President Obama on TV during a live broadcast of Obama’s Middle East speech.  (Nishanuddin Khan / Associated Press)

An Afghan boy looks stands outside his temporary shelter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.  (S. Sabawoon / EPA)

Masked Hamas militants hold a news conference about the recent violence between Hamas and Fatah in the West Bank, in Gaza City.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)

Jewish settlers rebuild a structure in the West Bank outpost of Maoz Esther, a hilltop site northeast of Ramallah.  (Dan Balilty / Associated Press)

Two Saint Bernards sit in the snow on the Great St. Bernard Pass after returning from their winter quarter in Martigny, Switzerland. The Swiss St. Bernard Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The dogs will spend the summer on the pass and return to Martigny by the end of the year.  (Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA)

A tabletop soccer game using Barbie dolls is displayed at the International Design Festival in Berlin.  (Theo Heimann / AFP / Getty Images)

In Amsterdam, the Dalai Lama tries on sunglasses and a cap he received after a lecture. The Tibetan spiritual leader is in the Netherlands for a three-day visit.  (Olaf Kraak / EPA)

A vendor sells snacks in Havana.  (Javier Galeano / Associated Press)

In New Delhi, India, a Tibetan exile child lights a candle during a vigil on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.  (Mustafa Quraishi / Associated Press)

At Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, people file past a billboard showing a photo of former Chinese Communist Party secretary-general Zhao Ziyang during a candlelight vigil marking the 20th anniversary of Beijing’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Zhao was ousted over his opposition to the Tiananmen Square crackdown; his memoirs have recently been published.   (Sorabji / AFP / Getty Images)

Tibetan Buddhists spin a giant prayer wheel at a monastery in Katmandu, Nepal.  (Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press)

An exercise rider walks his thoroughbred to the track for an early workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The 141st running of the Belmont Stakes is Saturday.  (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)