Wednesday: The day in Photos

President Obama and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi greet each other at the Guardia Di Finanza School of Coppito. They’re among world leaders attending the G-8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy.  (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)

Filipino protesters with chains hanging from their wrists staged a rally outside the World Bank office in Manila, Philippines. The rally was timed to coincide with the opening of the Group of 8 summit in Italy. The Filipinos were seeking the cancellation of all debts the World Bank is claiming from the Philippines and developing nations.  (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)

Masks of G8 leaders are displayed, on the occasion of the G-8 summit, prior an action by aid agency Oxfam in Rome.  (Marco Longari / AFP / Getty Images)

Wang Junru performs on stage during the preview of Cirque Du Soleil’s “Dralion” at Alexandra Park in Auckland, New Zealand.  (Sandra Mu / Getty Images)

A tiger defends his dinner at Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. Eight tigers -- seven females and this male -- were brought to the animal park in October 2008 from a bankrupt zoo in Portugal and saved from starvation. The animals have doubled their weight since their rescue.  (Nigel Treblin / AFP / Getty Images)

Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi, in western China’s Xinjiang province, where ethnic riots have left at least 156 people dead.  (Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press)

About 2,000 construction workers brandishing sticks staged a demonstration at the Soccer City stadium outside Johannesburg. Construction at South Africa’s World Cup stadiums came to a standstill as more than 70,000 workers embarked on a strike to press for higher wages.  (Alexander Joe / AFP/Getty Images)