Thursday: The day in photos

A girl lights a candle during a memorial event for children who were killed in the May 12 earthquake in Chengdu, in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. Survivors now face a hot, humid summer in makeshift camps.  (Liu Jin / AFP / Getty Images)

Lori Davis Delong, right, gets help from Bob Schulz after her car stalled in a flooded street in Iowa City, Iowa. Thousands of people had evacuated their homes in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City as thunderstorms brought more heavy rain.  (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)

U.S soldiers do retina scans on Iraqi men in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad. About 160 Iraqi men filled out applications to become -- “neighborhood guards” -- guards at checkpoints in Sadr City, the U.S Army said.  (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press)

Mao Samnag, 28, a former prostitute who is HIV positive, sleeps in a hammock outside her shelter in a shantytown in Phnom Penh. Mao went to a Cambodian hospital for the first time just a few days ago. About 1.9 percent of the population of 13.8 million are infected with the HIV virus, and relatively few have access to treatment. Nearly 10,000 Cambodians die of AIDS-related illnesses every year, according to the government.  (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP / Getty Images)

Tibetan activists jump from a bus window during an anti-Chinese demonstration at the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. Police detained more then 100 Tibetan protesters who had gathered outside a building housing China’s consular and trade offices.  (Prakash Mathema / AFP / Getty Images)

Police officers block Filipino student protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila during the Philippines’ 110th anniversary of independence. The students said that the country remains a colony of the United States because of continuing intervention in the country’s political, military and economic affairs.  (Jay Directo / AFP / Getty Images)

President Bush receives military honors as he arrives at Quirinale Palace in Rome for a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. After stops in Rome and the Vatican, Bush will fly on to France and Britain.  (Palol Giandotti / EPA)

Residents of the western Kenyan town of Kilgoris run in the streets of town as they celebrate the victory of their candidate in a parliamentary election.  (Tony Karumba / AFP / Getty Images)