World in photos

Residents stretch their hands to receive clothes in Cabaret, Haiti, on Wednesday. Four tropical storms in less than a month have caused floods throughout Haiti, killing at least 300 people. Shipments of food and pledges of more poured in from around the world, but distribution of the emergency supplies was hampered by the impoverished country’s chronic insecurity and the poor and often nonexistent network of roads and other infrastructure.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party celebrate the swearing-in of the party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as the country’s new president in Lahore on Tuesday.  (Arif Ali / AFP / Getty Images)

Chinese rescuers dig up a body of a victim buried under a torrent of mining waste and sludge in Taoshi, when a mining dam collapsed on Monday in north China’s Shanxi province. Rescue workers stepped up efforts to find survivors amid fears hundreds of people died in the disaster.  (STR / AFP / Getty Images)

Dean Bergeron of Canada celebrates winning gold in the final of the 200-meter T52 race during the Paralympic Games at Beijing’s National Stadium on Wednesday.  (Peter Parks / AFP / Getty Images)

Patty Smith, left, and Helen Martin listen as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, address supporters at a campaign rally in Lebanon, Ohio, on Tuesday.  (Stephan Savoia / Associated Press)