Thursday: The Day In Photos

Protesters throw stones at police near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu.  (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)

Police officers protect themselves with shields as demonstrators start pelting stones near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu.  (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)

A Chinese boy eats his lunch at a refugee camp for earthquake survivors who lost their houses in the May 12 earthquake in Leigu, near the town of Beichuan, China.  (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

Medical workers wash themselves after disinfecting a refugee camp for earthquake survivors who lost their houses in Leigu, China.  (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

Authorities blow up the earthquake-damaged Baihua Bridge in Wenchuan County, China.  (China Photo / Associated Press)

A woman cries after escaping from a passenger bus, right, where she and several other passengers were held hostage in an hours-long drama in Lubao, Philippines. Police killed the suspect and a passenger during the rescue.  (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)

A woman and her son stand in front of their temporary shelter in Twantay, Myanmar. Nearly four weeks after Cyclone Nargis pummeled Myanmar, foreign aid has still only reached 40 percent of the 2.4 million needy survivors, the U.N. says.  (Khin Maung Win / AFP/Getty Images)

Workers shout slogans during a protest against fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia raised fuel prices by nearly 30 percent last week.  (Achmad Ibrahim / Associated Press)

A member of the ethnic Gujjar caste throws gas and threatens to set everyone on fire during a protest on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Members of the Gujjar community are demanding to have their caste reclassified to qualify for government jobs and quotas in schools. At least 37 people have died in the violent protests, most of them killed by police trying to quell mobs attacking police stations. Many of the protesters blocked roads and railways in more peaceful protests.  (Money Sharma / EPA)

Thousand of protesters stage a candlelight vigil against U.S. beef imports in front of City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s government announced it is going ahead with a much-criticized deal to resume imports of U.S. beef, while thousands of protesters took to the streets to denounce the move.  (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)

Iraqi soldiers search a street vendor and a car during a patrol near the city of Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi army said that it arrested five foreigners during the patrol.  (Alaa al-Marjani / Associated Press)

Exhibition curator Anthony Wilson sits among sculptures of penguins made from copper slag and recycled crushed glass at the Recycled Sculpture Show at the London Zoo in England. Twenty sculptors have used everyday waste and scrap to create works of art.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

An aboriginal dancer performs during the opening ceremony of the 58th FIFA Congress at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. FIFA is the international governing association for soccer, or football, as it is known around the world.  (Greg Wood / AFP/Getty Images)

Visitors view fish at the Manila Ocean Park aquarium in Manila, Philippines, while activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested outside the park for taking wildlife out of their natural habitat.  (Rolex dela Pena / EPA)