World in photos

Palestinian Muslim pilgrims and supporters of Hamas stand behind the border gate during a demonstration calling on Egyptian authorities to allow them to attend the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Rafah crossing is on the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip; the border has remained mostly closed by Egypt since Hamas took control of the volatile coastal territory in June 2007.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)

A Jordanian vendor arranges his display of traditional Islamic hijab for sale in the city center of the Jordanian capital Amman.  (Mohammad abu Ghosh / Associated Press)

A Kurdish woman weeps on one of the 150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city Najaf to the northern Kurdish city Irbil. Iraq repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds who were killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein’s rule and buried in a mass grave outside Najaf.  (Safin Hamed / AFP/Getty)

An Israeli air force F-16I fighter plane is part of a display for journalists at Ramon Air Base in southern Israel. The F-16I, which is equipped with external fuel tanks, is reportedly capable of reaching Iranian airspace without refueling.  (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)

Omar Abdullah, president of the National Conference party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, bends down for a kiss while campaigning in the current election. Balloting is being held for more than a month in an effort to avert violence. Muslim separatists had called for a boycott of the election, saying it would entrench India’s hold on part of the Kashmir region, split between India and Pakistan.  (Farooq Khan / EPA)

Riot policemen stand guard near the hotel where President Bush will stay in Lima, Peru, before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Twenty-one world leaders will attend the summit through Sunday.  (Luis Acosta / AFP/Getty Images)

Seats are reserved for representatives of the Detroit automakers for a full hearing of the House Financial Services Committee in Washington. Top company executives and the head of the United Auto Workers ventured to Capitol Hill to seek $25 billion in emergency loans to help them weather the financial crisis. Congressional leaders agreed to give them more time to make their case for a bailout, but they demanded that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler provide detailed plans for using the money to assure their long-term viability.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Venecia Lonis, 4, is weighed at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aid workers fear that hunger is worsening after at least 26 children died in the country’s remote, rural southeast of conditions exacerbated by a lack of nutrition.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

Viewers don their 3-D glasses to take in the fare at the 3DX Film & Entertainment Technology Festival in Singapore. 3DX is billed as the world’s first fully 3-D-based festival of its kind, celebrating the best in three-dimensional entertainment.  (Alvin Toh / Getty Images)