Day in Pictures

Pre-dawn, a soccer fan waves a Chilean flag during the South Africa 2010 World Cup match against Honduras, in Santiago, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Chile's Jean Beausejour tapped in the only goal of the match, giving Chile its first World Cup victory in 48 years with a 1-0 win over Honduras.

Claude Ruey, a swiss lawmaker of the liberal party watches the world cup soccer match between Spain and Switzerland during a debate in Switzerland's parliament, on Wednesday June 16, 2010 in Bern, Switzerland. The lawmakers debated on a new health insurance law.

A young Chinese boy points a toy bubble gun while playing following a dragon boat race to celebrate the Duanwu Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, at Longtan park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar, commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period.

The river Artuby floods the streets in Draguignan, southern France, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Regional authorities in southeastern France say at least a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms.Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects.

A man takes pictures of piled up cars in Draguignan, southern France, Wednesday June 16, 2010. Regional authorities in southeastern France say more than a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms. Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects.

The Kyrgyz national flag flies at half staff in front of the statue of of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, on a central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, marking three national day of mourning following violence in Kyrgyz towns Osh and Jalal Abad.

Uzbek men pray during a funeral ceremony for the remains of victims killed during ethnic rioting between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks, in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The official death count from the past week of violence rose to 189 on Wednesday, with 1,910 wounded, the Health Ministry said. Kyrgyzstan is observing 3 days of mourning for the victims of the recent mass-scale riots in the republic's southern regions.

Chinese performers dressed in traditional attire wait for their turn at the opening of the China Farmer Arts Festival in Beijing, China Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

A Buddhist devotee offers prayers near a wall defaced by vandals at Swayambhunath Buddhist Stupa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Buddhism, which has about 325 million followers, teaches that every soul is reincarnated after death in another bodily form.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lies on the ground with blood on his face after a scuffle with border police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and ten demonstrators were lightly wounded.

Pope Benedict XVI is helped by Monsignor Georg Gaenswein to wear the Saturn hat as he arrives in St. Peter's square for the weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

Oil cleanup crews make their morning patrol along the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Wednesday, June 16, 2010. New waves of oil have not come ashore and cleanup work continues, leaving Alabama's beaches in much better condition than just a few days earlier.