Day in Pictures

Water Wash-Out — AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

People wash off in water spraying from a pipe that broke during a 5.9-magnitude aftershock in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending people running into the streets eight days after the nation's capital was devastated by a quake.

Aid Comes In

A Haitian boy watching as rigid-hull inflatable boats from the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry and USS Carter Hall arrive ashore Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 at the New Hope Mission at Bonel, Haiti.

Waiting for Aid

People try to stay in line to get disaster relief supplies at U.S. 82nd Airborne Division's forward operating base in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. The massive international aid flowing into Haiti after last week's earthquakehas been struggling with logistical problems, and many people are still desperate for food and water.

Making New Friends

Cpl. Stephanie Lanning from Clinton, Arkansas of the 293rd Military Police Company out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, U.S. meets Afghan girls during an information gathering operation in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.

Approaching the Podium

President Barack Obama approaches the podium in the Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before signing a presidential directive ordering a new crackdown on federal contractors who don't pay their taxes.

New Casino

Visitors walk under a dome structure leading out from the casino, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Singapore. Singapore's first casino-resort partially opened Wednesday, a key part of a government plan to reduce reliance on manufacturing and brand the tightly controlled city-state as a cosmopolitan Asian capital.

Making a Splash

A Hindu holy man takes a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers on the auspicious day of Basant Pachami during the month-long "Magh Mela" in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus take a bath at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 30 days celebrated as "Magh Mela," to rid themselves of their sins and attain prosperity.