Wednesday: The Day In Photos

A Palestinian paramedic delivers a wounded 10-year-old girl, Hiba Assaliya, to a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. She was wounded and a relative of hers was killed in Israeli shelling on the refugee camp of Jabalia. Hamas dismissed as “not serious” Israel’s decision to give Egyptian-mediated peace efforts in the Gaza Strip a chance, claiming it is preparing to launch a military offensive.  (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers return to an army base in Kissufim near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, following an army operation in Gaza. Israeli leaders have decided not to launch a broad invasion of the Gaza Strip, despite a new spike in fighting against Palestinian militants. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s spokesman says Israel wants to give Egyptian-brokered truce efforts more time to succeed.  (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)

An Israeli army officer gets a warm welcome from Tami Moyal, an Israeli women who runs a cafeteria at the Kissufim army base in southern Israel, after returning from an overnight operation against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.  (David Silverman / Getty Images)

Authorities inspect the scene the morning after a Sudanese jetliner veered off a runway and exploded into flames, at the airport in the capital Khartoum, Sudan. At least 29 people were killed inside the burning plane, while 171 managed to escape, according to a Sudan Civil Aviation Authority spokesman, who added that 14 still remained unaccounted for. The jetliner veered off a runway after landing amid thunderstorms and exploded into flames.  (Abd Arouf / Associated Press)

A refugee scavenging for possessions covers her nose in reaction to the stench of decay in Chengjiaba, China. The ruins of Chengjiaba have become a ghost town almost one month after the May 12 earthquake that ravaged Sichuan province.  (Michael Reynolds / EPA)

A health worker gathers a rooster for slaughter in a market in Hong Kong, China. Health workers slaughtered all live poultry in Hong Kong’s street markets after detecting the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)  (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)

Kenyan voters line up at a local polling station in the western Kenyan town of Olmelil. Kenyans voted peacefully for five seats that will decide who holds the majority in parliament. It was the first voting since President Mwai Kibaki‘s disputed December reelection set off ethnic violence that killed at least 1,300 people and displaced 300,000 more in the east African country.  (Roberto Schmidt / AFP/Getty Images)

A Kenyan woman casts her vote at a local polling station in the western town of Kilgoris.  (Tony Karumba / AFP/Getty Images)

A truck driver from Portugal rests and eats while waiting in a 6-mile-long line of trucks on the third day a strike in Oyarzun, Spain, by tens of thousands of truckers protesting soaring gas prices.  (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)

A child laborer carries rocks on his head at a stone-crushing company on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. Tomorrow is World Day Against Child Labor.  (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)

Two burka-clad Afghan women cross a windy hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan.  (Shaw Marai / AFP/Getty Images)

Hindu devotees present offerings and prayers at the Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple, in the Northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir.  (Jaipal Singh / EPA)

Cows check out a calf with the colors of the German flag painted on its side in a field near the northern German town of Oldenburg. The 7-month-old calf was painted by children to show their support for the German soccer team in the Euro 2008 Championships.  (David Hecker / AFP/Getty Images)

Patrick Mueller, left, and goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, right, of Switzerland battle for the ball with Turkey’s Arda Turan, center, during the EURO 2008 match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland.  (Alex Livesey / Getty Images)

Indian couples are unbothered by a monsoon shower in Mumbai.  (Pal Pillai / AFP/Getty Images)