Wednesday: The day in photos
An ultra-Orthodox man participates in a special prayer at the site of the Masada fortress overlooking the Dead Sea in Israel. Devout Jews around the world today observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the “blessing of the sun.” (Sebastian Scheiner / Associated Press)
An ultra-Orthodox Jew dips cooking utensils in boiling water to remove the remains of leavening in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover in Jerusalem. Passover commemorates the exodus of Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt, during which they did not have time to prepare leavened bread. (Gabi Tibbon / AFP/Getty Images)
Wedding photos lie amid the remains of a building that collapsed in the earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the death toll in central Italy’s quake had risen to 260, including 16 children. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)
A replica of the burial chamber of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamen is on display at an exhibition in Munich, southern Germany. The exhibition features reconstructions of Tutankhamen’s tomb and its treasures. (Lennart Preiss / AFP/Getty Images)
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Chinese gymnasts perform a balancing act as the Chinese State Circus arrives at Alexandra Palace in north London. The circus is in town for about 10 days. (Leon Neal / AFP/Getty Images)
Ominous rain clouds fail to deter people from spending their evening at a park in New Delhi. (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
Job seekers play dead in a “corpse queue” outside the London Dungeon in central London. The London Dungeon was casting “corpses” for its new attraction, “Surgery: Blood and Guts.” (Shaun Curry / AFP/Getty Images)
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Cmdr. Edward Michael Fincke, flight engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi lands near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Fincke and Lonchakov are returning after spending six months on the International Space Station, and Simonyi is returning from his launch with crew members 12 days earlier. (Bill Ingalls / NASA via Getty Images)
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A symbol of the Soviet Union adorns a park in Moscow. The sculpture was placed in the Russian capital after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP/Getty Images)
Richard Sterne of South Africa engages in a practice round before competing in the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (Harry How / Getty Images)
