Wednesday: The day in photos

Turkey’s Ugur Boral, center, scores against Germany’s goalie, Jens Lehmann, while Germany’s Arne Friedrich, left, watches. Boral’s kick put Turkey ahead, 1-0, during the Euro 2008 semifinal match between Germany and Turkey at the St. Jakob Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland.  (Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA)

A supporter of the German team wrapped in her national flag walks through a water jet ahead of the Euro 2008 championships semifinal soccer match between Germany and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland.  (Thomas Lohnes / AFP/Getty Images)

An Italian supporter reacts after Italy lost to Spain in the Euro 2008 quarter-final soccer match in Vienna, Austria.  (Joe Klamar / AFP/Getty Images)

Israelis watch fireworks during a celebration inaugurating a light rail bridge in Jerusalem. The bridge, which curves across Jerusalem’s western entrance and will eventually carry a new light rail line, is suspended from 66 white cables attached to a spire 387 feet high that towers over the surrounding rooftops and is visible from miles away.  (Dan Balilty / Associated Press)

Students run from a police water cannon during a protest against a proposed education law in Santiago, Chile. Students say the law won’t do enough to improve the country’s education system.  (Martin Bernetti AFP/Getty Images)

James Burt wears a T-shirt reading, “I survived the great flood of 2008 Winfield Missouri“’ as he sits on an embankment looking out on a neighborhood inundated with the water of the flooding Mississippi River in Winfield, Mo.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Philippine fishermen stop by the sunken ferry, MV Princess of the Stars, during the combined U.S and Philippines recovery operations off the coast of Sibuyan Island. The almost 24,000-ton ferry was carrying 864 passengers and crew members when it sank Saturday.  (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)

A U.S. Navy boat maneuvers near the sunken ferry. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier arrived in the region to help with recovery efforts.  (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)

U.S. Navy divers and Philippine rescuers conduct recovery operations for the sunken passenger ferry. Only four dozen survivors have been found so far and more than 800 passengers and crew remained missing more than four days after typhoon Fengshen overturned the seven-story ferry.  (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe, attends a press conference in Harare, where he urged the African Union to intervene in the crisis in Zimbabwe.  (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / Associated Press)

Indian paramilitary soldiers help an injured colleague hit by a stone thrown by protesters during a demonstration in Srinagar, India. Protests continued against the killing of a local resident by police during demonstrations against the transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region.  (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)

Afghan widows line up as they wait for their monthly food ration distributed by CARE, an international aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan. CARE International supports thousands of war widows in Kabul, providing them with food assistance every month.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

A female police officer aims with her pistol in a shooting range during a graduation ceremony in Karbala, Iraq. Some 115 police woman graduated today from Karbala’s police academy.  (Ahmed Alhussainey / Associated Press)