Wednesday: The day in photos
Members of a family pray at a place where they believe their house once stood before it devastated by a mudflow two years ago near Porong, Indonesia. Muslims around the world have begun celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival that marks the end of the Ramadan month of fasting. (Fully Handoko / EPA)
A Kashmiri Muslim woman offers prayers on Eid al-Fitr in Srinagar, India. Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)
Egyptian youths ride in the trunk of a car as a crowd of thousands disperses after the daybreak prayer near the Mustafa Mahmud Mosque on the first day of Eid al-Fitr. The three-day festival marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Cris Bouroncle / AFP / Getty Images)
An Orthodox Jew makes his way through a deserted shopping street in Jerusalem’s Old City as he walks to the Western Wall to take part in morning prayers during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. (Jim Hollander / EPA)
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Crowds stand near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on China’s National Day. Sun is revered as the founding father of modern China for his 1911 overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. (Greg Baker / Associated Press)
Judges gather in London’s Westminster Abbey before a religious service. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional service in the abbey. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
The Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia, is spanned by 137 climbers during BridgeClimb’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Each holds a flag representing the countries from which climbers have traveled during the years that BridgeClimb has been operating. (Cameron Spencer / Getty Images)
A devotee to the Chinese Shrine of Sapam has his face pierced by sharp sticks during a street procession to mark the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket island, Thailand. (Yongyot Pruksarak / EPA)
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Australian surfer Kai Otton rides a wave during the first heat of the Billabong Pro Mundaka surf tournament, which was held at Spain’s Sopelana beach because of lack of wind at Mundaka beach. (Miguel Tona / EPA)
