Wednesday: The day in photos

A boy covers his head with a cooking pot during a sandstorm at the Chota Lahore refugee camp at Swabi in northwest Pakistan. Fighting has driven 3 million people from their homes in the volatile region, though government forces have recently secured control over several key towns.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

A man and a youngster work around a giant model of a strawberry as they gather strawberries in Wesendahl, Germany. The supersize berry was a prop promoting the official start of the strawberry season in the Brandenburg region.  (Michael Urban / AFP/Getty Images)

Roger Federer of Switzerland serves against Gael Monfils of France in the quarterfinals of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Federer won in straight sets.  (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)

A protester throws metal bolts at a police line in Vigo, Spain, where hundreds of metal workers, most of whom work for shipbuilding companies, clashed with riot police during a strike to demand a new wage agreement.  (Jose Rodriguez / Associated Press)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, right, in Cuba on a two-day official visit, takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to Cuban hero Jose Marti in Havana.  (Adalberto Roque / AFP/Getty Images)

Some visitors appear puzzled as they pass an art installation at Venice’s 53rd Art Biennale. The international exhibition, presented every other year, showcases the works of 90 artists from 77 countries.  (Andrea Pattaro / AFP/Getty Images)

A grimy kitten needs a friend as fire consumes wooden shacks once occupied by gypsies in a suburb of Sarajevo. Faced with eviction by the city because the shacks didn’t meet sanitary standards, the gypsies opted to set fire to them before leaving.  (Elvis Barukcic / AFP/Getty Images)

A statue of former President Ronald Reagan stands in the Capitol Rotunda after its unveiling as the most recent addition to the National Statuary Hall Collection. Reagan replaces 19th century minister Thomas Starr King as one of two California representatives in the hall. The other is Father Junipero Serra.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

A poster of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong hangs above a police officer’s station at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Foreign journalists were barred from Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the government’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests there.  (Andy Wong / Associated Press)