Thursday: The day in photos
Cameroonians greet Pope Benedict XVI at a stadium in Yaounde, the capital, where he was to celebrate Mass. The pope earlier called on Cameroon’s bishops to defend the traditional African family from the dangers of modernity and secularization. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)
Members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, or Ours, protest outside the headquarters of Sberbank in Moscow. About 100 activists demanded that the Russian bank’s top managers decline their bonuses. (Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP/Getty Images)
Members of Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority clean a pelican near Brisbane. The bird is among the wildlife affected by an oil spill from a container ship off Moreton Island last week. (Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images)
Afghan villagers peer through the door of a building that was destroyed during a military operation in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province. International and Afghan troops killed two suspected insurgents and detained 22 others in two separate raids in the district, officials said. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)
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Subodh Gupta’s “Very Hungry God” catches a passerby’s attention at the opening of a contemporary art show in Moscow. The exhibition at the Garage gallery displays works from the collection of French businessman Francois Pinault. (Yuri Kadobnov / AFP/Getty Images)
A magazine stand is open for business in Beijing. The World Bank has revised its forecast of China’s 2009 growth from 7.5% to 6.5% but expressed confidence in Beijing’s ability to keep the world’s third-largest economy expanding amid global turmoil. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
