Thursday: The day in photos

Presenter Kristen Chenoweth, left, reacts after learning from Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman John Shaffner that she is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, for the show “Pushing Daisies,” during nominations for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Riccardo Ricco, of Italy’s Saunier Duval cycling team, is led away by French police before the start of the 12th stage of the Tour de France race between Lavelanet and Narbonne. Ricco is the third cyclist who tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance EPO in this Tour de France.  (Bas Czerwinski / Associated Press)

Karnit Goldwasser, center, wife of Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser, covers her ears to the sound of gunshots as an honor guard fires during his funeral in the northern Israeli border town of Nahariya. The bodies of Goldwasser and fellow soldier Eldad Regev, held since 2006, were returned to Israel Wednesday as part of a prisoner exchange deal with the Lebanese Islamic group Hezbollah.  (David Silverman / Getty Images)

Pakistani demonstrators burn tires to condemn the huge decline of stocks in front of the Islamabad Stock Exchange in Islamabad, Pakistan. Growing economic and political uncertainty pushed Pakistani shares to new depths and triggered nationwide protests.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

Wholesalers check the quality of frozen tuna at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, where tuna prices are rising because of high gas costs for fishermen.  (Koichi Kamoshida / Getty Images)

People gather to touch a cross over a mine where the bodies of Czar Nicholas II and his family were thrown after they had been shot to death by the Bolsheviks 90-years ago, outside Yekaterinburg, Russia. About 30,000 Russians marched during a religious ceremony from Yekaterinburg to the mine early Thursday to mark the anniversary.  (Alexei Vladykin / Associated Press)

Hundreds of voodoo believers gather under a waterfall at a festival in Saut D’eau, Haiti, where Haitians gather every year to cleans their spirits.  (Kena Bentacour / EPA)

Cambodian soldiers walk during the cloudy morning as they guard a round Preah Vihear temple in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup in this disputed territory on their border.  (Heng Sinith / Associated Press)

Chinese workers clean the exterior of the National Aquatics Center, better known as the Water Cube, in Beijing, ahead of the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.  (Teh Eng Koon / AFP/Getty Images)

A Sri Lankan woman holds up a pot of jasmine flowers to place before a Buddhist shrine in Colombo. This predominantly Buddhist nation of 20 million people celebrate today as the day when Lord Buddha was conceived in his mother’s womb.  (Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP/Getty Images)

A six-day old flamingo chick stands between two adult flamingos at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. The chick is the 100th flamingo at the zoo and is the first flamingo chick in six years.  (Nigel Treblin / AFP/Getty Images)