Thursday: The day in photos

Rescue efforts continued in western Pakistan, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 200 people. Thousands were left homeless in the region, where many residents live in mud-brick homes that collapsed under the force of the 6.4 quake. Here, a Pakistani man walks through the debris in a town in the Ziarat district.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

Members of Greenpeace show how to travel without leaving a big carbon footprint during their protest outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. They were protesting the German government’s resistance to introducing carbon dioxide limits for cars.  (Michael Gottschalk / AFP/Getty Images)

Technicians from the Williams team test tires at the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in preparation for Sunday’s Brazil Grand Prix, the last race of 2008 Formula One season.  (Marcelo Sayao / EPA)

The celebrations get a little out of hand in Philadelphia, as fans rejoiced over the World Series championship of the hometown Phillies -- the team’s first since 1980 and only second in 125 years. Philadelphia took the Series from the Tampa Bay Rays, four games to one.  (Jim MacMillan / Associated Press)

Stained glass helps tell the story of witchcraft and 17th century history in “Witch -- the Inquisition Files and Documents From Zugarramurdi,” which opened in Vitoria in northern Spain. The exhibition features files and several reconstructions of the inquisitorial persecution in Spain. Several dozen were prosecuted in witch trials in Zugarramurdi, which was known as “the witch village,” in 1610.  (David Aguilar / EPA)

Students steer clear at the University of Navarra after a car bomb exploded on the campus in Pamplona, Spain. Initial news reports indicated that at least 15 people may have been wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But Spanish police had arrested three suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday in Pamplona and another in Valencia.  (Unai Beroiz / Associated Press)

Thousands of anti-government protesters block traffic in Bangkok, Thailand, as they demand the extradition from Britain of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The rally came after a bomb injured 10 people outside a compound where members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy have been camped out since August. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, was convicted of corruption Tuesday and sentenced to two years in prison.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Italian university and high school students throw flares during a protest in Florence against a national school reform measure. School workers and teachers also demonstrated against the controversial plan by Education Minister Maria Stella Gelmini, which was approved the previous day by the Senate.  (Carlo Ferraro / EPA)