Wednesday: The day in photos
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make their way in the Palace of Westminster en route to the House of Lords for her annual speech at the opening of Parliament in London. The Palace of Westminster is home to the Houses of Parliament. (Alastair Grant / Associated Press)
Members of the environmental advocacy group Greenpeace put up a poster in a Paris subway station with a message to French President Nicolas Sarkozy: “To reduce 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe? Yes you must!” The image of Sarkozy is inspired by one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. (Oliver Laban-Mattei / AFP/Getty Images)
A man joins the crowds gathered outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, in memory of those killed in the recent terrorist attacks in the city. The hotel was among the targets of the attacks, which left more than 170 people dead. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Winter makes its presence felt with snow on branches near Hagen in western Germany. Winter conditions in wide swaths of the country caused traffic jams and chaos on the roads. (Sascha Schuermann / AFP/Getty Images)
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Passengers board a Thai Airways Boeing 747 for Sydney, Australia, marking the first departing international flight since protesters left Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians throw stones during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron. Tensions have been high in the divided city, with unrest around a house where Jewish settlers have holed up in defiance of an Israeli Supreme Court eviction order. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
A white tiger tends to its grooming at Siberian Tiger Park, a large sanctuary for the big cats in Harbin in northern China. (Diego Azubel / EPA)
A Pakistani Islamist student wears a headband reading “God Is Great” as he shouts anti-U.S. and anti-Indian slogans during a demonstration in Islamabad as tensions continued in the wake of last week’s attacks in Mumbai, India. (Anjum Naveed / Associated Press)
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A traditional tree is decorated and ready to go in central Moscow, four weeks before New Year’s Eve, the most important holiday in the country. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images)
