Photos of the day
Photos from around the world for Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, including a fashion show in Paris, practice for the Ryder Cup and violent strikes in Spain.
Section:Gallery
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Bethany Storro, who falsely claimed a stranger threw acid in her face, walks out of court in Vancouver, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Don Ryan Associated Press
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Europe's Rory McIlroy, wearing a wig, hits a tee shot during a practice round at the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Celtic Manor golf course in Newport, Wales, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Jon Super Associated Press
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Picketers run after lighting fires to block a highway in Vigo, Spain, during a nationwide general strike organized by the unions Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged the general strike to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.
Lalo Villar Associated Press
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Riot police confront demonstrators during riots in Barcelona on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Manu Fernandez Associated Press
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St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles, top, turns a double play as Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen, bottom, is forced out at second during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in St. Louis.
Jeff Roberson Associated Press
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A model displays a creation by French designer Framnck Sorbier during his ready-to-wear spring-summer 2011 fashion collection by Chevrolet Fashion Catwalk presented in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Jacques Brinon Associated Press
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A model reacts during a makeup session before French designer Anne Valerie Hash's spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Thibault Camus Associated Press
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President Barack Obama listens to a question during a discussion in the backyard of the Clubb family home in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Charles Dharapak Associated Press
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, talks about alleged human rights abuses in Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington.
J. Applewhite Associated Press
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Patrick McLeod, left, a classmate of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony Rosa, is comforted by Molly Bartlett, center, as they wait for Rosa's remains pass by in South Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The remains of the U.S. Marine from Swanton, Vt. , killed in Afghanistan, returned to Vermont on Wednesday. At right is Rosa's former English teacher, Yvette Gottshal.
Toby Talbot Associated Press
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A man sits on a damaged vehicle in the aftermath of a landslide in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night.
Miguel Tovar Associated Press
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An Afghan girl drinks water in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Ahmad Massoud Associated Press