Today in photos (Jan. 12)
Photos from around the world for Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.
Section:Gallery
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An entire shopping mall is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of Brisbane, the nation's third-largest city, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers.
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A technician works on an Ariane 5 rocket engine at the Astrium site in Les Mureaux, northwest of Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 12. 2011. Astrium is a subsidiary of EADS that designs and builds the Ariane 5 European satellite launcher.
Christophe Ena Associated Press
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Conradign Netzer of Switzerland, right, leads, during the final of the men's ski cross World Cup event of the Alpe d'Huez, southeastern France, ahead Andreas Matt of Austria, center, who finished second, and Patrick Koller of Austria, left, who finished third, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Netzer finished in fourth place.
Laurent Cipriani Associated Press
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A player belonging to Haiti's unofficial national amputee soccer team, right, controls the ball as two players from the local Zaryen team attempt to defend in a friendly match at the national stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Jan. 10, 2011. The game is one of many events planned to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 12th magnitude-7.0 quake that killed more than 220,000 people and left millions homeless. Many of the players from both teams lost their limbs in the earthquake.
Dieu Chery Associated Press
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A man with two children sits in the rubble of the earthquake damaged Cathedral during a mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Wednesday marks the one year anniversary since Haiti's magnitude-7.0 earthquake that devastated the capital and is estimated to have killed more than 230,000 people and left millions homeless.
Ramon Espinosa Associated Press
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Paula Louis, left, is comforted by Marthe Bazar as they pray at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Mission, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 in Miami. Haitian-Americans were marking the one-year anniversary of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, that killed more than 230,000 in Haiti. Roughly a million remain homeless amid the debris and stuttering reconstruction efforts in Port-au-Prince.
Wilfredo Lee Associated Press
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A Uniformed Division Secret Service Police Officer holds his hat as the Marine One helicopter kicks up snow as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, prior to President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama traveling to Tucson, Ariz., for a memorial service where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and others were shot in a shooting rampage that left six people dead.
Charles Dharapak Associated Press
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A Pakistani boy jumps over a stream to join other children in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden met with Pakistan leaders Wednesday as part of American efforts to get Islamabad to intensify the fight against Islamist militants sheltering along the Afghan border.
Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press