Today in photos

Young visitor walks past a wax figure of Houston Rockets' Yao Ming at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. A baby Loggerhead Sea Turtle is held by a member of the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program. And a Pakistani girl who is displaced from the country's Swat Valley, takes a nap at Jalozai refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Wed., July 1, 2009

Young visitor walks past a wax figure of Houston Rockets' Yao Ming at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Wednesday July 1, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The Houston Rockets are keeping quiet about Yao Ming, one day after the team doctor said his broken left foot could potentially threaten his career. While Yao seeks other medical opinions, the Rockets are preparing for the NBA's free-agent period that begins Wednesday.

Eugene Hoshiko Associated Press
Bulgarians meet the first July sunrise at the Black Sea coast near the village of Asparuhovo east of the capital Sofia, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Every year on 1st of July hundreds of Bulgarians traditionally celebrate this July morning.

Petar Petrov Associated Press
Rescuer gather at Galawa Beach, 35 kilometers from Moroni, Comoros, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, as they prepare to search the area. A teenage girl is the only known survivor of a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, early Tuesday, as it attempted to land in the dark amid howling winds.

Sayyid Azim Associated Press
Rescuers float down a river on tire tubs as they search for survivors of two sunken boats, in Lal Pur district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Several Afghans were killed when two boats sank while attempting to transfer groups of people from one side of the river to the other, police officials said. Over 10 people were rescued and approximately a dozen remain missing.

Rahmat Gul Associated Press
A baby Loggerhead Sea Turtle is held by a member of the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla. The Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Fire Department helped the sea turtle program remove 50 of the babies who had fallen into a storm drain, attracted by the lights of a nearby parking structure. The Florida Atlantic Coast is in the height of the Sea Turtle hatching and nesting season. Only one in 1,000 of the nestlings make it to adulthood. The babies will be released at night when that are less vulnerable to predators.

Joe Cavaretta Associated Press
Lin Hui, a 7-year old giant panda, plays with its 5-week old cub at the Chiang Mai zoo in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thailand Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

Wichai Taprieu Associated Press
Belarus army planes fly over a World War II monument as they prepare for a military air show ahead of the Independence Day military parade, Minsk, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Parade will take place on July, 3.

Sergei Grits Associated Press
A tennis fan watch Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain play Andy Murray of Britain during their quarterfinal match at Wimbledon, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
Children react to the camera as they graze their sheep at Chara village about 47 kilometers (29 miles) east of Allahabad, India, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The monsoon rains, the main irrigation source for India's 235 million farmers, may be below normal this year, the government said on June 24.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
A Pakistani girl who is displaced from the country's Swat Valley, takes a nap at Jalozai refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Pakistan's army has been battling militants in the Swat Valley, driving some 2 million civilians from their homes.

Mohammad Sajjad Associated Press
Mohammad Umer Madani, a suspected member of the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, looks on as he is brought to a Court in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Madani was arrested last month in Delhi.

Sucheta Das Associated Press
Striking workers of the financially troubled Ssangyong Motor Co. take a nap while rallying against the company's restructuring plan at the car maker's plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Unionist at Ssangyong Motor Co.,an ailing Korean automaker who is majority-owned by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., one of China's largest vehicle manufacturers, said Sunday they will continue on with their fight to protect the jobs of fellow workers, after violent clashes broke out with management that led to numerous injuries.

Lee Jin-Man Associated Press
A man crosses a flooded street in Gdansk, northern Poland, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A sudden heavy rain storm hit Gdansk, flooding many parts of the town.

Wojtek Jakubowski Associated Press