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CRIME SCENE: Police officers looked at a body at the scene of a shooting in Seascale, England, Wednesday. Police say taxi driver Derrick Bird, 52, fatally shot 12 people and wounded 25 before killing himself. (Andrew Yates/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

GRIEVING FAMILY: Palestinian relatives of Islamic jihad militant Muhammed Shahwan mourned at his funeral in the Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday. He was one of two militants killed while trying to cross into Israel, the Israeli military said. (Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)

ROLLING OUT: Prisoners released by the Israeli government left a prison in Beersheba, Israel, Wednesday. Israel is deporting hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists in the wake of Israel’s military operation against an aid flotilla, which left nine people dead. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)


IN THE NEWS: People watched a broadcast in a Tokyo electronics store about Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s resignation Wednesday. Mr. Hatoyama’s sudden resignation comes after his Democratic Party of Japan swept national elections in August. (Kyodo/Reuters)

MOTHER MOURNS: A mother cried after seeing the body of her child, who was killed when a four-story apartment building built on a former canal collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday. At least 20 people were killed. (Munir Uz Zaman/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

STANDING GUARD: A South Korean soldier stood guard Wednesday in the village of Panmunjom, which separates the two Koreas. U.S. defense officials say they may deploy the USS George Washington off the Korean Peninsula, where North Korea allegedly sank a South Korean warship. (Wally Santana/Associated Press)

DETAINED: An undocumented immigrant apprehended in the desert near the Mexican border was searched before being transported to a detention center near Sasabe, Ariz., Tuesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

SEEKING EXPULSION: An International Labour Organization staffer led away a member of the Worker-communist Party of Iran, who was protesting for Iran’s expulsion from the United Nations agency in Geneva Wednesday. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/European Pressphoto Agency)

GUN DRAWN: A security guard watched an alleged Taliban militant who was captured during a gunbattle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Militants launched an assault on a peace conference of 1,500 dignitaries. At least two militants were killed. (Fardin Waezi/Associated Press)

IN PAIN: Paramedics administered oxygen to a man who set himself on fire, in an apparent protest over his financial situation, in Thessaloniki, Greece, Wednesday. (Giorgos Nisiotis/Associated Press)

CONSTRUCTION SITE: A man worked at the construction site of the Marienplatz-Galerie shopping center in Schwerin, Germany, Wednesday. (Jens Buttner/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

NEW GRADUATES: Central Reserve Police Force members celebrated their graduation at a military base near Srinagar, India, Wednesday. The new recruits will help fight separatists in Kashmir and Maoist rebels. (Dar Yasin/Associated Press)

BEACH DAY: Mary Smith watched over her grandchildren as a cleanup crew walked along the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., Wednesday. Meanwhile, BP hit a snag while trying to sever a pipe connected to the Gulf oil well as a six-foot-long oil sheen was found along Florida’s Panhandle. (Dave Martin/Associated Press)

COUNTING BALLOTS: South Korean National Election Commission officials sorted ballots in Seoul Wednesday for local elections. Outrage over the sinking of the Cheonan warship, which killed 46 sailors, was expected to play a large part in the election. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)