Day In Pictures

Remembering Tiananmen — AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel

Chinese honor guards stand in position against the backdrop of Tiananmen Square in Beijing Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Foreign journalists were barred from the square on Wednesday amid heavy security on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on 1989 pro-democracy protests.

Obama Visits The Middle East

President Barack Obama arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

At Sunset

The sunset colors the sky behind a mosque minaret in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and a promise to get out of Iraq quickly: That's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia want to hear from President Barack Obama this week as he reaches out to them on Thursday in an anxiously anticipated speech.

Shades Of Gray

A Hindu devotee smears his body with mud from the banks of the revered Ganges River before taking a ritual dip in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Allahabad, at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, is an important Hindu pilgrimage center.

Mourning Those Lost

Unidentified Air France employees react outside the Notre Dame cathedral following an ecumenical church service for relatives and families of the passengers of Air France's flight 447, which vanished Monday over the Atlantic ocean, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in Paris. The reason for the crash remains unclear, with fierce thunderstorms, lightning or a catastrophic combination of causes as possible theories.

Dusting Off George

Sam Williams, with the Capitol labor division, dusts the statue of President George Washington in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The statues are dusted before events, with a bronze statue of President Ronald Reagan being unveiled later in the day.

Reagan Unveiled

Former first lady Nancy Reagan, accompanied by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pull the covering off the Ronald Reagan statue, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, during the unveiling ceremony in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington.

No To Nuclear Weapons

Protesters display placards during a rally against North Korea at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said Wednesday, as the communist regime prepared to test-fire a barrage of missiles from both coasts which further heightened tensions in the region following the country's underground nuclear test last week.

Poppies Popping Up

Corn poppy blossoms on a field near Boetzingen, southern Germany, on a sunny Wednesday, June 3, 2009.