Day in pictures

Indian children cool themselves at a water fountain on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Most parts of northern India are experiencing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

A woman tries to open the door of a metal gate next to a statue of a headless red guard in Beijing Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

Sotheby's employee Jessica Wyndham poses for photographs with an extremely rare pink diamond mounted as a ring, weighing 10.99 carats, at the auction house's offices in London, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The piece is expected to fetch 5.4 to 9.7 million pounds ($9-16 million) when it comes up for auction in Sotheby's Geneva sale of Magnificent and Noble Jewels on May 17.

Yorkshire terrier Ryota, left, greets miniature pinscher Pin-chan during their encounter in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

Palestinian women are seen through the Palestinian flag as they take part in a rally celebrating the signing of a reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

International mediators should drop their demand that the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers recognize Israel, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday, just hours before his Western-backed government was to sign a reconciliation deal with Hamas. The accord, to be inked in Cairo, would end a four-year rift between the bitter rivals and pave the way for a joint caretaker government ahead of national elections next year.

Floodwater covers state highway HH lined by utility poles following the Army Corps of Engineers intentional breach of the Birds Point levee Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Wyatt, Mo. The breach by the Corps on Monday flooded 130,000 acres of mostly farmland in southeastern Missouri.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley laughs as he presides over his final City Council meeting, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Chicago. Daley, the longest serving mayor in Chicago history and one of the most powerful mayors in recent American history announced last Fall that he would not seek a seventh term. He will be succeeded by Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff who quit his job in President Barack Obama's administration to return to Chicago to run. Emanuel is scheduled to be sworn in May 16.

Chaplain Col. Scott H. Jensen, left, directs a prayer over the transfer cases containing the remains of Army Cpl. Kevin W. White, of Westfield, N.Y, and Army Pfc. Robert M. Friese, of Chesterfield, Mich., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The Department of Defense announced the deaths of White, who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Friese, who was supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq.

South Korean elementary school students covering their mouths gather on the ground after escaping from their classrooms during an earthquake drill in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Students throughout the nation practiced drills ranging from fire to terror attacks and earthquake as part of the annual drills called a Safe Korea Exercise.

Girls pose for a photograph next to a tank used by other children to play during an anti-Moammar Gadhafi march in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

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