World in photos
A woman falls as flood victims line up to receive food from UN peacekeepers in hurricane-stricken Gonaives, Haiti, on Thursday. Food and fresh water ran dangerously low for thousands in Gonaives and surrounding areas, as governments and aid groups struggled to help people stranded at shelters, officials said. (Ariana Cubillos / Associated Press)
Residents stretch their hands to receive clothes in Cabaret, Haiti, on Wednesday. Four tropical storms in less than a month have caused floods throughout Haiti, killing at least 300 people. Shipments of food and pledges of more poured in from around the world, but distribution of the emergency supplies was hampered by the impoverished country’s chronic insecurity and the poor and often nonexistent network of roads and other infrastructure. (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)
Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party celebrate the swearing-in of the party’s co-chairman
Chinese rescuers dig up a body of a victim buried under a torrent of mining waste and sludge in Taoshi, when a mining dam collapsed on Monday in north China’s Shanxi province. Rescue workers stepped up efforts to find survivors amid fears hundreds of people died in the disaster. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
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Dean Bergeron of Canada celebrates winning gold in the final of the 200-meter T52 race during the Paralympic Games at Beijing’s National Stadium on Wednesday. (Peter Parks / AFP / Getty Images)
Patty Smith, left, and Helen Martin listen as Republican presidential candidate Sen.
