This artist impression provided by the European Southern Observatory and the journal Nature, shows the surface of the distant dwarf planet Makemake. This dwarf planet is about two thirds of the size of Pluto, and travels around the Sun in a distant path that lies beyond that of Pluto, but closer to the Sun than Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System. Photo: AP/European Southern Observatory/Nature
A census worker asks questions to an Aymara indigenous woman in El Alto, Bolivia, on Wednesday. Bolivians were obliged to stay at home on Wednesday to participate, silencing the usual cacophony on the streets of the major cities in the country of 10 million. Photo: AP
The moon illuminates Israelis standing on a hill at the Israeli town of Sderot, overlooking the Gaza Strip, background right, as they watch a missile (not seen), fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza towards southern Israel, on Wednesday, shortly before a cease-fire is announced between Israel and Hamas. Photo: AP
President Barack Obama, right, next to daughter Sasha and first lady Michelle Obama hand out food at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP
