Wednesday: The day in photos

A Pakistani villager walks though the debris of his house damaged by earthquake in Ziarat, about 81 miles south of Quetta, Pakistan. The 6.4-magnitude quake struck before dawn Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 150 people, injuring scores more and leaving an estimated 15,000 homeless, officials said.  (Arshad Butt / Associated Press)

Pakistani villagers carry a victim of the earthquake. At least 150 people died.  (Arshad Butt / Associated Press)

Students clash at the end of a demonstration at Rome’s Piazza Navona, near the Italian Senate, where a final parliamentary approval for a controversial education reforms took place. The government decree, already approved by the lower house, the chamber of deputies, was passed into law by the Senate with 162 members voting in favor and 134 against, the ANSA news agency said.  (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

A man carries his child as thousands of displaced people stream into Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees started streaming into the eastern provincial capital of Goma in the afternoon, impeded by army tanks, trucks and jeeps pulling back from the battle front.  (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)

Riders falls on a dusty road during the sixth stage of the 22nd Tour du Faso cycling race between Laye and Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso. The Tour du Faso represents the major cycling meeting in the riding calendar on the African continent.  (Christophe Ena / Associated Press)

A woman leans on a grave stone in the Jewish cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, during a religious ceremony held in memory of those whose graves were destroyed by vandals last week. Vandals rampaged through the Jewish cemetery, toppling tombstones and smashing markers for 131 graves, according to Jewish community sources. Jewish leaders condemned the vandalism and said the activity was organized, but investigations are in progress.  (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)

A Nihang, or ancient Sikh warrior, is about to fall from his horse as he exhibits his riding skills during a religious procession called Mohalla in Amritsar, India. This religious procession is carried out a day after the Diwali festival each year in which the Nihangs from various major groups display their martial-art and horse-riding skills.  (Raminder Pal Singh / EPA)

Turkish soldiers march in Istanbul, Turkey, during a military parade to mark the 85th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.  (Ibrahim Usta / Associated Press)

Canadian Geese fly past the Washington Monument in Washington as the first major dose of winter weather blasts through sections of the American northeast.  (Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images)