Day in pictures: 17 September 2010
<ul id="gallery" class="noscript"> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_1"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49142000/jpg/_49142501_010206365-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143120_010206365-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A Thai policeman stands guard behind the gates of the Klongprem prison, Bangkok "/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">A Thai policeman stands guard behind the gates of Klongprem prison in Bangkok, after anti-government demonstrators decorated the gates with red roses to demand the release of activists.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_2"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49141000/jpg/_49141631_010206902-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143121_010206902-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Men wear angel wing costumes outside St Mary's University College in London"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">Men dressed as angels stand outside St Mary's University College in London, UK, as they wait for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_3"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49142000/jpg/_49142498_010206981-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143122_010206981-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A donkey transports ballot boxes, Panjshir province, north of Kabul"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">A donkey transports ballot boxes to remote villages in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, north of Kabul, ahead of parliamentary elections on Saturday.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_4"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49141000/jpg/_49141835_010206595-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143123_010206595-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Children dressed as Lord Buddha wait to perform, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">Indian children dressed as Buddha wait to perform as part of a cultural programme - with the theme of world peace - at a school in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_5"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49142000/jpg/_49142499_010207035-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143124_010207035-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A Bulgarian Roma woman carries her child in a suburb of the town of Yambol, south-east of Sofia"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">A Bulgarian Roma woman carries her child in a makeshift camp in a suburb of Yambol, south-east of the capital Sofia.</span> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_6"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49142000/jpg/_49142500_010206721-1.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49143000/jpg/_49143125_010206721-1.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Three art students hold a giant pencil as they march along Mayo Avenue, Buenos Aires"/></a> <span class="picGalCaption">In Buenos Aires, three art students hold a giant pencil as they take part in a demonstration with teachers along Mayo Avenue, calling on the government to increase education spending.</span> </li> </ul> Indian children dressed as Buddha wait to perform as part of a cultural programme - with the theme of world peace - at a school in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
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