Pictures of the Day: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012

Posted Oct. 24, 2012, at 8:44 p.m.

Schalk van Zuydam | AP

Tourists Alexandre Casias (center back) and Emilie Vachon (not pictured) from Montreal in Canada, have their car raided by Baboons, at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Vadim Ghirda | AP

A man walks by the painted wall of the Romanian Patriarchy after attending prayers in Bucharest, Romania on Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012. Romanian Orthodox worshipers begin celebrations of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the patron saint of the city. Thousands wait in line for long hours to touch the remains of the saint, hoping for the healing of diseases or better luck.

Carolyn Kaster | AP

President Barack Obama walks from the White House to Marine One on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in Washington, en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto campaign events in Iowa, Colorado, California, and Nevada.

Collin Reid | AP

Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida.

Michael Sohn | AP

A polar bear shakes its head in its enclosure at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. A monument to the polar bear Knut was unveiled at the zoo on Wednesday morning. Polar bear Knut became a global celebrity before his sudden death last year.

Markus Schreiber | AP

People attend the inauguration ceremony at the memorial to the murdered European Sinti and Roma who were persecuted as Gypsies in Berlin on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The memorial was designed by artist Dani Karavan and consists of a well with a retractable stele with panels carrying information on the persecution and mass murder of this minority under the National Socialist regime.

Carl Court | AP

Maori dancers perform the traditional Haka for Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at St. James's Palace in central London on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall met prominent Papua New Guineans, Australians and New Zealanders living in the UK from the world of business, sport, entertainment and the media during a reception, hosted by Their Royal Highnesses, at St James's Palace ahead of their tour.