A soldier fires from behind a building in Tikrit, Iraq, in this still photo taken from a video. Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city on Wednesday, authorities said, breaching a key stronghold of the extremists. Associated Press …  Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody's subsonic L-159 combat aircraft stand in a hangar in Odolena Voda, near Prague, on Wednesday. The Czech government has approved a sale of 15 subsonic fighter planes to Iraq. David W. Cerny/Reuters …  Military personnel search on the beach under heavy fog at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on Wednesday for the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed with 11 Marines and soldiers aboard. Melissa Nelson-Gabriel/Associated Press …  Pedestrians walk along the fog-shrouded East River with the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges in the background in New York City on Wednesday. Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency …  A man points a gun toward Turkish riot police in Istanbul on Wednesday during clashes following a protest held in memory of a teenager killed in 2013 antigovernment demonstrations. Ozan Kose/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  Models Cara Delevingne, left, and Kendall Jenner, right, present creations on Tuesday by German designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his autumn/winter women’s ready-to-wear collection for French fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters …  People in Minamisanriku, Japan, observe a moment of silence Wednesday at the moment when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck four years ago off Japan’s coast, triggering a devastating tsunami. Kyodo/Reuters …  Members of a school choir on the island of Rurutu, south of Tahiti, wait to sing the national anthem during a visit by French Overseas Territories Minister George Pau-Langevin on Tuesday. Gregory Boissy/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …  Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter confer during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters …  The parents of Mohammed Musallam, an Israeli Arab who was held by Islamic State in Syria as an alleged spy, hold a picture of him in their East Jerusalem home on Tuesday. A video posted online by Islamic State militants purported to show a child killing Mr. Musallam with a shot to the head. Ammar Awad/Reuters …  A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units aims his weapon during what the militia said was an offensive against them on Tuesday by Islamic State fighters in Ras al-Ayn, a predominantly Kurdish town in Syria on the border with Turkey. Rodi Said/Reuters …  Photos of the Day: March 11
In photos selected Wednesday by Wall Street Journal editors, pedestrians walk along New York City’s fog-shrouded East River, Japan marks the fourth anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, and more.