Tuesday: The day in photos
Residents of Tskhinvali celebrate the recognition of South Ossetian independence by Russia. Russian President
An eye specialist checks the eyes of an elderly Sudanese patient in the southern city of Juba. In southern Sudan, a grossly impoverished region struggling to rebuild after 21 years of civil war with the north, tens of thousands of people can’t see, mostly because of preventable infections left untreated during the conflict. Some of the infections have been wiped out in other parts of Africa. Levels of eye disease in the south are feared to be among the worst in Africa -- some 80% of them preventable or curable had resources been available, according to health ministry estimates. (Peter Martell / AFP/ Getty Images)
A one-week-old Javan langur is looked at by its father, Orange, at the Budapest Zoo Park and Botanic Garden in the Hungarian capital. The cub’s mother came from the Netherlands. (Attila Kisbenedek / AFP / Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters swarm around Government House in an action led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy against the rule of Thai Prime Minister Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej in Bangkok. The protesters demanded Samak and his cabinet step down. (Rungroj Yongrit / EPA)
A Lebanese Muslim woman takes pictures with her mobile phone during a demonstration near the Lebanese Parliament in downtown Beirut to demand the release from jail alleged Islamist relatives. The protest was organized by relatives of alleged members of Fatah al-Islam, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group that fought a 15-week battle in 2007 with the Lebanese army in and around the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, north of Tripoli. About 300 people have since been detained by the Lebanese authorities for their alleged links with Fatah al-Islam. Their trials are expected to begin in the coming months. (Joseph Barrak / AFP / Getty Images)
Policemen in Jammu, India beat a Hindu protester demonstrating against a decision by the state government to scrap plans of transferring land to a Hindu shrine. (Channi Anand / Associated Press)
A worker stands in front of the “Upside Down House” in Trassenheide on Usedom Island in northern Germany. The house of an entrepreneur from Poland is part of the project “The World Upside Down” that provides visitors a different view of everyday items. The building is expected to open its doors for visitors in the upcoming week. (Frank Hormann / Associated Press)
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A dancer from the southern Indian state of Kerala performs a traditional dance during a function in Bangalore. The function was organized to highlight the traditional culture and tourist facilities of the state to attract more domestic and international tourists to the state. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP / Getty Images)
