Tuesday: The day in photos
At a polling station in Niamey, Niger, a poll worker lays out identity cards to be claimed by registered voters. Mamadou Tandja, the president of the uranium-rich West African nation, is pushing forward with a referendum, already annulled by Niger’s top court, on a constitutional referendum that would remove term limits and grant him another three years in office, this time with increased powers. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)
Gana tends to her 2-day-old female offspring at a zoo in Muenster, Germany. The 12-year-old gorilla was so traumatized by the death of her last baby that she carried the body for several days. Gana’s daughter was born early Sunday, said Ilona Zuehlke, a spokeswoman for the Allwetter Zoo in Muenster. (Mark Keppler / Associated Press)
A woman holds a candle during a church service marking the anniversary of the 1995 Croatian offensive into Serb-held territory. More than 200,000 Serbs fled advancing Croatian troops, launched to recapture the land. The Croat-Serb war started in 1991. (Srdjan Ilic / Associated Press)
As tropical storm Swan bears down on south China’s Guangdong province, a man struggles to hold on to his umbrella on a beach near the city of Zhuhai. (Xinhua, Li Jianshu / Associated Press)
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Space Shuttle Discovery, sitting atop a transporter, rolls out to launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is scheduled to launch no earlier than Aug. 25 on a mission to the International Space Station. (Matt Stroshane / Getty Images)
Drawing on the Roman Catholic Asian nation’s long tradition of setting aside rivalries on the occasion of death, the children of late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos -- House of Representatives member Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and elder sister Imelda “Imee” Marcos -- surprised mourners by showing up to view the late President Corazon Aquino, lying in state. At right is Marcos’ wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos. (Rolex Dela Pena / AFP / Getty Images)
