Monday: The day in photos
Greek Orthodox Christians walk from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to Gethsemane Church along the Via Dolorosa in the old city of Jerusalem in a commemoration of the death and resurrection of Saint Maria. (Yossi Zamir / EPA)
Local residents of Gori, Georgia, who had left the city during the bombings in the Georgian-Russian conflict over
A Japanese woman with an umbrella walks in front of an electric display in downtown Tokyo. Japan’s Daily Nikkei reported today that the Bank of Japan’s board had downgraded its view on Japan’s economy, calling it “sluggish” for the first time in 10 years. (Dai Kurokawa / EPA)
Rescuers and investigators in Kyrgyzstan work at the crash site of a
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Two Palestinian prisoners peek from a bus window before their release from Ofer Prison near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Israel says it will carry out its planned release of nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture meant to bolster Palestinian President
An Indian artist works on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh at a workshop in Mumbai. Artists are working through the night to cope with the huge demand for idols ahead of September’s “Ganesh Chaturthy” festival, which marks the birth of Ganesh, the Hindu god of prosperity and intelligence. (Pal Pillai / AFP/Getty Images)
Indian police personnel push a slogan-shouting activist from the Tibetan Youth Congress back into a van after his arrest during a protest near the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi. India is home to more than 100,000 Tibetan refugees, including exiled spiritual leader the
A woman places candles on the tomb of a relative at the Heroes Cemetery in suburban Manila as the Philippines observes National Heroes Day. (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)
