Monday: The day in photos
Lorraine Carter was among the relative few who has not evacuated from New Orleans, heading home in the Upper 9th Ward as winds from Hurricane Gustav lash the city. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss. (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)
This woman is among the mourners commemorating the fourth anniversary of the deadly hostage crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. More than 1,000 children, parents and teachers were seized on Sept. 1, 2004, as they celebrated the first day of school. More than 330 people, including 186 children, died during the siege and the confused storming of the school two days later. (Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press)
Military personnel take part in ceremonies marking the 69th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Gdansk-Westerplatte, northern Poland. The war began when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on a Polish military depot in Westerplatte, a part of Gdansk, on Sept. 1, 1939. (Adam Waroawa / EPA)
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Air Force One with President Bush aboard departs from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for Texas, where he planned to monitor Hurricane Gustav as it moved through the Gulf Coast region. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press)
Colombian police examine the site of a car bombing in Cali in which four people were killed and at least 12 wounded. The explosion, which authorities called one of the deadliest urban attacks of the year, occurred five minutes after midnight near the Palace of Justice, where judges and other civil servants work. (Carlos Julio Martinez / AFP/Getty Images)
Late-edition newspapers in Tokyo announce the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. The unpopular Fukuda, 72, said he had decided to step down to avoid a “political vacuum” as the government planned for a special parliamentary session this month. (David Coll Blanco / EPA)
An Indian Sikh boy lights oil lamps in front of the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar during a ceremony marking the 404th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh religion. (Narinder Nanu / AFP/Getty Images)
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Georgians wave national flags during a protest in Tbilisi. Broadcast reports indicated that more than 1 million people across the country took part in the action protesting Russia’s military operations in Georgia. President Mikheil Saakashvili announced Sept. 1 as the Day of Georgia’s Unity. (Zurab Kurtsikidze / EPA)
Indian army soldiers rescue a child from a flooded village about 12 miles northeast of Patna in the eastern state of Bihar. Authorities rushed doctors and medical equipment to the flood-devastated area, where hundreds of thousands were left homeless when the Kosi River burst its banks two weeks ago. (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
Indians wade through deep water to get to a relief camp at Jankinagar in the eastern state of Bihar, hit by the worst flooding in 50 years. (Piyal Adhikary / EPA)
A worker shovels rice in a warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia. The global price of the grain has risen almost 70% this year, raising concerns in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest consumers. (Dimas Ardian / Getty Images)
