Tuesday: The day in photos
Displaced residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo gather in an improvised camp in Kibati. Thousands of people have fled violence between forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. (Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images)
Physicist Rico Meerheim of the Institute for Applied Optophysics of the Dresden Institute of Technology presents a new-generation organic light-emitting diode in Dresden, Germany. Such devices are used in mobile phones, digital cameras and hand computers. (Ralf Hirschberger / EPA)
A Pakistani child receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar after being injured during clashes between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants in the Bajaur region. (Arshad Arbab / EPA)
Rain falls on a crowd listening to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Chester, Pa. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
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Contestants in the Miss Earth beauty pageant blow kisses to the crowd as they are presented to the media in Manila. They are, from left, Violine Grainville of Martinique, Carolina Urquiola of Bolivia, Ruxandra Popa of Romania, Karla Henry of the Philippines, and Demet Karadenz of Turkey. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
Acrobats from the Jiangxi Acrobatic Troupe of China prepare for a performance at the China Wuhan International Acrobatics Art Festival in Wuhan, China. (China Photos / Getty Images)
A visitor walks past the video installation “Inner and Outer Space” by South African artist Candice Breitz at the Temporary Art Gallery in Berlin. (Axel Schmidt / AFP / Getty Images)
Supporters of the Awami National Conference, a pro-Indian political group, shout slogans at an election rally in Srinagar, India. Pro-Indian parties in Indian Kashmir started campaigns for elections, which begin Nov. 17, even as separatists called for a boycott of the voting. (Mukhtar Khan / Associated Press)
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A man selects eggs at a hennery in China’s Shandong province. Hong Kong food inspectors have found eggs imported from northeast China to be contaminated with high levels of melamine, the toxic industrial additive at the heart of an scandal involving Chinese milk products. (Wu Hong / EPA)
A Palestinian boy crosses an alley after heavy rains in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. With the arrival of winter rains, life becomes more difficult in the camp because of the weakness of the old houses. (Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images)
