Tuesday: The day in photos
Eritrean refugees, wearing white masks, participate in a protest in front of Israel’s Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. The protesters are seeking refugee status in Israel after coming in from a county where the U.N. says men are often forced into military service for life. Israel has granted refugee status to people fleeing Darfur, but says it will deport all others who have entered illegally. (Pavel Wolberg / EPA)
Police officers cordon off a Paris department store after a bomb alert. Police neutralized explosives discovered in the store, and France’s national news agency said it received a claim of responsibility from an Afghan group. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)
Worshipers walk through the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Christian pilgrims are flocking to Bethlehem to visit the ancient church and visit the place where Christ was born. The niche is lined with oil lamps and religious paintings. (Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun / EPA)
Members of the Congress of the People (COPE) hold up their hands during a faith song at the inaugural event in Bleomfontein, South Africa. COPE is a South African political party formed in 2008 by former members of the African National Congress (ANC). The party is headed by Mosiuoa Lekota, Mbhazima Shilowa and Mluleki George and will contest the 2009 general election. (Kim Ludbrook / EPA)
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Filipino members of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity during the Oblation Run inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Around 39 members of the fraternity staged the group’s annual run to highlight the fraternity’s anniversary. (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)
Gunmen stand on a poster of U.S.
The bodies of Russian tourists killed in a bus crash lie on the ground at the site of the accident north of the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat. Twenty-four people were killed and 28 were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in Israel’s Negev desert, rescuers said. Among the wounded, 15 were in a critical condition, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. (Yahuda Ben Itah / AFP / Getty Images)
French students protest a proposed reform of the French education system by Minister for National Education Xavier Darcos in Paris. The students carry posters reading “Withdrawal of the Darcos Reform.” (Ian Langsdon / EPA)
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A man sits while a woman walks past a 1980s photo of Chinese women wearing sunglasses on display in Beijing. China will celebrate 30th anniversary of economic reform Thursday. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
