The day in photos: Monday

A 10-year-old Palestinian girl reacts at her house after learning that her uncle was found dead under the rubble of a house after being missing for 20 days in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Today the Saudi Arabian monarchy vowed to spend $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after the devastating three-week war between Hamas and Israel.  (Anja Niedringhaus / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian prays in the rubble of his house after the end of the Israeli army operation in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip.  (Anja Niedringhaus / Associated Press / Pool)

A Palestinian boy plays in front of homes destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on the outskirts of Jabalya, Gaza Strip. Though tensions remained high, a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was still holding.  (Jerry Lampen / Getty Images)

An anti-nationalist protester stands by a barricade in Athens. Greek riot police fired tear gas to break up clashes in the capital between anarchists and extreme right-wingers who were holding an anti-immigration rally.  (Aris Messinis / AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters dressed in costumes -- including one depicting President Bush in prison uniform and another a Guantanamo Bay detainee, left -- are among those who marched at Lafayette Park, across from the White House. They called for the arrest of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on their last day in office.  (Michael Reynolds / EPA)

Paul Locke of Richmond, Va., sells inauguration buttons with images of President-elect Barack Obama for $5 apiece in Washington.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

President-elect Barack Obama gets to work at the Sasha Bruce House in Washington, D.C., which aids at-risk youths. Americans marked Martin Luther King Day as a day of service in his memory, on the eve of Obama’s inauguration as the 44th president.  (Joshua Robert / EPA / Pool)

First Lady-to-be Michelle Obama helps a girl at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., where students, military families and volunteer service groups worked on projects supporting American troops  (Joshua Roberts / Getty Images / Pool)

Eight-year-olds Dalis Williams of Carson, left, and Delauna Thomas make a presidential statement while awaiting the 24th Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles. About 180 floats, drill teams and marching bands traveled west along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Western Avenue, then south on Crenshaw Boulevard to Leimert Park, to mark Martin Luther King Day.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Zakelia Koon and Cornelius Toombs Jr., both 3, are decked out in their royal best for Martin Luther King Day in Miami.  (Lynne Sladky / AP)

Visitors pose for photographs with a cardboard cutout of President-elect Barack Obama on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

A crowd tosses shoes together in protest. The group ArrestBush2009.com set up a 25-foot inflatable replica of George W. Bush in Washington’s Dupont Circle, where passersby could pick up a pair of shoes to toss at Bush. An organizer said the shoe-throwing idea was inspired by the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush during a news conference.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Fans of Italian soccer club AC Milan object to the possible transfer of idol Kaka to Manchester City in England. Late in the day, they could rest easy, as the player announced that he was staying. “All the messages coming my way said to choose with my heart,” the 26-year-old Brazilian midfielder told Milan Channel.  (Vincenzo Gerace / EPA)

A model displays a look in Moncler Gamme Bleu’s 2009 fall-winter menswear collection during men’s fashion week in Milan.  (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP/Getty Images)

Croatia’s Ivano Balic passes the ball as he falls during the men’s World Handball Championships match in Split, Croatia.  (Hrvoje Polan / AFP/Getty Images)

Jouni Pellinen of Finland leads through a turn in front of other competitors during the men’s ski cross heats on day two of the Freestyle World Cup at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, N.Y.  (Chris McGrath / Getty Images)

A sign marks a closed-off area at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The war crimes court convened with hearings against the five men accused of the Sept. 11 terrorist plot even as President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to close the offshore prison and move the trials to U.S. courts.  (Brennan Linsley / Getty Images / Pool)