Tuesday: The day in photos
A U.S. soldier leaves the dining facility at his base in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan as a live television feed shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voting in Chicago. Members of the U.S. military overseas were able to vote by absentee ballot. (Rafiq Maqbool / Associated Press)
Displaced Congolese try to protect themselves from a rainstorm in the Kibati camp north of Goma, eastern Congo, where fighting between rebels and the government has left tens of thousands of refugees desperate for international aid. (Jerome Delay / Associated Press)
Residents use a makeshift raft to transport a motocycle through the flooded streets of Hanoi. Vietnam’s capital has been lashed by more than a week of heavy downpours and more than 70 people have died. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP/Getty Images)
Russian special police forces subdue ultranationalist activists during a rally in central Moscow . The ultranationalists made fascist salutes while pro-Kremlin youth yelled praise for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The acrimonious occasion was Russia’s People’s Unity Day. (Sergei Shakhijanian / AFP/Getty Images)
A 14-year-old contortionist does a balancing act on the streets of Allahabad, India. Her performances earn her about $5 a day. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press)
A model walks the long runway displaying the spring-summer lingerie collection for 2009 during China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Guang Niu / Getty Images)