Day in photos: Tuesday
A woman dressed as a mermaid swims among exotic fish inside a tank as visitors watch at the Blue Zoo in Beijing. Despite the current economic crisis, many tourists from within mainland China continue to spend disposable income on travel and leisure activities. Between 3,000 and 4,000 people a day visited the Blue Zoo in February. (Diego Azubel / EPA)
Children sit on the floor of an orphanage in Bunia, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Saint Kizito orphanage houses 100 children, many of whose parents were killed in recent militia violence. (Lionel Healing / AFP/Getty Images)
A lion named Jago rests in an enclosure in the zoological garden in Dresden, Germany. (Matthias Rietschel / Associated Press)
Masked members of a carnival brass band parade through the streets during the Monster Corso Parade, which marks the end of carnival, in Lucern, Switzerland. (Urs Flueeler / Associated Press/Keystone)
Sweden’s Lars Lewen (front at center) skis in the men’s Skicross World Cup final in Branas, Sweden. Lewen went on to win the race. (Mattias Lundin / AFP/Getty Images)
