Tuesday: The day in photos

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill. Paulson faced tough questions from Congress about the Wall Street crisis.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

In Strasbourg, France, a European deputy has a lonely seat in Parliament, where a debate was held on the financial crisis.  (Frederick Florin / AFP / Getty Images)

Indonesian men beat each other with rattan canes during a traditional ritual commemorating past battles of their ancestors in Probolingo, East Java, Indonesia.  (Trisnadi / Associated Press)

A Palestinian man shows his ration card for food supplies at a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) center in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip. Food distribution to half the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million population resumed today but the United Nations fears supplies will soon run out unless Israel eases its blockade.  (Said Khatib / AFP / Getty Images)

Activists of All Pakistan Clerks Assn., shout slogans during a protest against rising inflation, in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistan’s top economic adviser has said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to provide a loan of at least $7.6 billion to stave off an economic meltdown. Pakistan is facing one of its worst economic crises in eight years due to increasing imports and slow domestic economic growth.  (MK Chaudhry / EPA)

Ukrainian trade union activists hold flags during a rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. More than 2,000 people took to the streets, demanding salary increases and an abatement of the costs of consumer goods.  (Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA)