Tuesday: The day in photos
Los Angeles County firefighters extinguish a fire in a lot full of wooden pallets just north of the Century Freeway in unincorporated Willowbrook. The large smoke plume created a distraction for morning commuters on the freeway. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Anti-government protesters try to flee from tear gas during street battles in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the most violent and widespread unrest in the country’s six-week political crisis in which protesters have tried to force out supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, the premier ousted in 2006 amid allegations of corruption. (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)
A Thai anti-government protester falls to his knees and asks for mercy as police march toward him during street battles outside parliament in Bangkok. Police fired tear gas and battled with protesters; at least one person was killed and more than 100 were injured. (Rungroj Yongrit / EPA)
Pakistanis listen as Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of an Islamist political alliance, gives a speech at Jhelum train station. Ahmed and his supporters are staging a nationwide protest against U.S. strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)
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Moussa Kaka, a prominent radio journalist in Niger, is surrounded by supporters after an appeals court ordered his provisional release a little more than a year after he was detained for allegedly undermining state security. Kaka was arrested over telephone calls he made to rebels based in the northern part of country. (Boureima Hama / AFP / Getty Images)
Malaysian ethnic Chinese walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at a temple in Kuala Lumpur. The participants abstained from meat for the last nine days in order to purify their bodies for the ritual. (Vincent Thian / Associated Press)
A beach volleyball player reaches for the ball during a competition in Dubai. Players from more than 40 nations are competing in the first Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Dubai Open. (Marwan Naamani / AFP / Getty Images)
