Monday: The day in photos
The sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Capitol building, where the House was set for a vote on the proposed Wall Street bailout legislation. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
Gregg Maloney, right, works at the post that trades Wachovia Corp. shares on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors are looking over a federally brokered deal in which Citigroup Inc. agreed to acquire Wachovia’s banking operation for $2.16 billion in stock. (Richard Drew / Associated Press)
Rescued hostages arrive at a military airport in Cairo after being held captive for 10 days in the Sahara Desert. In an apparent military operation, the eight Egyptians, five Italians, five Germans and one Romanian were freed after having been kidnapped on a desert safari in the Gilf Kebir area. (Khaled El-Fiqi / EPA)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem before the start of Rosh Hashana. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
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Young Cambodian wrestlers face off during the last day of the Festival of Dead in the village of Vihear Sour. (Mak Remissa / EPA)
An Ukrainian veteran of World War II weeps near the monument to the victims of the Nazi massacre in Babiy Yar, near Kiev. Ukrainians commemorated the anniversary of the massacre, in which about 34,000 Jews were murdered during two days in 1941. (Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA)
Two-toed sloths Wilma and Fred hang on to a branch in their enclosure at Germany’s Heidelberg Zoo. In nature, sloths inhabit South American rain forests, sleeping up to 15 hours a day. (Ronald Wittek / EPA)
A woman who says her face was disfigured because of the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast is pictured in Abidjan. The trial of 12 people charged with involvement in the 2006 pollution scandal is scheduled to begin. They are accused of dumping soda and petroleum residues at more than a dozen spots around the city. (Issouf Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images)
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Women in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir buy flowers for the upcoming festival of Eid-al Fitr, an Islamic festival observed at the end of Ramadan. (Farooq Khan / EPA)
Girls show their hands painted with traditional henna in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr festival in Multan, Pakistan. The festival marks the end of Ramadan. (Khalid Tanveer / Associated Press)
