Tuesday: The day in photos
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian pilgrims pray at the Deir El Sultan chapel inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion in Jerusalem’s Old City. Christians from around the world are in the Holy Land to mark
A Palestinian is seen through the windshield of a car as he washes the vehicle in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
A Palestinian Bedouin woman tends to a fire outside her family’s cave in the rocky hills about 25 miles south of the West Bank City of Hebron. More than 120 Palestinians inhabit the caves and eke out a living by farming and herding sheep; Palestinian Red Crescent Society workers are taking part in a first-aid training course in the region. (Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun / EPA)
A vendor in Jakarta, Indonesia, offers for sale a lemur locally known as a kukang. The kukang is one of Indonesia’s rare and endangered species, and a British animal welfare group says an illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection said Indonesia should be suspended from the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species for allowing the “disturbing trade.” (Adek Berry / AFP / Getty Images)
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A Christian Orthodox pilgrim immerses himself in a plastic bath filled with water pumped from the Jordan River during a baptism ritual at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site. Thousands of Orthodox Christian pilgrims flocked under a scorching sun to the site where they believe Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. (Menahem Kahana / AFP / Getty Images)
In Moscow, members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) place withered roses outside the Georgian embassy. The protesters are opponents of Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili, and the flowers symbolize what they call the fading of Georgia’s 2003 “Rose Revolution,” which led to the installation of Saakashvili as president. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Images)
Indian fishermen, arrested by Pakistani authorities for their alleged presence in Pakistani territory, wait in confinement. (Fareed Khan / Associated Press)
Red-shirted supporters of former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra chant their final protests before leaving a camp after a three-week demonstration. Thaksin’s supporters want to oust current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
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A huge Buddhist lantern lights up downtown Seoul in preparation for the celebration of Buddha’s birthday on May 2. (Jung Yeon-Je / AFP / Getty Images)
