Tuesday: The day in photos

An Indonesian Muslim woman reads the Koran inside Istiqlal Mosque during Ramadan fasting in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the holy month of Ramadan begins.  (Bagus Indahono / EPA)

A night view of the completed fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The opening ceremony for the Ponti di Calatrava, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, was canceled by the municipality due to remaining modifications. The bridge was originally due to be inaugurated on Sept. 18 by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.  (Andrea Merola / EPA)

Bakers distribute free bread to residents in Tskhinvali, the regional capital of Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia. A brief war broke out between Russia and Georgia after Georgia’s assault on South Ossetia’s capital on Aug. 7.  (Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press)

Historian John Chapman examines bones inside Banwell’s Bone Caves as they open their doors to promote English Heritage’s and the Civic Trust’s 2008 Heritage Open Days in Banwell, Engand. The privately owned caves, on the grounds of a residential house, are only open to the public two days a year and have a collection of bones from Ice Age animals which were discovered in the 19th century, when they were thought to be from animals drowned in Noah’s flood. The caves are now a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and will be open to the public later this month.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

Nepalese Hindu women, dressed in red, dance after paying homage to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, as they celebrate the Teej festival in Katmandu. The three-day-long Teej festival, celebrated by Hindu women in Nepal and some parts of India, is observed with married women fasting during the day and praying for long lives for their husbands, while unmarried women wish for handsome husbands and happy conjugal lives.  (Prakash Mathema AFP / Getty Images)

Cyclists pass the Speyer cathedral during the fourth stage of the Deutschland Tour 2008 cycling race in Speyer, in southern Germany.  (Daniel Maurer / Associated Press)

Anti-government protesters carry an injured pro-government supporter during clashes near the Government House in Bangkok. Thailand’s prime minister declared a state of emergency in the capital after thousands of his opponents and supporters clashed in the worst street violence here in more than a decade.  (AFP / Getty Images)

Mama Rosa, an 80-year-old Angolan woman, gestures as she talks about the civil war between the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) that ravaged Angola for 27 years, at her house in Huambo, in southwestern Angola. The ruling MPLA, which has been in power since independence 33 years ago, will compete in the legislative poll against 13 coalitions and political parties, including main opposition UNITA. Presidential elections are scheduled for next year.  (Gianluigi Guercia AFP / Getty Images)

A man conveys an image of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesh on a tricycle on the eve of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmadabad, India. The 10-day-long festival ends with the immersion of the idols in bodies of water on the 11th day.  (Ajit Solanki / Associated Press)