Tuesday: The day in photos

Entertainers wait outside the National Stadium during a rehearsal for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A kayaker practices on the slalom course at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Mamadou Keita of Senegal will compete in the Men’s Individual Sabre during the Fencing competition at this year’s Olympics. He pauses for a laugh while training at the Fencing Hall with his teammates.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A diver practices during a training session at the National Aquatics Center ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.  (Clive Mason / Getty Images)

Gary Baldwin walks in the rain during tropical storm Edouard in Galveston, Texas. The storm is expected to weaken later in the day as it moves west-northwest over the state.  (Donna McWilliam / Associated Press)

South Korean protesters stage a rally against President Bush’s visit to Seoul. Bush will meet Wednesday with President Lee Myung-bak, whose attempts to foster goodwill with Washington by allowing resumed imports of U.S. beef sparked weeks of raucous anti-government protests over mad-cow disease fears.  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

A Kashmiri Muslim protester throws a tear gas shell back toward Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, India. Hundreds of Kashmiris clashed with police protesting the killing of a youth during a demonstration in Srinagar on Monday against the alleged assault on Muslims in the Himalayan state’s Hindu-majority Jammu region.  (Farooq Khan / EPA)

Natalya Solzhenitsyna, widow of Russian author and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, caresses her husband’s forehead during his wake in Moscow. Russians paid their last respects for Solzhenitsyn, a dissident writer who challenged the Soviet Union. He died Sunday at 89.  (Sergey Shakhidjanian AFP/Getty Images)

A girl prays for atomic bomb victims in front of a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, a day before the 63rd anniversary of the bombing of the city.  (Toru Yamanaka AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of ANC party president Jacob Zuma hold a vigil outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa. Zuma is charged with racketeering, corruption, money laundering and fraud.  (Kim Ludbrook / EPA)

A Siberian tiger cub is presented to the media at the Berlin Zoo. The cub was born June 23.  (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)

The Tungurahua volcano, near Banos, Ecuador, during an eruption.  (Cecilia Puebla/EPA)

The Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe of China performs an interpretation of the classic ballet “Swan Lake” at the Royal Opera House in London. The ballet is getting a radical makeover combining classical ballet and traditional acrobatics.  (Andy Rain / EPA)