Today in photos (Aug. 9)

A Somali refugee checks his cellular telephone at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (Jerome Delay / Associated Press)
London residents wait to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clear up after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Britons swept up, patched up and feared further violence Tuesday, demanding police do more to protect them after three nights of rioting left trails of looted stores, wrecked cars and burned buildings across London and several other cities. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
Artists of the Havana Company warm up before participating at the Circuba festival's opening gala in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. More than 100 circus artists from fourteen countries are participating at the 2011 Circuba festival to be held in Havana Aug. 8 - 14. (Franklin Reyes / Associated Press)
Supporters of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shout from atop a barricade as they are hit with a police water canon during a protest against corruption at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Police used bamboo batons and water canons to control thousands of angry supporters of India's main opposition party who were marching in New Delhi to protest against the government's hosting of last year's Commonwealth Games among other corruption charges. Auditors slammed India's preparations and conduct of the Commonwealth Games last year as deeply flawed, riddled with favoritism and vastly more expensive than planned in a final report that could result in criminal prosecutions. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)
An activist from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is beaten up by police during a protest against corruption in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Police used bamboo batons and water canons to control thousands of angry supporters of India's main opposition party who were marching in New Delhi to protest against the government's hosting of last year's Commonwealth Games among other corruption charges. Auditors slammed India's preparations and conduct of the Commonwealth Games last year as deeply flawed, riddled with favoritism and vastly more expensive than planned in a final report that could result in criminal prosecutions. (Associated Press)
An Indian police officer hits news photographer Shekhar Ghosh, right, from the Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, during a protest against corruption by supporters of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Police used bamboo batons and water canons to control thousands of angry supporters of India's main opposition party who were marching in New Delhi to protest against the government's hosting of last year's Commonwealth Games among other corruption charges. Auditors slammed India's preparations and conduct of the Commonwealth Games last year as deeply flawed, riddled with favoritism and vastly more expensive than planned in a final report that could result in criminal prosecutions. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)
An Indian Muslim vendor sits on his handcart and feeds leaves to his goat in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
A tribal man holding a handmade umbrella walks behind his cattle, unseen, near Manikpur village, in Ganjam district, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The International Day of the World�s Indigenous People is being marked across the world on Aug. 9. (Biswaranjan Rout / Associated Press)
Students are split into groups as they attend a Quran recitation class at an Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (Binsar Bakkara / Associated Press)
An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man sleeps as others pray during the mourning ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The Jewish holy day of Tisha B'Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the biblical temples, is marked Tuesday. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
An indigenous Rai community woman participates in a parade to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press)
Darren Clarke, of Northern Ireland, smokes on the fifth hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. (David Phillip / Associated Press)
Fireworks explode above the financial skyline on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011 in Singapore which celebrates its 46th year of independence. Singapore declared independence on Aug. 9, 1965. (Wong Maye-e / Associated Press)
A broker uses a phone while he looks at a screen at the Stock Exchange in Madrid Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. The borrowing costs of both Spain and Italy dropped sharply in early trading Monday after the European Central Bank signaled it would intervene in the markets to keep the two countries' bond prices supported. Spain's finance minister insists her country is in no need of a bailout, even as the European Central Bank buys bonds to protect euro zone countries from higher borrowing costs. (Daniel Olza / Associated Press)
View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011.