President Bush steps outside the White House to make a statement on the economy. “The American people can be sure we will continue to act to strengthen and stabilize our financial markets and improve investor confidence,” Bush said in two minutes of remarks. (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images)
The sun rises over London as workers walk near the Bank of England. The United Kingdom’s central bank has been engaged in a special lending program to ensure banks’ liquidity. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
An advertisement for the movie “Trueblood” overlooks the street in front of Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York. (Mark Lennihan / Los Angeles Times)
Patrons wait for golfers to practice at the driving range in preparation for the Ryder Cup at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. (Ed Reinke / Los Angeles Times)
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Actor Antonio Banderas poses for a photo with a fan shortly before he presented his film “The Other Man” at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain. (Javier Etxezarreta / EPA)
A fisherman pulls in his net on the Chesapeake Bay near Mathews, Va. (Ron Edmonds / Associated Press)
Iraqi army soldiers are seen through the window of an armored vehicle as they patrol in the Hurriya neighborhood of Baghdad. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
If this doesn’t just scream “Cirque du Soleil,” nothing will. Here, members of the troupe stretch out during a performance of “Varekai” in Vienna, Austria. (Georg Hochmuth / EPA)
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Two dwarf tortoises are held by members of an environmental group in Guwahati, India. The environmentalists said they had rescued the tortoises and would release them into a pond. (Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images)
