Pictures of the Day: Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2009

217 miles north of Khartoum, Sudan, a guard secures the area around Merowe dam as it is inaugurated by Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

Standing Guard

217 miles north of Khartoum, Sudan, a guard secures the area around Merowe dam as it is inaugurated by Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.