24 hours in pictures

Ohio, US: President Bush salutes air force personnel as he arrives at Wright-Patterson air force base Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Baghdad, Iraq: Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest against a crackdown on Shia militia in Basra and Baghdad by Iraqi government forces Photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: Religious students pray after a demonstration calling for the release of the the cleric of the Lal Masjid mosque Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Taipei, Taiwan: Tibetans walk among flags during a 49-hour hunger strike in front of the democracy square Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP

Berlin, Germany: A street artist balances in front of the TV tower at Alexanderplatz square Photograph: Sascha Schuermann/AFP

Xuzhou, China: A man works in the production line at the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Photograph: Oliver Weiken/Getty

Chuzom, Bhutan: Indian women labourers carry rocks while working on a road widening project. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, mostly Indians, do the hard manual jobs that Bhutanese shun, such as building roads and construction Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

Johannesburg, South Africa: A Zimbabwean refugee takes shelter in a church Photograph: John Hrusa/EPA

Harare, Zimbabwe: Akuchima Sadi outside her makeshift home. Sadi, and her husband had to relocate when 90,000 homes were demolished in a 2005 government slum clean-up campaign Photograph: Mujahid Safodien/AP

Quito, Ecuador: A woman carries her pet pigeon named Isabel Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP

Manila, Philippines: Workers arrange sacks of rice imported by the Philippine National Food Authority Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Den Bosch, Netherlands: Isabell Werth competes with Warum Nicht during the Grand Prix World Cup final of the equestrian dressage Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP

Moscow, Russia: A model displays a creation by Antonina Shapovalova at a fashion show Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

London, UK: A work of art entitled Washed Up Fingers by Emma Donovan. It is part of a collection of work from 60 finalists entered in the BlindArt: Sense & Sensuality competition at the Henry Moore gallery, Royal College Of Art Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

Tokyo, Japan: Children and advance students from the Suzuki Method music school play the cello Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP