24 hours in pictures

Alapayevsk, Russia: A drug user reads a book in the dormitory of the women's branch of the City Without Drugs rehabilitation centre, opened in 1999 Photograph: Reuters

La Canada Flintridge, US: A firefighter watches a water drop on the station fire in the Angeles National forest Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

Mexico City, Mexico: Hector Jackson (centre), who impersonates the late Michael Jackson, takes part an event attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest mass Thriller dance Photograph: Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Hiroshi Yamao (right) and Kyoko Yamao dance the tango after winning the Salon category of the seventh Tango Dance world championship Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Washington, US: A hearse carrying Senator Edward Kennedy stops in front of the Senate steps at the US Capitol building Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Karlsruhe, Germany: Julia Ortlepp and her dog perform during the Butch Cassidy Cup – the German dog frisbee championship – in which judges grade the sportiness, security and acrobatics of the performance Photograph: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images

Putis, Peru: Relatives of victims killed of an army massacre in 1984 carry coffins during a burial ceremony Photograph: Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters

Khartoum, Sudan: A Sudanese woman walks down a flooded road following heavy rain Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

Kitty Hawk, US: John Allen, of Charlotte, works the surf to catch sandfleas after tropical storm Danny was downgraded to a tropical depression at the Avalon fishing pier Photograph: Jim R. Bounds/AP

Sarawak State, Malaysia: A boy hides behind his mother, holding a pet monkey, outside Long Nen village. The Penan of Sarawak, among the world's last nomadic hunter-gatherers, number about 16,000 Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Oostende, Belgium: Some of around 10,000 people taking part in the filming of the Big Ask Again video on a beach. Nic Balthazar's work is aimed at raising attention about climate change prior to the Copenhagen summit Photograph: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters

New Orleans, US: Children dance on a levee in New Orleans after a candlelit vigil to commemorate the fourth anniversary of hurricane Katrina Photograph: Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Paris: People parade to celebrate the elephant-headed Hindu deity, Ganesh, believed to grant progress, prosperity and wisdom Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

Brunsbuettel, Germany: A man takes a photo of a kite as he strolls near the North Sea Photograph: Heribert Proepper/AP

Tokyo, Japan: Members of the media prepare to report at the Democratic party of Japan election campaign headquarters Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images

Veytaux, Switzerland: A 350 metre huge water jet, throwing 20,000 litres of water per second into the Geneva Lake, is seen in front of the Castle of Chillon Photograph: Dominic Favre/EPA