24 hours in pictures

Tbilisi, Georgia: A woman sits with her belongings in a makeshift camp for refugees from South Ossetia Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Key West, US: Residents stand at the end of a pier during a lull in tropical storm Fay Photograph: Eric Thayer/AP

Batabano, Cuba: Peasants work under a thick mantle of stormy clouds Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP

Gori, Georgia: Members of the Russian Emergency Ministry carry a bag of flour delivered as food aid Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP

Linosa, Italy: A sea turtle is fed at the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre Photograph: Paulo Siqueira/Reuters

Boumerdes, Algeria: Young men stand in front of a house destroyed in a car bomb attack at the National Gendarmerie school Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The facades of houses in Providencia. The pictures show inhabitants who have lost relatives in the drug trafficking conflict Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

Beichuan County, China: An earthquake survivor carries a paper villa used as an offering to his relatives who died in the Sichuan earthquake Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Paphos, Cyprus: People walk on the beach during sunset at 'Petra tou Romiou' Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Sydney, Australia: A drag queen performs at the Drag Industry DIVA Variety Awards Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters

Beijing, China: Viorica Tigau of Romania competes during the women's long jump qualification round Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP

Chelmsford, UK: Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud perform live on the V stage during Day Two of V Festival Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: A guard of honour stands to attention during a ceremony marking the anniversary of Afghanistan's Independence Day Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP

Poland: Storks sleep in a nest during a full moon in the countryside near Warsaw Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP