24 hours in pictures

Harare, Zimbabwe: People sit outside the US embassy after reportedly suffering election-related violence Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A religious student prays for the victims of the Red Mosque siege a year ago Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

Baghdad, Iraq: Detainees pass the time at Camp Cropper Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Abyei, Sudan: A People's Liberation Army soldier carries the group's flag as it redeploys south Photograph: Tim McKulka/UNMIS/Reuters

California, USA: Flames in Goleta as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across central and northern California Photograph: David McNew/Getty

Baghdad, Iraq: US soldiers bow their head as they pray during a reenlistment ceremony Photograph: Erik de Castro/Reuters

Sapporo city, Japan: Indigenous Ainu men participate in the traditional prayer ritual called Kamuinomi, held as part of the 2008 Indigenous Peoples summit Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Glasgow, UK: Workers walk past a type-45 destroyer being built in Govan shipyard Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

New York, USA: Pedestrians pose for a picture in the ear of a large model of Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Avignon, France: Comedians rehearse for a performance of Inferno at the 62nd Avignon international theatre festival Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

Bristol, UK: Warbie, a seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Qingdao, China: Fishermen remove green algae from the sea Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty

Geneva, Switzerland: Thousands of books that were damaged in a fire at the faculty of arts at Geneva university Photograph: Martial Trezzini/Keystone/AP

London, UK: Mexican Lucha Libre wrestlers prepare for a performance at the Roundhouse theatre Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: A girl sits outside her temporary shelter at a refugee camp Photograph: S Sabawoon/EPA

Brest, France: Publicity vehicles two days before the official start of the 2008 Tour de France Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP

Dunhuang, China: A worker carries wood up a dune in the desert Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA