24 hours in pictures

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Bearer party commander Sergeant Derrick Fleck-Lawrence salutes as the casket of Captain Richard Leary is carried to a waiting Canadian C-130 Hercules transport plane. Leary died of wounds after his patrol was ambushed by Taliban militants in the Panjwaii district Photograph: Murray Brewster/AP

Manila, Philippines: A boy makes his way down a burned stairway after a fire that razed 300 shanties. A family of three was killed and two were injured, while 500 families lost their homes to the pre-dawn fire Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA

Java, Indonesia: A miner carries a load of sulphur out of Kawah Ijen volcanic crater Photograph: Pablo Sanchez/Reuters

Siliguri, India: A stranded passenger sleeps inside a bus during a 12-hour strike. Strikes shut down transport, businesses and schools in three communist-run Indian states after a rise in fuel prices Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Santiago, Chile: A student is hit by a water cannon fired by riot police during a rally to protest against a proposed education reform Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

Berlin, Germany: A performer participates in the final dress rehearsal before the Varekai Cirque du Soleil circus evening Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

Athens, Greece: A Tibetan activist lies on a pavement with a photograph of a missing nun during a demonstration outside a hotel where an International Olympic Committee (IOC) conference is taking place Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis /Reuters

Al-Burullus, Egypt: A fishermen steers his boat on the Al-Burullus lake during sunset. Al-Burullus lake has a number of environments, most important of them are salt swamps and sand plains. High sand dunes cover the lake coasts. It is a natural location for 135 kinds of land and water plants. Photograph: Khaled el-Fiqi/EPA

Delhi, India: People from the Indian Gujjar community take part in a demonstration. The Gujjar ethnic community wants the government to classify them as Scheduled Tribes entitled to government jobs and education benefits Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty

Los Lagos, Chile: Destruction caused after the Chaiten volcano erupted about 800 miles south of Chile's capital, Santiago Photograph: Cristian Brown/EPA

Beijing, China: A young visitor looks at a giant panda at the Beijing Zoo. Eight pandas who survived China's deadly earthquake went on display at Beijing Zoo, with officials expecting the bears to attract millions of Olympic visitors Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty

Anhui province, China: Small fishing boats tied to the banks of the Chaohu lake, where a pollution-linked algae bloom has reappeared. Algae blooms are common on many Chinese freshwater lakes and are chiefly caused by untreated sewage containing high concentrations of nitrogen, a main ingredient in detergents and fertilisers Photograph: AFP

London, UK: A baby gets curious with an art work entitled Baby Jesus by John Humphreys at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Sichuan province, China: Residents walk across a damaged bridge over the Pen Jiang River Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

London, UK: Studio artist Claire Galvin poses with a new waxwork figure of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at Madame Tussauds Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Sofia, Bulgaria: Clown doctor Koko peers through the curtains behind the stage before the start of his Laughter Therapy session at the pediatric department of Sofia's main emergency medical centre Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters