24 hours in pictures

Wolayita region, Ethiopia: Two barefoot children wait for food being distributed in Buge village. The UN appealed on Monday for $460m to help feed 10 million Ethiopians hit by drought and high food prices Photograph: Jose Cendon/IFRC /Reuters

Lisbon, Portugal: A girl carries her new Magellan laptop at a primary school. Portugal's Socialist government has begun the rollout of 500,000 ultra-cheap laptops for schoolchildren Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Policemen inspect the site of a bomb blast at a city police post in which two officers died and their commander was wounded. An overnight ambush had earlier killed three of their colleagues Photograph: Shah Marai /AFP

Malaga, Spain: A worker at a mass grave in San Rafael cemetery. At the start of the 1936-39 war, Malaga became one of many execution grounds for perceived opponents of General Franco Photograph: Sergio Torres/AP

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Employees of Dhaka City Corporation shout slogans as they protest against a delay in the payment of salaries overdue for 15 months. A total of 300 employees have gone on a hunger strike Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Kiev, Ukraine: Pigeons overlook downtown during a wet autumn day Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Milan, Italy: A model presents a creation from the Salvatore Ferragamo fashion house as part of the spring/summer 2009 ready-to-wear collections at fashion week Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: A woman poses in front of the venue for the Individual Fashion Expo IV, an event for gothic, lolita and punk fashion Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: Young models wear creations by Cuban designers during the Endless Love youth fashion show Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Manila, Philippines: Mothers nurse their babies inside the Dr Jose Fabella public hospital, which promotes breasfeeding to infants. The Philippines has banned the importation of Chinese milk productfs amid fears over contaminated infant formula Photograph: Dennis M. Sabagan/EPA

Valencia, Spain: Residents wade through flooded streets Photograph: Kai Foersterling/EPA

Gaza City, Gaza Strip: A young Palestinian plays with homemade sparklers after breaking their fast Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

New York, USA: The former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger with the French first couple, Carla Bruni Sarkozy and the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at an Appeal of Conscience Foundation awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Sarkozy was presented with the world statesman award Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty

Moscow, Russia: Trees in the outskirts of town Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

Kauhajoki, Finland: Soldiers guard the entrance of the Kauhajoki vocational high school after a student, Matti Juhani Saari, killed at least 10 people before shooting himself in the head Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP

London, UK: A gallery worker sits on a stool in front of an untitled work by the Russian-born American painter Mark Rothko during the press preview of Rothko, The Late Series, an exhibition dedicated to his late works, at the Tate Modern Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters