24 hours in pictures

Brighton, UK: Gordon Brown has a microphone attached to his lapel before an interview at the Labour party conference in Brighton Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Beijing, China: A man wearing a medal celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China snaps a picture at Tiananmen Gate Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: Drug addicts sleep in a shelter for the homeless at the Kabul Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon: An installation titled 'Fleurs solaires dansantes' by Alexandre Dang at the Francophone Games Photograph: Reuters

Cape Town, South Africa: A spring daisy Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Washington, US: A secrect service agent on the roof of the White House Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty

Karachi, Pakistan: A girl sits on a bus taking people displaced by fighting in the Swat valley back to their homes Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Supporters of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, demonstrate outside the Pedagogical University Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA

Vietnam: A woman bicycles through the rain as Typhoon Ketsana hits the country Photograph: Julian Abram Wainwright/EPA

London, UK: A flamingo rests in the sunshine in St James's park Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

California, US: Mannequins at Patina V, a company providing dummies for shop windows Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Bati Ungarim, Jerusalem: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man inside a sukkah, a booth or tent built for the week-long Sukkot, or feast of the Tabernacles Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty

Kabul, Afghanistan: Security men keep guard in armoured vehicles outside an Independent Elections Commission warehouse Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP