24 hours in pictures

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Firefighters put out a blaze in a train carriage Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Kolkata, India: Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity order sing hymns during the eleventh anniversary of Mother Teresa's death Photograph: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters

Emmen, The Netherlands: Elephants at the zoo Photograph: Jan Anninga/EPA

Gonaives, Haiti: An aerial view of floods caused by tropical storm Hanna Photograph: Marco Dormino/Minustah/Reuters

New York: Construction continues beside the foundations of the Freedom Tower at the site of the former World Trade Centre Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

Patna, India: Flood victims jostle for relief goods Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Jakarta, Indonesia: Thousands of Muslims attend Friday prayers at Istiqlal mosque Photograph: Adi Weda/EPA

Bangkok, Thailand: A supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy rests on the road during a demonstration outside the Government House Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Fort Pike, Louisiana: A 35ft (11-metre) fishing boat rests on the centre of Highway 90 after being washed up from a boatyard by hurricane Gustav Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

Singapore: Slippers are placed on top of bamboo poles in the installation artwork Slipper Forest by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters

Cape Canaveral, Florida: The space shuttle Atlantis makes the three-mile trip from the vehicle assembly building to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Centre Photograph: Scott Audette/Reuters

Venice, Italy: Tourists line up near the Campanile on the Piazza San Marco Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Manzini, Swaziland: Nhlanhla Nkhonyane, a 36-year-old sufferer of polio, is carried by his 60-year-old mother, Dolica Ndlovu Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

St Paul, Minnesota: A protester holds out a flower to riot police outside the Republican National Convention Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

San Jose, Costa Rica: Fibreglass cows form part of a 'Cow Parade' exhibit Photograph: Kent Gilbert/AP

Malaga, Spain: A forest fire rages Photograph: Rafael Diaz/EPA

Singapore: Flamingos at a pond at the Jurong Bird Park Photograph: Tim Chong/Reuters