24 hours in pictures

France: An aerial view of cars queueing at the Vienne toll booth, on the A7 motorway, on their way south for the holidays Photograph: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: Visitors at an art installation during the 798 2009 art biennale Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP

Ankara, Turkey: Tourists walk on Tuz Golu, which means Salt Lake in Turkish, the second biggest lake in Turkey, located in the central Anatolia region Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Nairobi, Kenya: Shoes stand for sale in the Kibera slum, home to roughly a million inhabitants and one of the largest slums in Africa Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Berlin, Germany: Silke Spiegelburg competes in the women's pole vault qualifying event at the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Bethel, US: Music fans at the Bethel Woods music festival near the original Woodstock concert site. The concert celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock music festival Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

Eruh, Turkey: Police vehicles parked during a cultural festival to mark the 25th anniversary of the start of the Kurdish insurgency Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

Bilbao, Spain: NGO Equanimal activists covered in artificial blood stage a protest against bullfights in front of the Guggenheim museum Photograph: Alfredo Aldai/EPA

London, UK: Members of the the Bachanal Mas carnival band put the finishing touches to part of a costume ahead of the annual Notting Hill carnival Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Colunga, Spain: A man poses next to a dinosaur model exhibited at the Asturias Jurassic museum during the Trapped in the Ice exhibition Photograph: Eloy Alonso/Reuters

San Diego, US: United States military personnel unfurl an American flag on the field before the start of the pre-season NFL football game between San Diego Chargers and Seattle Seahawks Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Guadalajara, Mexico: A worshipper stands among the congregation waiting for Dr Samuel Joaquin Flores, leader of the Light of the World, Restoration of the Primitive Christian church, to arrive at the Hermosa Provincia temple Photograph: Carlos Jasso/AP

Hacibektas, Turkey: An Alevi man tries to get out from a narrow cave which only believers without any sins can pass through, according to his religion Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Hsinfa, Taiwan: Stranded villagers make their way across a makeshift bamboo bridge over raging floodwater after typhoon Morakot Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan: A girl sells cigarettes as she sits under election posters Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Siena, Italy: Horses during a practice on the eve of the Palio horse race Photograph: Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images

Lutry, Switzerland: A swimmer dives into lake Leman on a hot summer's day Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters