24 hours in pictures

Srinagar, India: A woman holds her arms aloft in prayer inside the Jamia Masjid Photograph: Mukhtar Khan /AP

St Paul, United States: Delegates are reflected in the front of the stage as they applaud Rudy Giuliani during the Republican convention Photograph: Brian Snyder /Reuters

Nueva Imperial, Chile: A storm-flooded road in southern Chile Photograph: Victor Ruiz Caballero/Reuters

Rongpura, India: A barber at work outside his partially flooded shop in the eastern state of Bihar Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Venice, Italy: The actor Anne Hathaway poses for photographers during a red carpet event at the Venice film festival Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

New Orleans, United States: A nightclub hostess tries to entice patrons into a bar on Bourbon Street as the city cleans up after hurricane Gustav Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP

Gaza City, Palestine: French artists perform to mark the month of Ramadan Photograph: Ali Ali /EPA

Wuhan, China: Parents of first-year students sleep on mats in a university gym after accompanying their children to the first day of term Photograph: Reuters

Trassenheide, Germany: A visitor gets his bearings inside inside Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk's World Stands On Its Head house on the Baltic island of Usedom Photograph: Frank Hormann/AP

Beijing, China: Disabled performers rehearse in the national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Paralympics Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Tbilisi, Georgia: A refugee from the recent fighting cooks as her son sleeps in their room in a ministry building Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP

Xi'an, China: One-month-old panda cub A Bao yawns as he rests at a breeding centre Photograph: AFP