24 hours in pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan refugee puts his bird cage on the wall outside his makeshift shelter Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Mumbai, India: Hindu devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a pot filled with curd as part of festivities to celebrate Janmashthmi, or the birthday of Lord Krishna Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

Eau Claire, US: Barack Obama steps to speak up after being introduced at a campaign event Photograph: Jim Young /Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: A man grieves at the site of a bomb attack. A suicide bomber killed 25 people at a banquet in the Sunni Arab Abu Ghraib district Photograph: Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters

Tarragona, Spain: People mill on a beach near the Vandellos 2 nuclear power station after it was shut down following an electrical generator fire Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP

Denver, US: Protesters lock arms as police push them back off the street on the eve of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Photograph: John Moore/Getty

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A girl stands along the shore littered with trash as pigs walk by Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Bissau, Guine-Bissau: A goat is seen on top of a van before the start of a trip towards another city Photograph: Paulo Cunha/EPA

Srinagar, India: Kashmir's clock tower, the venue of a major independence rally, is seen behind barbed wire after the area was sealed off by Indian security forces Photograph: Fayaz Kabli /Reuters

New Delhi, India: A Tibetan exile looks out from a tent at a protest rally to mark the end of the Beijing Olympics Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

Bilbao, Spain: Spanish matador El Fundi kills a fighting bull during the last corrida of the Aste Nagusia festivities Photograph: A. Arrizurieta/AFP

Tbilisi, Georgia: Boys from South Ossetia sleep on a single cot while seeking refuge in an abandoned building Photograph: Adrees Latif /Reuters

London, UK: Dancers perform with Heather Small at the official Olympic Games handover party outside Buckingham Palace Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty